• Comment: Article was already deleted for a reason. What the subject wrote does not make him notable. Sources in the government which employed him are not independent at WP:BLP1E applies. Please wait until subject dies as obituary coverage is independent and often more circumspect. Chris Troutman (talk) 17:04, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: Well, I see that most of the references presented in this draft is reliable with independent to the subject but I didn't find any significant coverage about the subject. Except above declining reason, another reason for declining this draft is fails to pass WP:ANYBIO. Fade258 (talk) 15:06, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Dr
Rupak Sapkota
रूपक सापकोटा
Foreign Affairs Advisor to PM, Nepal
In office
March 2023 – Present
Deputy Executive Director of Institute of Foreign Affairs
In office
10 Nov 2019 – 22 Oct 2021
Preceded byDr Indra Adhikari
Succeeded byMr Rajendra Pandey
Personal details
BornKubhinde, Sindhupalchok, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Alma materRenmin University of China Tribhuvan University
OccupationForeign Policy Expert

Dr. Rupak Sapkota (Nepali: रूपक सापकोटा) is a foreign policy expert, who presently serves as foreign affairs advisor to the prime minister of Nepal.[1] [2] [3]

Dr. Sapkota previously served as a Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA)[4][5], a think-tank patronized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nepal).[6][7] He earned his PhD in International Relations (IR) from the Renmin University of China.

Sapkota's research encompasses geopolitics, security studies, small- big powers relations, trilaterlism among China, India and Nepal, Indo-Pacific and the Belt and Road Initiative.

Dr. Sapkota is a faculty in the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy at Tribhuvan University. Sapkota has been quoted regularly in Xinhua, China Daily[8], Global Times[9], South China Morning Post[10], The Annapurna Express[11], The Diplomat[12]. He has also written several peer-reviewed journal articles.[13]

Sapkota is the strongest proponent of Nepal Zone of Peace Proposition , amidst the emergence of great power rivalries at regional and global levels.[14] [15]

Dr. Sapkota recently participated in the Boao Forum for Asia as a panelist.[16]

Dr Rupak Sapkota at Boao Forum 2024

References

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  1. ^ "Right Hon'ble Prime Minister's Team".
  2. ^ "Rupak Sapkota appointed foreign affairs advisor to Prime Minister". The Kathmandu Post. 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  3. ^ "Dr Rupak Sapkota appointed as the foreign affairs advisor to Prime minister". Renmin University of China. 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  4. ^ "Dr Sapkota appointed as a new Deputy Executive Director". Institute of Foreign Affairs Nepal.
  5. ^ "Sapkota appointed Deputy Executive Director of Institute of Foreign Affairs".
  6. ^ "Institute of Foreign Affairs". Institute of Foreign Affairs Nepal.
  7. ^ "Institute of Foreign Affairs". Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nepal MOFA.
  8. ^ "Links between Tibet and Nepal boosted". China Daily. 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  9. ^ "Nepal expects more investment for infrastructure construction from China". Global Times. 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  10. ^ "Beijing signs deals with Nepal amid China-India border clash". South China Morning Post. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  11. ^ "Interview: Economic ties under BRI incomparable to military goals of IPS". The Annapurna Express. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  12. ^ "The Indo-Pacific Vs. the Belt and Road: Nepal's Great MCC Debate". The Diplomat. 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  13. ^ Sapkota, Rupak (30 June 2020). "Nepal's Conundrum in the Indo-Pacific amidst the Emergence of the Great Power Rivalry". Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations 2020;56(2). 56 (2). Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  14. ^ "Rupak Sapkota:Time has come for a 'neutral zone of peace' idea". The Annapurna Express. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  15. ^ "नेपालले तटस्थतासहितको शान्ति क्षेत्र प्रस्ताव अघि सार्नुपर्छ : डा. रुपक सापकोटा". Nepalkhabar. 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  16. ^ "Boao forum: Global leaders praise BRI collective initiative". China Daily. 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-05-27.