‘Nepal’s Geo-strategic Challenges Have Not Changed’

Dr. Christian Wagner is a senior fellow on Asia Division at German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), which primarily advises in decision-making on international politics and foreign and security policy to the German government and Bundestag. He has been involved in research on security and strategic affairs of South Asia. Probably one of the best known researchers on South Asia and Nepal in Germany, he spoke on a wide range of issues, including Nepal’s geo-political challenges, impact of China and India’s rivalry in South Asia, the way ahead of Nepalese federalism and experiences with our special representative, Lekhanath Pandey— Lecturer of Tribhuvan University, Nepal and Research Fellow of Humboldt University, Berlin— at SWP headquarters in Berlin, Germany. Excerpt: