Executive Summary BLUF: The 26 August 2026 catastrophe is first a mass-casualty emergency, not evidence of a pre-planned geopolitical operation.Its strategic significance lies in what the emergency permits states to observe, access, repair, standardise and finance afterward.China’s probable second-order objective is to secure the Gyirong–Rasuwa–Kathmandu corridor as a resilient trans-Himalayan gateway.India’s objective is to preserve … Leggi tutto Disaster Corridors: Nepal’s India–China Contest