What it means to be a peripheral country in the age of uncertainties

The government tricks the public into feeling that it is steering a steady ship, while structural policy, economic reality and disaster response crumble underneath.

Prime Minister Balendra Shah doesn’t seem to have any business on his first foreign trip after taking up office other than delivering a routine address to the United Nations General Assembly. However, he will probably be staying in a country ruled by climate change denier President Donald Trump.