The Strictly Business column by Ashutosh Tiwari ('Crazy as a strategy') on taking upredictable decisions as pioneered by Thomas Schelling was interesting. Business houses may opt for such abrupt moves because the top board of directors can always have a close door meeting to plan in secret. But, when it comes to politics, I doubt if Tiwari's recommendation to Nepal's political parties will work because the UML and NC can't do anything without consensus and this means sudden decisions can't be secret. The UML for its part may be better placed to practice game theory with its republican agenda. But the NC is just using it as a bargaining chip vis-?-vis the king and everyone knows it. So the NC can't take sudden turns in its policy because the top leadership doesn't want to lose its grip on intraparty power, unless Narhari Acharya is allowed to. The king, on the other hand, could still do the unpredictable because he runs the country like a CEO.

The Strictly Business column by Ashutosh Tiwari ('Crazy as a strategy') on taking upredictable decisions as pioneered by Thomas Schelling was interesting. Business houses may opt for such abrupt moves because the top board of directors can always have a close door meeting to plan in secret. But, when it comes to politics, I doubt if Tiwari's recommendation to Nepal's political parties will work because the UML and NC can't do anything without consensus and this means sudden decisions can't be secret. The UML for its part may be better placed to practice game theory with its republican agenda. But the NC is just using it as a bargaining chip vis-?-vis the king and everyone knows it. So the NC can't take sudden turns in its policy because the top leadership doesn't want to lose its grip on intraparty power, unless Narhari Acharya is allowed to. The king, on the other hand, could still do the unpredictable because he runs the country like a CEO.

Gyan Pokharel,
West Virginia, USA