India and Nepal Treaty of 1950

What is the efficacy of treaties if one of the signatories has reservations? Nepal, a signatory in the Bilateral Treaty on Peace and Friendship with India, has been raising objections on the Treaty at formal and informal levels. The signatories have agreed to review the Treaty but not much progress has been made on this. Is it because not much thought has gone in the cost–benefit analysis if the Treaty is revised and also no work has been done on the alternatives. To understand the nuances of the discourse on the Treaty, it becomes imperative to understand the discourse on the Treaty amongst the political actors, policy experts, academia in Nepal and the responses of India. What are the issues of divergence and convergence between them? How do they view their own national interests and relations, and how would it impact on the bilateral relations in case the Treaty is revised?