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Nepal’s challenge of building strong democratic institutions
Despite repeated political transformations and popular uprisings, Nepal continues to struggle to build strong institutions, strengthen state capacity, and translate democratic change into accountable and effective governance.
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Nepal’s challenge of building strong democratic institutions
Despite repeated political transformations and popular uprisings, Nepal continues to struggle to build strong institutions, strengthen state capacity, and translate democratic change into accountable and …
Understanding the National Cadet Corps and its potential
Enacted during the Panchayat era without substantial revision, the old Act limited the NCC to school students only, and provided no clear legal authority to …
Sino-American stability without trust
What both sides seem to agree on is that regular leader-level communication is the only dependable safeguard against accidental escalation.
What is a ‘cancer gene’? How genetic mutations lead to cancer
Accumulated DNA mutations from ageing or exposure to carcinogens such as UV radiation, chemicals, cigarettes and alcohol can drive cells toward cancer.
One in eight cancers are likely caused by an infection worldwide – new study
A virus can (directly or indirectly) change the genes of the cell it infects (the host cell), making that cell more likely to grow out …
Framing of Bhotekoshi floods in international media
The international media turned Nepal’s Bhotekoshi disaster into a multidimensional, but often stopped short of confronting the climate injustice that leaves countries like Nepal paying …
Nepal must move from disaster response to anticipatory resilience
“We cannot prevent every Himalayan hazard. But we can ensure that fewer hazards become disasters.”
The betrayal by Balen’s government
From promises of good governance to secrecy, intimidation, and unaccountable power
AI must enlarge the economy, not divide it
Replacing a worker is easy to price, finance, and explain, while building tools that enable people to accomplish things no one could before is harder, …
The price of peace: Why Nepal’s transitional justice cannot erase its child soldiers
Until the state acknowledges the full extent of the harm done to its youngest combatants, its path to true reconciliation will remain fundamentally broken.
Nepal’s anti-poor national mood
An anti-poor agenda is purposefully set by governments to shift the housing crisis, rent problems and unemployment to the fault of the public.
Why secretariat support is essential for effective MPs
A secretariat can also serve as an entry point for younger voices to engage directly in political and policy processes, strengthening their sense of ownership …
