Optimised or compromised? United Kingdom support to reforming security sector governance in post-war Nepal

Safal Ghimire

Third World Quarterly, 2017, vol. 38, issue 6, 1415-1436

Abstract: UK policies embrace the ideas of security–development nexus, but most scholarship on its engagement builds upon African cases. This paper examines the drivers, nature and implications of UK involvement with an Asian country, Nepal. The UK’s position as the largest bilateral contributor and major peace and security donor among at least 21 others makes examination of its Nepal involvement imperative. This paper uses the grounded theory method and interpretivist analytical approach to create interactions between published and field information. Although the UK’s persistent engagement and programme-based approach helped peacefully manage transition, this paper contends, institutional changes have been shallow and winning confidence remains strenuous.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1233811

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