DEBATE India - Nepal Relations: A Reality Check K. V. RAJAN Nepal Today: Bad Politics Trumps Good Economics HARI BANSH JHA Nepal-India Relations Gaining Ground B. C. UPRETI India-Nepal Relations: Complexities, Misperceptions and Irritants SHEEL KANT SHARMA Nepal’s Democratic Polity and India ANJOO SHARAN UPADHYAYA Rise Above Prejudices and Suspicions: Build a ‘Naya Nepal’ ARTICLES AJAI MALHOTRA Climate Change: Tackling the Challenge Confronting India OBJA BORAH HAZARIKA and VIVEK MISHRA Soft Power Contestation between India and China in South Asia ANAND KUMAR India-Maldives Relations: Is the Rough Patch Over? BOOK REVIEWS SAMEENA HAMEED Turmoil in West Asia: Sectarian Divide Shapes Regional Contestations by Talmiz Ahmad ABDUL NAFEY Canada-India: Partners in Progress by Prem K. Budhwar K. P. FABIAN Diplomacy at the Cutting Edge by Kishan S. Rana DHRUV C. KATOCH Afghanistan Pakistan India: A Paradigm Shift by Shaida Mohammad Abdali