Nepal, May 14 -- Since the 1950s, Nepal has endured a cycle of political triumphs and traumas. In this chronicle of political change, the Gen Z 'Blitzkrieg' of September 2025 is unprecedented. It not only overwhelmed the Nepali state almost overnight, but the electoral 'Tsunami' of March 2026 has swept away parties and leaders active since the democratic awakening of the 1940s.

The electorate has now granted the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) a near two-thirds majority. Its senior leader and prime ministerial candidate, the 'enigmatic' Balendra Shah, has been sworn in as Nepal's new Prime Minister.

Foreign policy: Vital and complex

At one of the world's most sensitive crossroads of history and geography, foreign policy has always been ...