ISAS Insights

The new coalition government in Nepal, led by Maoist leader Prachanda, faces the formidable challenge of amending the recently-crafted Constitution for ushering in national reconciliation, besides the onerous tasks of reconstructing the quake-hit areas and raising the quality of administration. A silver lining, for now, is Prachanda's recognition of the ground realities such as the compulsions of coalition politics and the need for a balanced Nepali foreign policy towards India and China.