Geopolitics of Nepal’s elections

New government will have to manage India’s anxieties, allay China’s suspicions, and reassure the US.

During the 2025 Gen Z uprising, conspiracy theories about the protests being sponsored by ‘American NGOs’ were doing the rounds online. Others attributed the early-September unrest to India, which had never liked KP Oli, the then prime minister who was unceremoniously chased away from office.