Nepal politics

Sher Bahadur Deuba faces a herculean task in managing fragile politics.  

Managing relations with great powers will remain a key foreign policy challenge for Nepal’s new prime minister.

The recent Supreme Court order reinstating parliament has put the constitution back on track.

Sher Bahadur Deuba, who leads the Nepali Congress party, is serving as Nepal's prime minister for the fifth time.

The order removes Prime Minister K.P. Oli, who had been running a caretaker government until planned elections.

Institutional confrontation is heating up in Nepal, against the backdrop of an ongoing political crisis.

For now, instead of endless politicking, Nepal’s leaders must put their differences aside and work together

The decision comes amid regional geopolitical churn and a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. How Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli navigates both will determine his future.

The trust vote was a long time in the making. What follows, however, remains uncertain.

Much remains uncertain about Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s future. But he could spring yet another surprise.

Decisive election results in 2017 raised hopes that Nepal would finally see a government finish its term. That looks like a distant dream today.