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GP Acharya

GP Acharya
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The author is a geo-strategic thinker/techno-geopolitical analyst.

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The Spirit of Peace: Path to Peaceful World Order—II

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Due to ongoing international instability, humanity has been seriously threatened. The prospect of peace is now more important than ever given the horrific tragedies that human civilization is currently facing. An Amnesty International report claims that the "Trump effect" is seriously undermining hu...
Jun 03, 2025
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Vipassana Diplomacy: A Path to Peaceful World Order- I

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I recently had another chance to sit in a ten-day noble silence and full-time meditation session at the Vipassana Center. The word "Vipassana" means "insight," that is, the aptitude to see things in their true perspective. Vipassana, an ancient meditation technique that is free from dogma, touches t...
May 13, 2025
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Trump 2.0: Disordered 'Free World' and Foreign Policy Slip

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With the advent of the impetuous "Trump era," global politics is visibly in a state of chaotic disorder. 
Mar 11, 2025
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Trump 2.0: Beginning of the End of Democratic History

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The world has been witnessing a one-man circus-drama in international politics since Donald Trump assumed the oath of office of the US presidency for the second term.
Feb 13, 2025
OPINION

Shifting Techno-polar Order

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Hundreds of countries on every continent admire China, and desperately crave to join Beijing-led organizations and wish to maintain a long-term strategic partnership with it.
Dec 06, 2024
OPINION

The Bigness of Smallness

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Nepal can be transformed as a developed nation only if it succeeds politically, diplomatically, and economically, moving from a surviving "small state" to a significant "influencing power" by defying the notion of traditional theories of international relations that "bandwagon," "bargain," or "buffe...
Nov 13, 2024
OPINION

Oli, Geopolitics and Look-around Foreign Policy

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Where are the diplomatic intelligence systems in Nepal? Can foreign policy succeed without any significant intelligence mechanisms?
Aug 06, 2024
OPINION

Cyber Intelligence for Enhancing National Security

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The tech and cyber worlds were intensely outraged in 2021 as the Pegasus Project investigation unveiled the massively unethical software hacking and data leak by use of spyware.
Apr 07, 2023
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National security: A notion of geopolitical reality

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Last week, US President Joe Biden made an unannounced trip to Ukraine and subsequently announced a considerable aid amount to Ukraine in its war against Russia, while Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed his commitment to protect Russian security by “ramping up nuclear capabilities” while marking...
Mar 05, 2023
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Patronizing Sovereign Dignity of Nepal

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The November 20 election was not only about electing a new leader, but also about selecting a daring leader who can pragmatically handle all the issues - economic, social, developmental, diplomatic, foreign policy, national dignity and security - coherently balance Nepal’s relations with immediate a...
Dec 03, 2022