Make way for connectivity projects

Nepal and India should focus more on the strategic objective of developing infrastructure.

The year 2020 will be marked by a downturn in Nepal-India relations, with decreasing trust between Kathmandu and New Delhi after the Kalapani border dispute. While harmful, such tensions are neither new nor abnormal. In the past 20 years, bilateral relations have been mostly instable, with cyclical ups and downs. This will continue as Nepali nationalism gains ground and China increases its influence.