Nepal’s Geopolitics Amidst India–China Competition

International politics is about great powers constantly seeking opportunities to expand their hegemonic role. In this realm, small states on the periphery of great powers face intense pressures, leading to limits on their sovereignty. Nepal, a landlocked country between two Asian giants, China and India, is a classic case of a small state striving to preserve its territorial integrity and foreign policy autonomy. Against this backdrop, this chapter explores the Sino-India geopolitical competition and how Nepal attempts to play one neighbour against the other to maintain its sovereignty and ensure its economic progress.