The paper argues that a new species of political institution has quickly spread across the globe to deal with regional governance. This new institutional form has similarities with the "state," "international institution," and "IGO" but also significant differences. The paper identifies the...

With the Maoist insurgency in Nepal currently bound in the more pacific realm of electoral politics, questions arise about how an initially modest insurgency came so close to overwhelming the Nepali state. This paper seeks to address two primary questions: first, why did the insurgency arise...