Nepal
Key Connections
- People’s Republic of China — northern pressure vector; BRI investment
- India — dominant southern neighbour; primary trade conduit
- Belt and Road Initiative — 2017 BRI Framework Agreement
- BRICS — multipolar hedging vector
- Tibet — northern border territory; Tibetan refugee hosting
- QUAD — counter-BRI India-US alignment
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation — SCO dialogue partner
- Insurgency — 1996–2006 Maoist People’s War legacy
- Hybrid Warfare — Sino-Indian sub-threshold competition
- Narendra Modi — “Neighbourhood First” doctrine driver