...Sanjay K. Nepal Long a prime destination for mountaineers and trekkers, Nepal has struggled to develop a tourism industry that is economically and environmentally sustainable. After becoming a draw for hippies in the late 1960s, the country never managed to reorient itself away from budget...

... positioned to lead the response. Nepal s Towering Climate Adaptation Challenges ANDREA J. NIGHTINGALE Nepal is on the front line of climate change adaptation. Most people know of the country as the home of the Himalayas, the highest mountain range on earth, covered in large glaciers. In the Nepali language...

... India Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Ganges River Indus River Brahmaputra River Indus Water Treaty Ganges Waters Treaty climate change environment rivers South Asia 148 [D]isputes have deepened to the extent that water is seen as inherently a source of conflict rather than...

...Amanda Snellinger Nepal's new constitution was supposed to cap a momentous decade that saw the end of the monarchy and civil war. But identity politics and economic discontent have called national unity into question. © 2016 Current History. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents...

... China ethnic stick carrot minorities religious Muslim Uighur Uyghur Nepal monks Buddhist party-state Han hanification sinocization Umruqi capital train separatism PRC mongols manchus nationalities ethnicities celestial empire three-tier Confucian Turkic tensions post-mao...

...Aditya Adhikari [T]he struggle for power between the Maoists and the traditional political parties has dominated much of Nepal's politics for the past seven years. © 2013 Current History. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Aditya Adhikari Nepal...

... or frUitfUl India s relations with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives, while not hos- tile, have historically not been very close or fruit- ful either. India s relationship with Bangladesh began well with a 25-year treaty of friendship and cooperation in 1972, but it began to dete- riorate...

...Shashank Joshi Beijing's recent behavior has strengthened hard-liners in India by legitimating the assumptions on which their worldview is built. Shashank Joshi India China Wen Jiabao Nirupama Rao Kashmir Srinath Raghavan Nepal Myanmar Bharat Karnad 156 Beijing s recent...

... India Pakistan Kashmir Nepal 162 Over the past decade, the South Asian security complex has expanded in four directions. To the north, China has reas- serted itself as a major player in Nepal. To the east, Beijing and New Delhi compete for influence in Myanmar. In the south, a major race is under...