Beyond Balancing: Nepal’s Strategic Path to Peaceful Development

Nepal’s geopolitical and economic location between India and China is often described as a “gift of nature.” In practice, however, this gift carries significant weight: it demands a determined, time-bound development strategy implemented with responsibility. It is an onerous task that requires clarity of vision, policy consistency and long-term credibility. For sovereign Nepal, the central prerequisite of foreign policy is not tactical maneuvering but the cultivation of distinct, trustworthy and credible long-term relations with both its southern and northern neighbors.