Fw: H-ASIA: New Report on Nontraditional Security Challenges in Nepal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Dwyer" <dwyer@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:59 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: New Report on Nontraditional Security Challenges in Nepal

> H-ASIA
> January 10, 2012
>
> New Report on Nontraditional Security Challenges in Nepal
> ********
> From: Tracy Timmons-Gray [ttimmonsgray@nbr.org]
>
> Dear H-Asia members,
>
> NBR has just released a new report that examines nontraditional security
> challenges confronting Nepal and assesses the implications for the
> country's political future, social policies, and overall security. A
> summary of the report and a link to download are below. This report is
> free to access through March 10.
>
> "Nontraditional Security Challenges in Nepal"
>
> By Sridhar K. Khatri and Bishnu Raj Upreti (NBR Special Report, January
> 2012)
>
> Link: http://m.nbr.org/yJUMh8
>
>
> SUMMARY
>
> Nepal has undergone phenomenal change over the past 60 years, from the end
> of the Rana oligarchy to the more recent struggles with the Maoist
> insurgency. The country is now redefining itself as a democratic federal
> republic, a challenging transition for any nation.
>
> This NBR Special Report examines the nontraditional security challenges
> confronting Nepal in this new era and assesses the implications for the
> country's political future, social policies, and overall security.
>
> In the essay "Health and Human Security in Nepal and Possible Trajectories
> for 2025," Sridhar K. Khatri (South Asia Centre for Policy Studies)
> examines the current political canvas of Nepal, with a particular focus on
> health and human security issues, and explores possible scenarios for how
> the country might evolve through 2025.
>
> In "Water and Food Insecurity: Nontraditional Security Challenges for
> Nepal," Bishnu Raj Upreti (Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research
> North-South) discusses Nepal's significant challenges related to water and
> food security, including food production, land distribution, and access to
> clean water.
>
> Link to report: http://m.nbr.org/yJUMh8
>
> (Free report access through March 10, 2012)
>
> This report emerged from the three-year study, "Non-Traditional Regional
> Security Architecture for South Asia," which is supported by the John D.
> and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Asia Security Initiative.
>
> Tracy Timmons-Gray
> The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
> Seattle, WA
>
>
> ************************************************************************
> To post to H-ASIA simply send your message to:
> <H-ASIA@h-net.msu.edu>
> For holidays or short absences send post to:
> <listserv@h-net.msu.edu> with message:
> SET H-ASIA NOMAIL
> Upon return, send post with message SET H-ASIA MAIL
> H-ASIA WEB HOMEPAGE URL: http://h-net.msu.edu/~asia/