SANJAY UPADHYA, a US-based foreign policy expert, says the new US National Security Strategy describes China as the only competitor with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military and technological power to advance that objective.
“Clearly, this assertion takes the US-China rivalry to a new level. As Washington would have the prerogative of defining what behavior on the part of Beijing is ‘coercive’, Nepal could expect further US assertiveness vis-à-vis our general foreign policy in the period ahead,” he says.
The ongoing National People’s Congress of China has indicated how regime security would be an even more categorical concern for Beijing going forward.
“In such a situation,” says Upadhya, “Nepal can be expected to experience a stiffer tug-of-war between the two global powers.”
“Clearly, this assertion takes the US-China rivalry to a new level. As Washington would have the prerogative of defining what behavior on the part of Beijing is ‘coercive’, Nepal could expect further US assertiveness vis-à-vis our general foreign policy in the period ahead,” he says.
The ongoing National People’s Congress of China has indicated how regime security would be an even more categorical concern for Beijing going forward.
“In such a situation,” says Upadhya, “Nepal can be expected to experience a stiffer tug-of-war between the two global powers.”
