The Nepali security sector: An almanac
Bishnu Sapkota (ed.) | Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces and the Centre for European Studies | 2009
Country: Nepal
The political changes that have been taking place in Nepal have been
extremely far-reaching. In a sense, the underlying motive of the changes is still to
leave the old Nepal behind and enter a new era of nation building where everything
has to be re-thought out, re-planned and re-implemented. This is the time that the
country requires highest degree of imagination, creativity, courage and vision.
The Almanac brings together as authors a group of senior politicians across
the major political parties, academics, journalists, human rights defenders and
lawyers who have been speaking about, writing on and engaged in policy making in
the area of security sector reform. The authors are not only contributors to the book
but also are people who will continue to lead the discourse on the area and play a
key role in policy making and decisions as the country progresses towards stability.
The contributors from the political side are responsible and influential leaders within
their respective parties, the journalists are chief editors of the major newspapers and
newsmagazines, the academics and human rights defenders are well-respected
individuals who have been long-engaged in generating ideas in related areas and
who will continue to influence the debate in one way or another. In this sense, the
Almanac is a happy collection of authors representing the important spectrum of
politics, civil society, academics and media.
The Almanac expects to contain all basic information about the security sector
reform in Nepal, debates and controversies on certain sensitive issues, and an
analysis and recommendation about what should be adopted by the state as long
term security policies. The book expects to be a central reference material for the
Constituent Assembly, Government and its agencies, political parties and policy
makers as they work on the security sector reform in the coming years.
The objective of the book is to contribute to the security sector reform process
by bringing together information, data and analysis that is required on all related
areas like the military, police, intelligence and the overall role of government as the
executive. It brings together perspectives not only from major political parties but also
from the media, human rights and constitutional/legal areas. Every chapter of the
respective area briefly dwells on the historical context, analysis of the current status
and ways ahead, and every chapter attempts at providing all necessary basic
information so that the concerned can easily refer to one book for information- the
Almanac- while working on the important and sensitive area of the security sector.
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