Diplomatic dilemmas of the hybrid regime

It seems Indians are as worried about US involvement as they are about the Chinese role in the organisational politics of Nepal.

Nearly three months after the much-publicised visit of the vice-president of the Compact Operations of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Fatema Z Sumar and her team to Kathmandu, the pact’s fate still hangs in the balance. Frustrated with unnecessary dillydallying by the recipient, the United States government has upped the ante. The MCC is not just an operational issue anymore. The pact has acquired strategic significance with overt and covert campaigns of global and regional powers.