Bhutan and China have landed into fresh border dispute – this time quietly in an international forum, details of which have started coming out only recently, bit by bit. Indian…
Wamrong case: a litmus test for Bhutanese judiciary
You cannot question the authority for its actions. This was the primary principle of governance in Bhutan for centuries. Post ‘guided democratic’ changes, little has changed to diffuse the perception…
Faltering – Annual Human Rights Report
Bhutan has become an example among South Asians and high achievers in donor’s expectations in the socio-economic sphere. There are several statistics and reports produced within the country that display…
The Bhutan Journal 1.1
Editorial Welcome to the first issue of Bhutan Journal. Citation: Bhutan Watch. (2020). Editorial. The Bhutan Journal, 1(1); 5. doi.org/10.55564/tbj11edtr20 Waters of Bhutan Govinda Rizal On average 75 billion tons…
Climate Change Impact in Bhutan
ABSTRACT The Himalayas is a serious victim of climate change. Consequences of the change will be the hardest for the people there. Residents in downstream will be no less affected….
Contemporary Bhutan’s Faulty Policies and Remedies
ABSTRACT Bhutan is no exception when it comes to effect of globalisation and its tight measures to avoid the wind of globalisation, liberalisation and privatisation will bound to fail sooner…
Waters of Bhutan
ABSTRACT On average 75 billion tons of freshwater exit from Bhutan every year. Freshwater of the Himalayas is used for domestic purposes, to irrigate fields and to generate hydroelectricity among…
Jumpstarting Nepal-Bhutan Relationship
ABSTRACT A breakthrough in Nepal-Bhutan relationship in the past had been rendered near impossible given the mistrust over refugee issue coupled with lack of autonomy in Thimpu vis-à-vis conduct of…
Bhutan Within the Indo-Pacific Strategies
ABSTRACT Security threat posed by rising China in Indo-Pacific region has raised fear of possible shift in the world order – that had remained under tight fist of the United…
Editorial
Dear Readers, We welcome you to the inaugural issue of The Bhutan Journal published by Bhutan Watch. The Bhutan Journal is the first attempt from Bhutanese in Diaspora to look…