“Security through development, not through arms; Security of all the people everywhere-in their homes, in their streets, in their communities, in their environments.”   (Haq, 1995, p. 115). The grip of the novel coronavirus has become unrelenting throughout the world. With health organizations, operating on international and national spheres, exhausting themselves in an effort to contain...

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” – Vladimir Lenin Covid-19 has showcased a world more vulnerable than previously thought of as liberal powers take a step back. With the threat of a global recession and mounting casualties, the idea of an interdependent world promoted by neoliberals faces insecurities....

The coronavirus pandemic is a serious public health and medical crisis that has caused widespread illness and death in almost every country. The pandemic has turned out to be not just a global health concern but has affected several other domains of daily life. The pandemic has caused an economic crisis due to which many...

“In the last analysis, human security means a child who did not die, a disease that did not spread, an ethnic tension that did not explode, a dissident who was not silenced, a human spirit that was not crushed.” – Mahbub ul Haq, 2001.  “People, States and Fear” stands as one of Barry Buzan’s (1968)...

आफ्नो नेतृत्वको सरकारले दुई वर्षे कार्यकाल पूरा गरेको अवसरमा  प्रतिनिधि सभामा गरेको सम्बोधनमा प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओलीले परराष्ट्र नीतिको चर्चा गदै यस अवधिमा ‘अन्तराष्ट्रिय क्षेत्रमा आफ्नो भूमिका, पहिचान, परिचय र प्रभाव विस्तार गरेको र नेपालसँगको सम्बन्ध विस्तार गर्न अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय जगतको अभिरुचि बढेको’ उल्लेख गरे। यस बाहेक अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मामिलामा आफूले गरेको वैदेशिक भ्रमणको फेहरिस्त समेत प्रस्तुत...

Historical outlook Confluence of the Two Seas – An excerpt pulled out from the 16th century Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh’s explanation of the vast body of water that connects the diverse continents, has come to define the contemporary geopolitical aspirations of great powers. The concepts of Asia-Pacific and Indo-Pacific have gained prevalence within the policy...