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Suresh C Chalise

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Negotiations with Maoists on PR System and Parliamentary Democracy

Published On: July 12, 2022 06:50 AM NPT By: Suresh C Chalise

PM Koirala and rebel leaders Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Dr Baburam Bhattarai occupied their seats which were arranged face to face. While the PM was flanked by his team members including Dr Shekhar Koirala, Home Minister KP Sitaula, and the author as PM's foreign affairs adviser, the Maoist Chairman Dahal was accompanied only by Bhattarai. The dialogue was taking place in the room adjacent to the PM's bedroom.

India Tacitly Cooperated with Palace at One Point in 2002!

Published On: June 5, 2021 12:43 PM NPT By: Suresh C Chalise

The then Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's visit was well-received in Kathmandu, at least at the government level. The all-powerful King himself welcomed Foreign Minister Singh at the palace gate - a gesture which was generally reserved only for the heads of state. King Gyanendra, during the conference with Singh, besides dwelling on the  Maoist insurgency and security situation, also praised Sonia Gandhi for sacrificing Prime Ministerial seat despite her party enjoying a majority in parliament.

NC’s policy departure

Published On: December 17, 2018 01:00 AM NPT By: Suresh C Chalise

Perhaps for the first time in its political history, NC places India on equal footing with China in its foreign policy agenda

BIMSTEC for Nepal

Published On: August 29, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: Suresh C Chalise

For Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, BIMSTEC could be one more multilateral forum for uplifting their socio-economic profiles in favor of societal benefits

Questions for Congress

Published On: July 8, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Suresh C Chalise

Why should Congress leave Socialist International with which it has long and intimate relation and join Progressive Alliance?

Seize the center

Published On: November 12, 2017 12:03 AM NPT By: Suresh C Chalise

This is not new. In the past, too, an attempt was made to polarize Nepali politics in the name of left alliance.

The THAAD menace

Published On: May 3, 2017 12:25 AM NPT By: Suresh C Chalise

The crisis in the Korean peninsula as a result of THAAD anti-missile system could even lead to a third world war