Rupak Sapkota
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Dr Rupak Sapkota | |
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रूपक सापकोटा | |
| File:Dr Rupak Sapkota.jpg | |
| Foreign Affairs Advisor to PM, Nepal | |
| In office March 2023 – Present | |
| Deputy Executive Director of Institute of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 10 Nov 2019 – 22 Oct 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Dr Indra Adhikari |
| Succeeded by | Mr Rajendra Pandey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kubhinde, Sindhupalchok, Nepal |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Alma mater | Renmin University of China Tribhuvan University |
| Occupation | Foreign Policy Expert |
Dr. Rupak Sapkota (Nepali: रूपक सापकोटा) is a foreign policy expert, who presently serves as foreign affairs advisor to the prime minister of Nepal.[1] [2]
Dr. Sapkota previously served as a Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA)[3][4], a think-tank patronized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nepal).[5][6] He earned his PhD in International Relations (IR) from the Renmin University of China.
Sapkota's research encompasses geopolitics, security studies, small- big powers relations, trilaterlism among China, India and Nepal, Indo-Pacific and the Belt and Road Initiative.
Dr. Sapkota is a faculty in the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy at Tribhuvan University. Sapkota has been quoted regularly in Xinhua, China Daily[7], Global Times[8], South China Morning Post[9], The Annapurna Express[10], The Diplomat[11]. He has also written several peer-reviewed journal articles.[12]
Sapkota is the strongest proponent of Nepal Zone of Peace Proposition , amidst the emergence of great power rivalries at regional and global levels.[13] [14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Rupak Sapkota appointed foreign affairs advisor to Prime Minister". The Kathmandu Post. 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ↑ "Dr Rupak Sapkota appointed as the foreign affairs advisor to Prime minister". Renmin University of China. 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ↑ "Dr Sapkota appointed as a new Deputy Executive Director". Institute of Foreign Affairs Nepal.
- ↑ "Sapkota appointed Deputy Executive Director of Institute of Foreign Affairs".
- ↑ "Institute of Foreign Affairs". Institute of Foreign Affairs Nepal.
- ↑ "Institute of Foreign Affairs". Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nepal MOFA.
- ↑ "Links between Tibet and Nepal boosted". China Daily. 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ↑ "Nepal expects more investment for infrastructure construction from China". Global Times. 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ↑ "Beijing signs deals with Nepal amid China-India border clash". South China Morning Post. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ↑ "Interview: Economic ties under BRI incomparable to military goals of IPS". The Annapurna Express. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ↑ "The Indo-Pacific Vs. the Belt and Road: Nepal's Great MCC Debate". The Diplomat. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ↑ "Nepal's Conundrum in the Indo-Pacific amidst the Emergence of the Great Power Rivalry". Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations 2020;56(2). Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ↑ "Rupak Sapkota:Time has come for a 'neutral zone of peace' idea". The Annapurna Express. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ↑ "नेपालले तटस्थतासहितको शान्ति क्षेत्र प्रस्ताव अघि सार्नुपर्छ : डा. रुपक सापकोटा". Nepalkhabar. 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
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