Japan and Nepal have emerged as nations of considerable importance in the politics of Asia. Nepal being a buffer a state is playing a crucial role in foreign policy of both the neighbours India and China. Recently due to the Mao’s insurgency, it has become the centre of terrorist activities as such, it has become all the more necessary especially for India to pay attention to the problem. Besides Nepal is also playing significant role in the South Asian regional cooperation. Japan on the other hand has emerged as major economic power in Asia and wish to play a crucial role in the politics of the region. The present volume covers all these significant issues and problem. The papers included in this volume have been written by eminent scholars and policy practitioners such as Chakra Bastola, M.K. Bhattarai, B.C. Upreti etc. This volume shall be useful for the scholars who are interested in the politics of Asia in general and Nepal and Japan in particular.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M.D. Dharamdasani
Dr. M.D. Dharamdasani is working as Professor of Political Science & Director, Centre for the Study of Nepal since October 1994 and as Co-ordinator, Japanese Studies since July 1999 at Banaras Hindu University. After a brilliant academic career, he joined the University of Rajasthan as Assistant Professor in January 1973 and did his Ph. D. in Political Science from the same University. He joined B.H.U. un 1981 as Reader in Political Science. Dr. Dharamdasani has completed number of Research Projects sponsored by the U.G.C. and the Centre such as Nepal and the Super Powers and Dynamics of Foreign Aid in South Asia. Presently, he is working on “Japan’s Attitude Towards SAARC.†Dr. Dharamdasani has been the convenor of the number of national and international Seminars and has number of publications to his credit which includes India-Nepal partnership and South Asian Resurgence, Multi-Party Democracies in South Asia, contemporary South Asian Resurgence, Multi-Party Democracies in South Asia, contemporary South Asia, Sri Lanka: An Island in Crisis etc. He is also editor of Indian Journal of Nepalese Studies & Journal of Japanese Studies. His name has been included as outstanding scholar in “Who is Who in the World†published by the Marques of the United States and also as Man of the Year, 2002 by Bibliographic Institute, U.S.A.
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