1) The document discusses drawing a clear national strategy for Nepal that promotes peace, prosperity, and development. A consistent national strategy that balances diplomatic, economic, and information powers can help achieve national objectives. 2) It notes that Nepal's foreign policy and national strategy need to be streamlined so that ordinary citizens are not victimized by immature political statements or decisions. Recent comments by some politicians have created confusion. 3) Looking ahead, the document questions how Nepali policymakers should appropriately devise a national policy and examines how unilateralism, bilateralism, and possibly multilateralism can protect national interests and be integrated into annual development plans. It concludes that negotiated political settlements and trust among neighboring states based on interdependence

1. New Year Resolution
Brig Gen ( Retd ) Suresh Sharma
(Former spokesperson of NA)
Peoples’Verdict
No political scientists canguarantee precisely foraparticularpolitical systemandforeignpolicy that
wouldbe the mostappropriate fora specificcountry. Peoples’verdictshouldconformaconsistent
political mapforsustainable progress.Variousreasonsfor political instability are prevalentmany of the
poorernationsthathave beentroublesomeinglobal perspective,whetheritbe a rhetoricNorthKorea
raisingperpetual tensionsinthe Koreanpeninsula orIran’sNucleararmingandheightenedtensionin
Israel or casesof leastdeveloped countries( LDCs ) inthe list. LDCs’ humanitariancatastrophe, sluggish
economy iscategorically consideredasa footprinttoworldorderintermsof huge financial spending
and efforts. Anytransitionwithout peoples’verdictis counterproductive –name itfederalism,
secularism,ornewmodel constitutiononwhichmanyof ustake pride.
NewYear Resolution
Withthe adventof comingNewYearand aftera complete terrifyingyearof 20172, there is a needto
draw a faultless line alongnationalstrategy thatwouldonlybe the endowmentfor serenity,prosperity
and development. Appropriatelydevised national strategycontributestogreaterdevelopment and
balances herdiplomatic, economic,and informationalpowerssecuring national objectives. The failure
of attainingaconsistentnational strategywithinanappropriate political systemwould yieldnegative
growth, habituate the citizen’smindsettobeholdasilverliningineveryregime change orashiftin
power.A classicexample of thismayhemisours.It isnow underscoredthatanymove whetherpolitical
or diplomatic, regardlessof its nature,byNepal towardsthirdcountryhasbeenaconcern to our
southernneighbor. The innocentpopulacehas beenbadlysuffering bythe upheaval of foreignaffairs
issuesinmanytimes.Thisyear2072 seemstofade awaybut the painremainsunaddressed. There is
alsoa freshwarningthatfewpolitical partiesinMadhesare againregroupingforagitation. Therefore,
Nepalese shouldnowbe reasonably apparentthathow ourforeignpolicyandnational strategyshould
be streamlined.Ordinarycitizencannotbe victimizedbyimmature statementorpolitical move of any
answerable politicalleadersin theiruppermostpolitical decisionmakingplatform.The recentstatement
of a royalistDPMinMid Westernregionhasalsocreatedconfusioninpolitical roadmap.
What Next
How shouldNepali policy makersconsideranddevise ournational policy appropriately inthe days
aheadis a question,still unanswered,by manypolitical scholars.Nevertheless, we have nothesitatedto
restate the realismandthe tolerance thresholdwhichNepalese sufferedby thislongblockade byIndia

2. inpast fewmonths. We may nowbrainstormin these basics:toremainalways inothercountry’s
clemency orlive withadistinction wouldbe ourtwochoices. Atwhat level ournational interestis
compromised withthesephenomena?How unilateralism, bilateralismandif possiblemultilateralism
may protectour national interestobjective?How canit be integratedtoour peace anddevelopment
package in yearly basis?
Political thinkersaswell assecurityexpertmayrealize the contextual realismof the nationandhave an
assessment how Maoists’insurgency,justifyingone’swill withforce andviolence thatcaused colossal
lossto the nation, has ended voidwithbillionsof amountutilizedfortheirsafe landingbut againnew
episode of adissimilarmodel revolution isalreadyatourdoor step.Wide spreadfrustration hasbeen
restored byrampant corruption ,unemploymentaddedwithlesseragricultural productivitywith“no
boysto ploughthe farm“ inrural areas andthe migrationfromimpoverishedmountainsand hillsalong
withTerai issue insearchof jobs if notaddressedappropriatelycouldbe detrimental to national
security , by damaginglongtermnational objective.
Conclusion
Chinacard has beena shamto charge a landlockednation preventingherfromexploringother
possibilities. Nationalplanners of bothneighbors mightaswell realizethatwaterstressisgoingto be a
majorissue inthe coming centuryin mostof parts of the region, andNepal will notbe exceptionalin
thisregard or infuture there couldbe an acute watershortage for irrigation,drinkingwaterandalsofor
hydropowerinour neighborhood andhence withwisdom, ourmutual interestcouldbe understoodin
the basisof interdependability.There are several more resourcesalike.Therefore,negotiatedpolitical
settlementandtrustamongnationstatesand theirpeople byacknowledgingthe interdependency for
economicgrowth andidentifyingplantocollaborate in theirmutual benefitsare the essenceof regional
harmonywe Nepalese will everthinkof incomingyear.