Geopolitics
The Cage of Currents: How Hydro-Hegemony Constrains Nepal's Sovereign Dream
Nepal aims to become South Asia's hydropower battery by 2035, exporting 15 GW of electricity to India and Bangladesh, but this vision is perilously constrained by India's hydro-hegemonic control over export routes and markets. It is a heartbreaking illustration of how neo-colonial dependency structures, masquerading as cooperation, systematically shackle the sovereign developmental aspirations of the Global South, forcing nations into a vulnerability paradox not of their own making.
