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Discuss some of the major issues of conflict and cooperation between India, Nepal and Bhutan.

  • UPSC 1999
  • India and South Asia

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India, Nepal and Bhutan form a Himalayan sub-system. Two small, landlocked monarchies, as both were in 1999, sit between India and China, tied to India by treaties of 1949 and 1950, open or regulated borders and Indian transit. The pattern is hub-and-spoke: most issues run through India, and the main trilateral dispute, the Bhutanese refugees…

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  • Issues of conflict
  • Issues of cooperation
  • Why Bhutan and Nepal diverge
  • Conclusion
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