ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the interactions of China, India and the United Kingdom (UK), and describes their approaches to security. It focuses on the mutual interactions of rising powers and their interactions with a great power to assess immediate and long-term consequences in Nepal's peacebuilding and recovery. The rationale is that securitisation between political units in an RSC determines the degree of contention and cooperation with powers from other complexes. The chapter also describes the status of the security sector in Nepal. It compares the drivers and natures of engagement of China, India and the UK with this sector, and also examines trends and consequences, in terms of south–south interactions and north–south interactions. The chapter also describes implications for security sector governance. It assesses the impact on Nepal's peacebuilding and recovery processes and makes theoretical inferences. Peacebuilding is about resources – not about which idea works, but about whose ideas count.
