Yikes, These protests are starting tomorrow. It should prove interesting. I have some other issues to deal with, but I’ll try and get a camera out there.
Maoists ask airlines to stop Kathmandu flights on Nov 10
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas Friday asked all international airlines to stop flights to and from Kathmandu on Nov [...]
Situation Update: 88
By Bishnu Pathak, PhD
and Devendra Uprety
Peace, justice and freedom must be major components of any future security in Nepal. However, Nepal’s transition is deepening in crisis due to the growing ranks of rebel forces, particularly in the Tarai-Madhes. While the State fails to deliver security to the ordinary people, particularly in countryside, [...]
I originally posted this article on United We Blog, but the site was hacked and my post disappeared shortly thereafter. However, it was apparently also chosen for the Demotix widget and appeared in websites for the Himalayan times and the London Telegraph as well as the websites outlined here:
By Neil Horning
On the way to [...]
This throughly researched researched article provides sober analysis of the implications of the Nepali conflict from the perspective of the US military.
by Major Timothy R. Kreuttner, Small Wars Journal
The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal and US COIN Doctrine (Full PDF Article)
Since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the US [...]
Nepal’s Future: In Whose Hands?
Asia Report N°173
13 August 2009
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Nepal’s peace process is in danger of collapse. The fall of the Maoist-led government, a mess largely of the Maoists’ own making, was a symptom of the deeper malaise underlying the political settlement. Consensus has steadily given way to a polarisation which has fed [...]