Prachanda & China: Nepal’s small country syndromehttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/prachanda-china-nepals-small-country-syndrome/January 6, 2023, 6:54 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Pushpa-Kamal-Dahal-1.jpegOpinionTellingly, the return of Prachanda as Prime Minister of Nepal for the third time after his defection from the Nepali Congressled alliance to the K.P. Oli led Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) suggests the return of Chinese interf...Explaining China’s Siege Mentalityhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/explaining-chinas-siege-mentality/October 15, 2022, 2:24 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/china-flag.jpgOpinionPerpetuating the image of a conspiratorial West is, thus, vital for sustenance of the CCP. This suggests threat perceptions are the basis for Chinese foreign policy formulation. Resurrection of ideology under Xi Jinpinghttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/resurrection-of-ideology-under-xi-jinping/October 14, 2022, 12:00 amOpinionMarking a departure from his predecessors, Xi has appropriated history to essentially rescue China from equating its modernization of socialism with Westernization.Rationale behind Xi’s power consolidationhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/rationale-behind-xis-power-consolidation/October 13, 2022, 12:14 amOpinionXi Jinping’s great push for power consolidation is not simply a means for fulfilling his personal ambitions, but constitutes a final step in the Chinese grand strategy of decentering the US and re-centering itself as the global hegemon.China’s big SCO game: Pit Eurasia against Indo-Pacifichttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/chinas-big-sco-game-pit-eurasia-against-indo-pacific/September 22, 2022, 12:37 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sco.jpgOpinionThe idea of Eurasia mooted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the SCO summit is to counter the US-led Indo-Pacific region which has emerged as a principal challenge and threat to China’s great power dream. Explaining India’s neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine warhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/prachanda-china-nepals-small-country-syndrome/January 6, 2023, 6:54 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Pushpa-Kamal-Dahal-1.jpegOpinionThe Russo-Ukraine conflict not only tells us about the grave challenges to the liberal international order, but tellingly indicates the weaknesses inherent in the nation-state system that has become the standard model of state formation since the ...