Contents 1. Obama?s Presidency: A Watershed can it bring a real Change 1-24 2. The Nepali Post-Conflict: Prospects for conflict Transformation and Democratic Consolidation 25-44 3. Nepal: Sandwiched Between Three Boulders 45-55 4. The Role of Infrastructure in China-SAARC Relations: Moving Toward a Partnership of Common Prosperity 56-73 5. Nepal and China face new cold war in the region 74-79 6. Nepal ? India Relations in Post April 2006 days 80-105 7. SAARC: Challenges and Prospects 106-116