The Talking Points

Book excerpt: A former career diplomat and civil servant of Nepal, Madhu Raman Acharya keeps speaking and writing on various topical issues in Nepal's foreign policy and diplomacy spanning over subjects including neighbourhood relations, strategic affairs, regional cooperation, international development agenda of the least developed and landlocked countries and multilateral issues at the United Nations. This volume includes his select papers, write-ups, essays, journal publications, and chapters of books that have appeared elsewhere but had remained scattered. It provides his thoughts and reflections on the subjects in about a decade of his writings.