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Yuba Nath Lamsal:-- Countries are like individuals. No single country resembles the other. States are different from one another on various accounts – physical size, geographical position, geopolitical significance, economic strength, military power and other characteristics. There are 193 countries in the world. The United Nations, however, has 195 members, of which 193 are full members while two - the Holy See and the State of Palestine — are non-member observer states of the United Nations. Some other entities claim to be sovereign states but they are not recognised as by the international community and are not allowed to join the UN despite their attempt and lobbying. The world is like a small global village owing mainly to greater economic and technological connectivity. No single country in the world is fully self-reliant on all accounts and they are, in one way or the other, dependent on others for various reasons. Countries thus cannot survive and prosper in isolation no m...

Yuba Nath Lamsal:-- Karl Marx has said history repeats itself first as tragedy and second as farce. Similarly, Mark Twin is believed to have said that history does not repeat but it only rhymes. Indeed, history does not repeat in the same manner as it happened in the past. Some events may seem to be identical to the events of the past but history never occurs in the same manner. People may be nostalgic for certain events of the past and they have every right to daydream. But the wheel of history can never roll back and has not been so since the human civilisation began. Politics is a game of possibilities and different kinds of narratives are created in politics. Narratives shape the course of politics. Political ideologies are also narratives that have moulded the minds of the people in the world. At times, feudalism had its heyday everywhere in the world. Capitalism replaced feudalism at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. The invention of the steam engine marked the beginnin...

Yuba Nath Lamsal:- The ‘Nuclear Ban Week 2025’ kicked off in New York on March 1 ahead of the third Meeting of State Parties (3MSP) to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The 3MSP is a group of countries that have signed and ratified the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of the Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). In the week-long events, civil society groups from across the world are engaged in various activities, calling for the total ban of the nuclear arms proliferation, testing and use. Nuclear weapons are the most fatal weapons of mass destruction, which must be completely banned, for which the civilised people across the world need to join hands and work collectively. The anti-nuke campaign marks the cluster of activities, seeking to raise higher awareness about the negative consequences of nuclear weapons for world peace, security, human health, environment, and human civilisation. The ‘Nuclear Ban Week 2025’ is a part of the overall movement of the International Campaign to...

युवनाथ लम्साल :- डोनाल्ड ट्रम्पले संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाको नयाँ राष्ट्रपतिको रूपमा पदभार ग्रहण गरेको एक महिनाभन्दा अलि बढी भएको छ । राष्ट्रपतिको पदभार ग्रहण गरेलगत्तै ट्रम्पले ठूलो संख्यामा कार्यकारी आदेशहरूमा हस्ताक्षर गरे, जसले स्वदेश र विदेशमा व्यापक प्रभाव पारेको छ । युनाइटेड स्टेट्स एजेन्सी फर इन्टरनेशनल डेभलपमेन्ट (युएसएआईडी) को निलम्बनले अमेरिका र विश्वभर झन् बहस सिर्जना गरेको छ । यो निर्णयले युएसएआईडीमार्फत अमेरिकी सहायता प्राप्त गर्ने धेरै देशहरूलाई असर गरेको छ । सुरुमा युएसएआईडीका गतिविधिहरू तीन महिनाकालागि स्थगन गरिएको छ र युएसएआईडीमा कार्यरत सबै अमेरिकी कर्मचारीहरूलाई फिर्ता बोलाइएको छ । राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्पका नजिकका सहयोगी एलोन मस्कले युएसएआईडीलाई ‘अपराधी संगठन’समेत भनेकाले तीन महिनापछि पनि यो एजेन्सी पुनर्जीवित हुने सम्भावना कम छ । पेरिस जलवायु सम्झौता, विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन लगायत अन्य अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय प्रतिबद्धताहरूबाट पनि अमेरिका पछि हट्ने ट्रम्पको निर्णयको विश्वव्यापी प्रभाव पर्नेछ । ट्रम्पले गरेका धेरैजसो कार्यहरू आफ्नो चुनावी अभियानका क्रममा गरेका वाचाहरूसँग मिल्दोजुल्द...

Yuba Nath Lamsal:- Barely a month has passed since the newly elected President of the United States Donald Trump assumed office. Soon after he took office of presidency Trump signed a large number of executive orders that have created a wide-ranging impact both at home and abroad. The suspension of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has created more hue and cry within America and across the world. This decision has impacted many countries that received US assistance through the USAID. Initially, the USAID activities have been suspended for three months and all US staff working in the USAID have been called back. Since President Trump’s close aide, Elon Musk, called the USAID a ‘criminal organisation’, this agency is less likely to be revived even after three months. Trump’s decision to withdraw from other international commitments including the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and others will also have a global impact. Most of the ...