Upstream Sabotage or Ecological Hazard? How Beijing’s Hydro-Strategy Threatens Regional Security across Nepal and India
The recent catastrophic glacier collapse in the High Himalayas, which sent millions of cubic metres of rock, ice, and debris cascading down into Nepal’s downstream valleys, has sent shockwaves through regional security circles. While geologists point to thermal instability and rapid cryospheric changes, strategic analysts across the Indo-Pacific are examining the broader geopolitical canvas surrounding…