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Nestled between India and China, Nepal has increasingly emerged as a strategically significant player in regional and global geopolitics. Over the past decade, intensifying competition among major powers, combined with Nepal's unique location in the Himalayas, has elevated the country's geopolitical importance not only for its immediate neighbors but also
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