Post Bahadur Basnet
The radicals in the Maoists
A political agreement signed on 1 November was finally supposed to allow former Maoist combatants in Nepal to move ahead with their lives. Instead, the response has been mostly anger and accusations of duplicity.
Dec 01, 2011
Deferred, not resolved
Serious obstacles remain in moving forward on the peace process in Nepal. Will the impossibility of extending the Constituent Assembly beyond six months force the Maoists and the other parties to a compromise?
Jul 27, 2011
Plenum fiasco
While the recent meeting of Nepal's Maoists was supposed to offer clarity and energy for the party's future strategy, it did neither.
Jan 29, 2011
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