ABSTRACT
Nepal’s geographical position is arguably one of the most important factors that determine not just its foreign policy, but its overall way of life.
Prithvi Narayan Shah, the Gorkha king whose conquests of the Kathmandu valley created the unified nation-state of Nepal, described Nepal as a ‘yam between two boulders’, a phrase that is universally quoted to underline Nepal’s geo-political situation: a small nation sandwiched between two Asian giants — China to the north, and India to the south.
