Blar i forfatter Senter for fredsstudier - Centre for Peace Studies (CPS) "Bragtvedt, Stian"
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"Strategic Firmness - Tactical Flexibility". Why did the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) decide to join the peace process?
Bragtvedt, Stian (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2007-06-18)This paper looks into the reasons for the Nepali Maoists’ decision to join the peace process. Nepal, a country of 27 million inhabitants and squeezed in between India and China, was engulfed in a civil war between 1996 and 2006, that cost the lives of over 13000 people. In 2005 King Gyanendra assumed full power in a coup, and vowed to restore peace. The response was an alliance between the Maoists ...