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VOA News: George Varughese Highlights Nepal’s Historic Deal
An article in Voice of America focuses on a historic agreement in Nepal where the country’s leading political parties have agreed to integrate former Maoist combatants into the military. George Varugh [...]
Stateless in New Nepal: Inclusion without Citizenship is Impossible
Last week, Nepal’s Constituent Assembly (CA) members drafted citizenship provisions in the country’s long-awaited constitution, causing much consternation and almost guaranteeing that approximately 2. [...]
New Idea of Politics Needed For a Stable Nepal
Nepal has been in a state of transition since 1950. In the ensuing years, a relatively brief, decade-long romance with democracy ended in three decades of single-party, autocratic rule. Since the rest [...]
Debating Amnesty and Reconciliation in Nepal
The last several weeks have witnessed the unfolding of an unfortunate chain of events in Nepal with regard to a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The commitment to form a TRC was part of the [...]
Asia Foundation’s George Varughese Speaks with Channel NewsAsia on Nepal Elections
The Asia Foundation’s country representative in Nepal George Varughese speaks with Channel NewsAsia presenter Steve Lai on key issues for voters in Nepal’s November 19 general elections. View the inte [...]
Nepal Holds Elections: Now on to the Constitution
This week, Nepal once again showed the world that its people believe in a peaceful, democratic means to select those who govern them. On a cold election-day morning on November 19, an estimated 70 per [...]