Nepal, Feb. 15 -- Why Nepal's crisis is better explained by institutional decay rather than external conspiracy There is a growing tendency to frame Nepal's current political turmoil primarily through the language of Foreign Hands.

Across talk circuits and commentary today, Nepal's unfolding crisis is increasingly being explained through external influence -foreign powers, hidden backers, geopolitical plots.

In a tense regional environment, this framing is understandable, but it also risks becoming a convenient shortcut. By looking outward first, it subtly shifts attention away from the harder, less comfortable work political parties and institutions have long postponed: internal reform, accountability, and rule-bound governance.

Three...