The Maoist Insurgency and Nepal’s Democratic Breakdown of 2002

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Brief Overview

Drawing on interviews with political elites, historical accounts, and government documents this paper argues that the Maoist insurgency of Nepal reached strategic stalemate by 2001 and played an important role in Nepal’s democratic breakdown of 2002.

Author

• Abi Chamlagai, Independent Researcher