The death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is being mourned far from his home in the Himalayan country of Nepal.

It has evoked memories of and gratitude for his role in the Nepali peace process, mainly in getting the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to move away from their decade-long guerilla warfare to participate in mainstream politics, a rarity among Maoist movements worldwide. Carter was also the highest-ranking American figure to advocate for the de-listing of Nepal’s Maoists from the U.S.-designated terrorist list.

Carter came to Nepal in 2007, when he met Maoist leaders Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka “Prachanda” and Baburam Bhattarai for around an hour.

Following the meeting, Maoist chair Dahal told the media that while the Maoists want “friendly relations with the U.S.,” the “U.S. government has put us on its terrorist watch list.” He urged the U.S. to remove the Maoists from the terrorist list. The CPN-Maoist was included in the U.S. terrorist list in 2004.

In 2008, Carter expressed support for........

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