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Archived Articles  Simeon Mitropolitski is a Canadian analyst, of Bulgarian descent, and former syndicated columnist with the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). He is the author of several hundred articles dealing with the hot political and economic topics, both Bulgarian and international. ("A Royal Solution." World Press Review. June 1997, provides English versions). He was part of the first group of Bulgarian intellectuals that began the opposition movement that finally put an end to the communist regime in the country, and in 1996-1997 participated in the international monitors' teams during the elections in several Balkan countries - Romania, Albania and Bulgaria. In 1999 he was among the few Bulgarian journalists that supported NATO military operation against Yugoslavia. In 2002 Simeon and his family emigrated from Bulgaria to Canada where they now live in Montreal, Quebec.
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Nepal: Back to a civil conflict?Some weeks ago the parliament of Nepal voted for a constitution amendment making the country a federal republic pending the endorsement by the Constituent Assembly; the latter must be elected by mid-April 2008. In the meantime, the parliament passed a law for nationalization of the property of the royal family. The nationalized property will be put into a special trust; the profits of its management will go for different social programs in the healthcare and the education. Pending the election of the Constituent Assembly, the Maoists, the strongest among the opposition forces, demand for the King Gyanendra to vacate his palace immediately or face a deportation from the country. Other political forces, from both the opposition and the government, refuse to endorse this move. Nepal, a poor and backward country in the Himalayan Mountains, faces another national crisis. Nepal faces problems that aren't uncommon to many Third World countries. A traditional society with very high economic disparities between the upper and lower classes, with still widespread illiteracy, and economic structure in the agriculture that favors only few, Nepal has done very little since the end of the British presence in order to overcome its economic backwardness. On the contrary, the regional rivalry between India and China after the World War II has contributed to 'freezing' of country's social, political and economic relations. The regime has been supported by India; the main organized military opposition groups for decades have found support in China. Not surprisingly, the recent 'détente' between New Delhi and Beijing has also contributed to some sort of political opening in Nepal. The social peace, however, is far from assured. The country can still turn back to the road of the civil war. At least three short to midterm scenarios are possible for Nepal. First, the least possible, is that the ruling elite unites around what remains from the royal family, ready to defend its privileges. The civil conflict starts again, but the two powerful neighbors India and China push back the warring parties on the table of political negotiations; second, by far the worst scenario, much more probable, is that the country sinks into political chaos, and the most organized faction, the Maoists, take power, creating situation similar to that in countries like Cambodia of the late 1970s; third, the best scenario, although less certain with each day passing, is to have all major political forces forging a viable coalition for social and economic progress, including the former Maoists and monarchists.
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