Revisiting Nepal’s Foreign Policy in Contemporary Global Power Structure

1. Survival of the Small States in World Politics:
Foreign Policy Strategy 1
Pramod Jaiswal
2. Strategic Autonomy: Nepal’s Perpetual Quest
for Change in the Face of Continuity 17
Rohit Karki
3. Foreign Policy of Nepal Towards India: A Small
State Perspective 35
Nazia Khan
4. Relations Between British India and Monarchial
Nepal: Treaty of Sugauli 53
Palu Joshi
5. The 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and
Friendship: Road to Review 65
Mahesh Acharya
6. Nepal-India Diplomatic Relations in a Historical Context 79
Kalpana Khanal
7. Rapprochement of India-Nepal Relations Since 2015 93
Aparna
8. Assertion or Abjuration: India-Nepal Water Relations 104
Shaista Tabassum
9. Democratic Trails and the Waterways: A Case
Study of Water Sharing Between India and Nepal 114
Piyali Dutta
10. Consolidating Nepal-China Engagement and
Emerging Challenges for India 133
Sangit Sarita Dwivedi
11. Nepal’s Deepening Engagement with China:
Challenges for India 148
Chanchal Kumar
12. Rise of China and India: Nepal’s Future in an Affluent
Neighbourhood 166
Monica Verma
13. Nepal and Bhutan - Contrasting Narratives of India’s
Contemporary Relations With Its Himalayan Neighbours 185
Divya Agnihotri
14. Understanding Nepal: Tracing the Predicament of
the Tibetan Refugees in the Country 202
Supreeta Mehta
15. Can Nepal Bridge India and China? An Assessment
of Nepal’s Transit Diplomacy 218
Gaurav Bhattarai
16. Triangular Cooperation Between India, Nepal,
and China: A New Norm of Foreign Policy of Nepal 230
Vijay Jayshwal
17. Unfolding Bangladesh-Nepal Relations in the Age of
Globalization: Current Scenario and Future Directions
From Bangladeshi Perspectives 250
Md. Abul Kashem and Md. Shariful Islam
18. Dynamics of Nepal-Bangladesh Relations 268
Binodkumar Singh
19. Nepal-Sri Lanka Relations: Challenges and Prospects 284
Gulbin Sultana
20. Nepal-Israel Relations: A Unique Partnership in Asia 305
Md. Afroj
21. Nepal and USA Engagement: Does it Have Strategic
Configurations? 318
Ipshita Bhattacharya
22. Canada-Nepal Relations: Opportunities and Challenges 336
Varsha Gautam and Charu Ratna Dubey
23. Nepal’s Relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council
Countries 349
Melissa Cyrill
24. Impact of Foreign Aid on Nepal 380
Sucheta Pyakuryal and Sean Lahav
25. Landlocked Nepal and SAARC 397
Chokey Namgyal Bhutia and Pravhat Lama
26. Mass Media Coverage, Public Opinion and Effect
on the Foreign Policy of Nepal: An
Anthropological Outlook 415
Prakash Upadhyay