Nepal, April 11 -- It won't be surprising to witness Indo-Pacific cooperation and BRI coexist and mutually support one another, rather than lock their horns in a mutually defeating contest

Indo-Pacific has become a buzzword in the media discourse and it has also touched upon some sensitive nerves of Nepal. Imbued with America's national security and national defense strategy in Indo-Pacific region, apparently to contain China's rise in Asia, it is also widely taken as a 'strategic competitor' to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). However, the undercurrents of its evolution speak a different story which needs to be carefully studied, if Nepal is to play a meaningful role in complex and often changing alliances of international relati...