01430pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001200040245010100052260000900153300001100162520101800173650003801191650002801229773003901257180718b2000   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKailash  aRegional geopolitical compulsion to geoeconomic cooperation: a paradigm shift in Indo-Nepal ties  c2000  ap.1-13  aThe geopolitical importance of the Himalayan Kingdom in the Himalayas has always been a challenge to the Indian policy makers to adjust their policy relationship with not only Nepal but China also.  It became more important during a number of occasions like Chinese occupation over Tibet in early fifties and the aggression over Indian territory in 1962.  So far as the bilateral relationship is concerned there has been a number of sweet and sour experiences during the last fifty years.  India has always maintained the `special status' to Nepal.  But it was the Monarchy at Kathmandu who, for his political survival, tried to follow the anti-Indian stands but collapsed ultimately in 1990.  This proved to be a turning point in the bilateral understanding leading to the complete shift from geopolitical equation for `self defense' to geoeconomic cooperation for bilateral and regional peace and prosperity.  It is hoped that the bilateral relationship will be more amicable in the new millennium. - Reproduced  aIndia - Foreign relations - Nepal  aInternational relations  aIndian Journal of Regional Science