1st Edition

Nepal and Major Powers in the Himalayas Small State in International Affairs

196 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers an unique analysis of small states in international relations from the perspective of Nepal, which lies at a strategic geopolitical position between China and India. This book argues that Nepal has been in a strategic position between the great powers for many centuries. The departure point of the study has three broader premises. The first is the increasing uncertainty of... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: Framing Small States in International Relations

Chapter 2: Evolution of Nepal as a State

Chapter 3: Nepal as a Small State: In what different ways a state can be small?

Chapter 4: Evolution of Nepal’s Great Power Management: A Case Study of Tibet and British India

Chapter 5: Nepal’s Small State Strategy during the Cold War

Chapter 6: Nepal’s Small State Diplomacy in the International Platforms

Chapter 7: Evolution of Small State Strategy for Nepal After the Cold War

Biography

Saroj Kumar Aryal is Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland. He is an expert on the South Asian Regional Security Complexities, Foreign Policy of Nepal, Foreign Policy of India and China-India Geopolitical Competition in South Asia.

Manish Jung Pulami is a PhD researcher at the Osaka School of International Public Policy, The University of Osaka, Japan. His areas of expertise include Nepal's Foreign Policy, Indo-Pacific and South Asian Geopolitics.