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Insights Shaping Global Policy

Showcase research work, policy papers, and thought leadership contributions.

Nepal’s political landscape is not a spectrum of competing ideas that can be reconciled through compromise, but a set of fundamentally different and...

The federal administration recently unveiled an ambitious economic roadmap designed to propel Nepal toward a dignified middle-income status through a sustained 7 percent...

The convergence of self and state in Nepal’s present moment demands a conscious realignment of individual ambition with the strategic direction articulated by...

Reactive neutrality and hesitant diplomacy do not preserve order in the Israel-Iran-US conflict triangle; they prolong insecurity by rewarding escalation, confusion, and strategic...

Spring in Alabama comes softly, almost unseen, like a whispered hymn before dawn. One morning, the air turns sweet; the river shines brighter;...

As the shimmering Narayani flows on, the book opens like a small door in my hands. I sit on a broad boulder, cool...

A clear blue sky rises above me, wide and bright, like a promise made before the dawn. In this sky, no cloud hides,...

Nepal stands at a precarious crossroads as the United States steps back from global leadership. A shrinking American footprint reshapes power balances, trade...