Nepal must maintain a balance among the big powers, or it will turn into a playground.

Nepal could turn into a geopolitical and geostrategic playground of India, China and the United States.

Nepal’s foreign policy under Prime Minister KP Oli has been a matter of serious discussion in the public domain. Given Oli’s past public remarks and the joint election manifesto of the then CPN-UML and the Maoist Centre with regards to Nepal’s foreign policy, it is posited that Oli may fail to balance relations with the country’s immediate neighbours, India and China.

The new government needs to draft and implement a national security policy to safeguard national interests

Nepal's peace process, especially the integration and rehabilitation of former combatants, has conveyed positive messages to other conflict-ridden countries

Restructuring the country’s security agencies—the Nepal Army (NA), the Nepal Police (NP), the Armed Police Force (APF), and the National Investigation

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