LEADER 03764nam 22004935 450 001 9910578687503321 005 20230810175034.0 010 $a9783030999742$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783030999735 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-99974-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7018968 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7018968 035 $a(CKB)23899479400041 035 $aEBL7018968 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL7018968 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-99974-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9923899479400041 100 $a20220617d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNepal Between China and India $eDifficulty of Being Neutral /$fby Gaurav Bhattarai 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (310 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$aPrint version: Bhattarai, Gaurav Nepal Between China and India Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030999735 327 $aChapter 1. Nepal's Neutrality in Present Context -- Chapter 2. India's Perception of Nepal-China Relations -- Chapter 3. China's perception of Nepal-India Relations -- Chapter 4. From Survival to Sustenance -- Chapter 5. Relevance of Neutrality -- Chapter 6. Salability of perceiving Nepal as a Small Power -- Chapter 7. Rise with Responsibility. . 330 $aNepal has a non-neutral history. As an imperial and expansionist power in the Himalayas from the days of its unification in 1769 AD to the Anglo-Nepal war of 1815, Nepal never remained neutral. Also, during the period of Colonialism in South Asia, and particularly after losing the war with the British in 1816, Nepal never exercised the policy of neutrality. Rather, Nepal was raiding Tibet; assisting British India in Sepoy Mutiny; and stood by Britain in the two world wars. Besides, Nepal militarily backed independent India in 1948 over Hyderabad question. But why Nepal suddenly had to take a refuge in neutrality after the political change of 1950? Was it because of Nepal's internal politics, or an attempt to cope with new arrangements in regional security? Nepal's fascination with neutrality was so swifter and inadvertent that Kathmandu, hitherto, has never initiated any policy debates over the all-weather choice. Power elites in Nepal still misperceive neutrality as non-alignment. The aim of the book, however, is not only limited to distinguishing neutrality with non-alignment in the Nepali context but weighs Nepal's claim to neutrality through the Indian and Chinese perceptions to underline the presence of ambiguity and uncertainty in Nepal's claim to neutrality. Illustrating Nepal's attempt to neutrality as a mere survival strategy, this study is less hopeful about Nepal's foreign policy institutions abandoning their Cold War worldview by embracing the strategy of sustenance in today's interdependent and globalized world. Because, as the book suggests, power elites in Kathmandu are customarily lured by the ephemeral yet sporadic geopolitical ambitions, either through discourses or deeds. Gaurav Bhattarai is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy (DIRD) under Tribhuvan University, Nepal. 606 $aAsia$xPolitics and government 606 $aAsian Politics 615 0$aAsia$xPolitics and government. 615 14$aAsian Politics. 676 $a297.72 676 $a327.5496 700 $aBhattarai$b Gaurav$01242968 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910578687503321 996 $aNepal Between China and India$92883259 997 $aUNINA