1. Lok Raj Baral is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, and Executive Chairman of the Nepal Center for Contemporary Studies.
2. Asian Survey, 42:1, pp. 198-203. ISSN: 0004-4687
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4. 1 According to the general secretary of the Maoist group, the four-month-long ceasefire had lost its relevance because of a "conspiracy of reactionary and fascist forces." See The Kathmandu Post, November 22, 2001.
5. 2 Addressing a gathering in Pokhara, the Minister of State for Home Affairs Devendra Raj Kandel disclosed that the U.S. government had already committed to supplying Nepal with 10 modern helicopters to help control terrorism.