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PM's Bharat Yatra: Beneath And Beyond The Rhetoric
Monday, 19 June 2006, 11:07 am | M.R. Josse
After all the sound and fury, breast beating and hyperbole, on balance, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's recent four-day official visit to India may ultimately turn out to be more significant for what didn't transpire than for what actually did. More >>
M.R. Josse: A Numbers Game & Impending Fireworks
Friday, 9 June 2006, 10:55 am | M.R. Josse
LAST WEEK'S rally at Tundikhel's open-air (Khula Manch) Theatre addressed by a slew of Maoist top guns, albeit not by supremo Prachanda or his second-in-command Baburam Bhattarai, was undoubtedly a landmark political event. That, not least, because of ... More >>
M.R. Josse: Don't Tilt The Electoral Field Now
Monday, 29 May 2006, 10:21 am | M.R. Josse
Understandably, these days there is a constant din regarding the proposed Constituent Assembly (CA) polls. That is only to be expected since it constitutes perhaps the most politically significant of the shortlist of Maoist demands. As all are aware, ... More >>
Vendetta, Appeasement, Confusion And Infighting
Monday, 22 May 2006, 1:41 pm | M.R. Josse
Commenting on the national political scenario in this space last week, this observer concluded that the difficult phase of governance was just beginning. That prediction I regret to say has proved to be prescient. More >>
M.R. Josse: Nepal – The Hard Part Begins
Friday, 12 May 2006, 2:59 pm | M.R. Josse
Predictably, no discernible effort is being made to cool passions, patch up differences and heal wounds of the recent tumultuous past. Is all this part of a carefully choreographed scenario to push the nation irremediably over the brink? Or, is it merely the inexorable ... More >>
US Will Oppose Maoist Takeover Of Nepal: Boucher
Friday, 5 May 2006, 12:20 am | M.R. Josse
In a brief but newsy press conference at the end of his less than 24-hour whirlwind visit to Kathmandu, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher, on Wednesday 3 May outlined the cardinal features of America's Nepal ... More >>
Is India Re-Thinking Support For Nepali Maoists?
Friday, 21 April 2006, 11:40 am | M.R. Josse
In the din and mayhem of the continuing violent protests in Kathmandu as elsewhere – ostensibly spearheaded by the SPA but, in reality, driven by the Maoists their new comrades-in-arms from the sidelines – one key new element in the months-long ... More >>
Are India And US No More On Same Page On Nepal?
Monday, 13 March 2006, 4:19 pm | M.R. Josse
Are India and the US no more on the same page on Nepal – despite all the hoopla that accompanied the Indo-US message to and on Nepal which was unveiled on 2 March during a press conference addressed by US President George W Bush and Indian Prime ... More >>
M.R. Josse: Political Ground Trembles Beneath SPA
Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 3:00 pm | M.R. Josse
Clearly, the political ground beneath the SPA's feet has begun to tremble. The tremor, as you might have guessed, began with US Ambassador James F. Moriarty's belated assault on 15 February 2006 on the 12-point SPAM pact – that is, the unsavoury deal negotiated ... More >>
An Open Letter To Bush On Eve Of South Asia Visit
Monday, 27 February 2006, 9:43 am | M.R. Josse
Dear President Bush, I write this even as you are, so to speak, packing your bags for your 'historic' visit to India and Pakistan in the near future. As you most certainly are aware, your diplomatic mission to South Asia will take place in an environment ... More >>
Recent Developments In Nepal's Maoist Insurgency
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 12:26 am | M.R. Josse
Kathmandu, 19 Feb: This paper focuses on recent developments, vis-à-vis Nepal's Maoist insurgency, especially the past one year, while providing an overview of its genesis, social and political roots and locale. More >>
Prachanda tempts SPA, blasts King and America
Friday, 17 February 2006, 10:49 am | M.R. Josse
Maoist supremo Prachanda has revealed something of his mind in an exclusive interview to Kathmandu Post/Kantipur dailies published significantly enough on 7 February, a day before the municipal polls and about mid-way through their seven-day bandh. More >>
M.R. Josse: Truce Termination - Chewing The Cud
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 5:06 pm | M.R. Josse
Not surprisingly, the termination on 2 January 2006 of the 4-month unilateral Maoist truce has spawned multiple or divergent reactions both at home and abroad. The Maoists themselves and their apologists have attempted to point to the government – and even ... More >>
M.R. Josse: Straight shooting by Dr Giri
Wednesday, 28 December 2005, 12:46 am | M.R. Josse
In an nearly hour-long tour de force on the national political situation on Tuesday, Vice-Chairman Dr Tulsi Giri, did what he is well known for: shooting straight and hard, armed with facts and laced with irrefutable logic. More >>
M.R. Josse: Indo-US Tango - Implications
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 2:58 pm | M.R. Josse
INDIAN foreign secretary Shyam Saran proclaimed recently that India is willing to partner the US to 'balance the power equation in Asia.' Hitherto, South Block officials tended not to refer to such concepts as an 'Asian balance' in the context of Indo-US ... More >>
M.R. Josse: Nepal's diplomacy finally comes of age
Friday, 18 November 2005, 10:45 am | M.R. Josse
Tunis, 16 Nov: On board special RA flight: Reflecting on the outcome of the just concluded 13th SAARC summit in Dhaka while jetting from Doha, Qatar to Tunis, what comes to mind most of all is that Nepal's diplomacy has finally come of age. More >>
M.R. Josse: Nepal's Conflict And National Security
Monday, 14 November 2005, 1:03 pm | M.R. Josse
This paper is basically composed of two segments. The first – in greater length – will review and analyse events leading to the current politico-security state of affairs in Nepal; the second – much more abbreviated – will attempt to suggest possible ... More >>
Curbing Terrorism, Restorating Peace And Democracy
Monday, 14 November 2005, 1:02 pm | M.R. Josse
Dhaka, 12 November: In a ringing and dignified address to the thirtheenth summit of the heads of state or government of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) here this morning, His Majesty King Gyanendra called on leaders of South ... More >>
US Warning Sets Loose Cat Among Alliance Pigeons
Monday, 14 November 2005, 1:01 pm | M.R. Josse
In the ever-changing dynamics of the national political drama, the November 4 "warning" by the US against possible moves by the seven-party agitating combo to forge an alliance with the Maoists comes as the latest example of how external forces have become active, ... More >>
M.R. Josse: Failed Politicians, In Nepal
Monday, 7 November 2005, 2:27 pm | M.R. Josse
Politicians of assorted stripes often chant, mantra-like, that Nepal is about to be declared a ‘failed state’. Though none but the purblind or naïve can assert that everything in the Kingdom is in shipshape condition, the sweeping ‘failed state’ ... More >>
