When the democratic government of Nepal was established in 2006 it marked the official end of a decade long civil war and a long drawn-out peace process with heavy involvement from the international community.

But did it address the underlying tensions that caused the civil war, or does it remain unresolved?

Dr Jasmine-Kim Westendorf (International Relations, La Trobe University) is the author of "Negotiating Insecurity: Why Peace Processes Fail in Civil Wars".

This was a guest lecture delivered to the Melbourne South Asian Study Group on the 14th September, 2015.