The culture of empowering backbenchers and encouraging open dialogue between party ranks is largely absent in Nepal’s political parties. As Hirschman suggests, when voices are ignored, members face ...

Nepal recently witnessed an unprecedented political transformation following the massive youth-led protests of September 8 ...

Santosh Pariyar, who served as a secretariat member of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, member of parliament and chief whip of ...

On September 4, the Nepali government banned dozens of social media platforms to curb dissent. Instead, the move unleashed ...

Karki’s administration faces the challenging task of maintaining stable relations with key international partners whose ...

Nepal’s September protests and regime change created two major unexpected costs that Prime Minister Sushila Karki’s interim ...

Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal on Thursday sought to clear the air saying he has no immediate plans to form a political party ...

It is no surprise that Kulman Ghising, who became hugely popular among the public after freeing the country from 18-hour ...

Deliberative democracy encompasses a range of models, but its foundational principles all aim to ensure that democracy ...

Sheikh Hasina and two top aides were tried by the International Crimes Tribunal, a domestic war crimes court, for their role in handling the student-led protests last year.

It is unclear if the push for radical transformation sought by the party’s (not-so) Young Turks will amount to anything or if ...

India’s democratic framework was built on the pillars of secularism, ensuring freedom of faith for every citizen. Yet, in ...