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Syllabus for International Relations for competitive exams

SYLLABUS FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

  1. India’s Foreign Policy (Evolution and Challenges)
  2. Recent Policies
    1. Neighborhood first policy
    2. Act east policy
  • Link West policy
  1. Indian ocean outreach
  2. Soft Power and Hard Power diplomacy
  3. Defense and Nuclear Diplomacy
  • Space diplomacy
  • Para diplomacy
  1. Middle Power Coalition
  2. Significance of PMO in India’s Foreign policymaking
  3. India’s Strategic Connect with the World
  • Rise of Realpolitik in India’s Foreign Policy in recent times
  • Indian Diaspora
  1. India and its neighbors
  2. GLOBAL ISSUES
  1. Disaster management
  2. Climate Change
  • Terrorism
  1. Global Governance
  2. Indian Diaspora
  3. SAARC/BIMSTEC/BBIN
  4. SAARC: Challenges and Prospects
  5. Intra-low regional trade
  6. BIMSTEC as an alternative to SAARC
  7. Nepal withdrew from the first-ever BIMSTEC military drill in India
  8. INDO-PACIFIC
  9. Concept of Indo-Pacific from perspectives of different countries
  10. East Asia Summit acts as a bridge for the Indo-Pacific region
  11. India-Pacific Regional Dialogue
  12. Indian Ocean Region
  13. Indian Ocean Region and World Affairs
  14. India is a “Net Security Provider” of the Indian Ocean
  15. Increasing Chinese in the Indian Ocean
  16. 20 years after the formation of the IORA
  17. Piracy in the Indian Ocean
  18. Seychelles’ parliament refused to ratify an Indian naval base plan on the Assumption Island
  19. Importance of Seychelles to India
  1. INDIA-SRILANKA
  2. Sino-Sri Lanka Relationship
  3. Fisherman issue
  4. Issues on the 13th Amendment (Tamil and Minority Rights)
  5. Human Rights Violations & OHCHR Resolution on Sri Lanka
  1. INDIA-MALDIVES
  2. Geostrategic Importance of Maldives
  3. Recent developments in the Maldives exemplify the recalibration of ties
  4. FTA between China and Maldives – Warning for India
  1. INDIA-CHINA
  2. Border disputes
  3. China’s string of pearls
  4. China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Prospects and Pitfalls
  1. Maritime Silk Road; linking the Indian and Pacific Oceans
  2. BRI
  3. India’s trade deficit with China
  4. China’s Malacca Dilemma
  5. 2+1 Dialogue mechanism proposed by China
  6. A rising China: Challenges the US primacy in Asia and the role of India
  7. Chinese project of diverting Tibetan waters South China Sea: objection of China to India’s presence
  8. China denies CPEC backing as ‘debt trap’ for Pakistan(Debt trap diplomacy of China)
  9. The Unintended Consequences of India’s Policy on Citizenship for Tibetan Refugees
  10. India’s Concern in Joining RCEP
  11. China’s Economic Slowdown
  1. INDIA-PAKISTAN
  2. Indo-Pak relations: Border Disputes and J&K issues
  3. Terrorism emanating from Pakistan
  4. Indus Water Policy shift
  5. Dispute over Gilgit-Baltistan
  6. CPEC in PoK
  7. Nuclear India-Pak-US
  8. Indian stance regarding Baluchistan

i.INDIA-BHUTAN

  1. Bhutan’s significance for Indian Foreign policy
  2. India-Bhutan Friendship Treaty
  3. The objection of Bhutan to Indian Foreign policy
  4. Bhutan’s rejection of China’s BRI
  1. INDIA-NEPAL
  2. Indi-Nepal relations: Fluctuating ties
  3. Nepal-China Transit Agreement: An Evaluation
  4. India’s concern about Nepal’s new Constitution
  5. The issues of water and Hydropower Cooperation
  6. Nepal Bharat Maitri Project

k.INDIA-MYANMAR

  1. Democracy in Myanmar
  2. Scope for cooperation between N-E India &Myanmar
  3. Rohingya issues
  4. Buddhist Chauvinism
  5. Major Projects: Kaladan multi-modal corridor, India-Myanmar Thailand trilateral highway

l.INDIA-BANGLADESH

  1. Indo-Bangladesh Relation
  2. Water Disputes Teesta water issues & Ganga river disputes
  3. Bangladesh demands to stop the construction of the Barak River
  4. Differences in approach of India and China towards Bangladesh
  5. Illegal Immigration
  6. Understanding Bangladesh’s Unexpected Development Success

m.INDIA-AFGHANISTAN

  1. Instability in Afghanistan and the role of India
  2. India’s cooperation in Afghanistan
  3. Moscow Format

4. India and Extended Neighbourhood

  1. India-Indonesia
  2. India-Singapore
  3. Thailand
  4. India-Vietnam
  5. India-ASEAN

5. Central Asia

  1. Connect Central Asia Policy
  2. Importance of Central Asia
  3. Golden Crescent
  4. Connectivity Projects (INSTC, Ashgsbst, Agreement, TAPI Pipeline)
  5. Indian Mongolia Bilateral Cooperation

6. West Asia/Middle East

  1. Importance of West Asia for India
  2. Change in West Asian strategic thinking
  3. China’s Engagement in West Asia and Challenge to India
  4. Reasons behind India’s active strategic engagement with West Asian countries without participating in West Asian turmoil
  5. Shia-Sunni wedge in West Asian countries
  6. Importance of Saudi Arabia, Challenges in India-Saudi Arabia Relations
  7. Plight on Indian migrant workers
  8. Relations between India and the United Arab Emirates
  9. The Middle East to India Deepwater Pipeline(MEIDP)
  10. India-Iran (Iran nuclear deal)
  11. India Israel
  12. De-hyphenation of Israel and Palestine

7. INDIA AND WORLD

  1. India –Africa
  2. India-Europe
  3. India-USA
  4. India-Canada
  5. India-Russia
  6. India-Japan
  7. India-Australia

8. International Organisation and Global Issues

  1. United and UNSC
  2. BRICS
  3. Commonwealth
  4. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
  5. IMF-The International Monetary Fund
  6. NATO-The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  7. TPP_The Trans-Pacific Partnership
  8. WTO-The World Trade Organisation
  9. Arctic Council
  10. IAEA(India’s nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards)
  11. UK Referendum-Brexit
  12. Refugee problem
  13. Terrorism
  14. Yemen Crisis
  15. South China Sea
  16. The world coming towards a new multi-polar order with the USA as waning super power and China-Russia axis as an emerging challenger
  17. India and the International Solar alliance
  18. Venezuela-Columbia Border Issues
  19. AIIB & The Changing World Order
  20. Multilateral export control regimes: Significance and challenges of India’s Entry
  21. US-Venezuela Stand-off: Impact on Global Oil Prices
  22. Renaissance and Reticence in India’s North-South Connectivity Platform
  23. Strategic Petroleum Reseves: Stocking Oil for Rainy Days
  24. QUAD: Strategic and economic benefits
  25. India has been accorded associate member status by IEA: Its importance for India
  26. Why RIC is as important to India as JAI and BRICS

9. Indian Diaspora

  1. The role played by Indian Diaspora
  2. Issues of the safety of Indian abroad
  3. Schemes for the Welfare of Overseas Indians
  4. Indian Diaspora in the Gulf
  5. Nitaqat law and present status
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