An event co-sponsored with International Crisis Group.

Rhoderick Chalmers, South Asia Deputy Project Director for The International Crisis Group, discussed the state of Nepal’s peace process; what is behind political parties’ heightened tensions that threaten to disrupt the upcoming elections for Nepal’s Constituent Assembly; and actions the government, its constituent participants, and the international community can take to support the peace process

Rhoderick Chalmers, Deputy South Asia Project Director, International Crisis Group: Rhoderick Chalmers is primarily responsible for Crisis Group’s reporting on Nepal’s Maoist insurgency. As well as examining the roots of the conflict and means of containing and resolving it, he coordinates research on specific areas including political parties and constitutional reform, cross-border security issues, ethnic movements and Maoist politics. Advocacy work involves continuous interaction with diplomatic missions in Kathmandu and maintaining close contact with government, academia, the media and policy think tanks both in Nepal and India, as well as briefing foreign ministries, UN agencies and international NGOs in Europe and the U.S.