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Author Archives: Bhim Bhurtel

Bhim Bhurtel teaches Development Economics and Global Political Economy in the Master's program at Nepal Open University. He was the executive director of the Nepal South Asia Center (2009-14), a Kathmandu-based South Asian development think-tank. Bhurtel can be reached at bhim.bhurtel@gmail.com.

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Border deal relies on Modi’s ‘strongman’ image

by Bhim Bhurtel October 12, 2020October 12, 2020
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‘Asian NATO’ plan stillborn at Tokyo Quad meet

by Bhim Bhurtel October 9, 2020October 12, 2020
Photo: Reuters / Brian Snyder
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Fading American dream behind supremacy decline

by Bhim Bhurtel October 7, 2020October 7, 2020
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India to lose more than it gains from the Quad

by Bhim Bhurtel October 2, 2020October 7, 2020
An LNG terminal in Yangkou Port in Nantong city, which is in China's Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP
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‘Asian Century’ may bring forth a green civilization

by Bhim Bhurtel September 30, 2020September 30, 2020
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West may reckon India unfit for liberal internationalism

by Bhim Bhurtel September 25, 2020September 25, 2020
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Morrison digging a grave for Australia

by Bhim Bhurtel September 22, 2020September 27, 2020
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India swings like a pendulum between China and US

by Bhim Bhurtel September 18, 2020September 22, 2020
A Katana samurai sword, favored by some yakuza in Japan. Photo: iStock
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Trade, tech war suicidal for US free-market capitalism

by Bhim Bhurtel September 14, 2020September 14, 2020
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India tries last-minute course reversal on China

by Bhim Bhurtel September 9, 2020September 10, 2020
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‘October Surprise’ might be more surprising this time

by Bhim Bhurtel September 7, 2020September 9, 2020
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India’s gamble on China policy looking like a bad bet

by Bhim Bhurtel September 3, 2020September 3, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the World Economic Forum  in Davos, Switzerland. Photo: REUTERS / Ruben Sprich
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‘Dual circulation’ strategy China’s message to US

by Bhim Bhurtel August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
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Indian Army’s professional credibility under question

by Bhim Bhurtel August 17, 2020August 17, 2020
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Bending ‘one China’ policy costlier for India

by Bhim Bhurtel August 11, 2020August 11, 2020
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Beijing pushing New Delhi toward a hard choice

by Bhim Bhurtel August 3, 2020August 6, 2020
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks with a reporter during the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2017. Photo: Reuters/ Stephanie Keith
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Bangladesh’s snub another blow for India

by Bhim Bhurtel July 27, 2020July 30, 2020
FILE PHOTO: India's Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi gestures during an address at a farmers' rally at Ramlila ground in New Delhi, India, April 19, 2015. Photo:  Reuters/Anindito Mukherje
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Ladakh standoff pushes Modi’s popularity into free-fall

by Bhim Bhurtel July 22, 2020July 22, 2020
Workers give the finishing touches to the world's tallest statue dedicated to Indian independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, overlooking the Sardar Sarovar Dam near Vadodara in western India's Gujarat state on October 18, 2018. Photo: AFP /  Sam Panthaky
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Modi’s ‘Chinese expansionism’ rhetoric a farce

by Bhim Bhurtel July 15, 2020July 15, 2020
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Territorial nationalism a dead end for Modi

by Bhim Bhurtel July 8, 2020July 11, 2020

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