INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SYLLABUS

India and its Neighborhood – Relations

• India’s Relations With

• China

• Pakistan

• Myanmar

• Bhutan

• Bangladesh

• Sri Lanka

• Afghanistan

• Nepal

• Maldives

Bilateral, Regional & Global Groupings & Agreements Involving India and/or Affecting India's Interests

India’s Major Foreign Policy Doctrines Since 1947

• Non-aligned Movement (NAM)

• Nuclear Doctrine

• Gujral Doctrine

• Look East to Act East

• Think West, etc.

Bilateral Relations With

• Major Powers Like – USA, Russia, Japan

• Central Asian Countries

• West Asian Countries

• African Countries

• Australia & New Zealand

• EU & European Countries

• Latin American Countries

• Pacific Countries

Regional & Global Groupings

• SAARC

• BRICS

• BBIN & BCIM

• BIMSTEC

• IBSA

• ASEAN & RCEP

• India-Africa Forum

• SCO

• Ashgabat Agreement

• FIPIC

• IOR-ARC

• Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC)

• Raisina Dialogue

• Heart of Asia Conference

• East Asia Summit

• G-20

• Asian Development Bank

• National Security Summit

• Multilateral Nuclear Export Regulatory Regimes: Wassenar, MTCR, Australia Group

• Asian Development Bank

• APEC, etc

Effect of Policies & Politics of Developed & Developing Countries on India's Interests

• One Belt One Road

• International North–South Transport Corridor

• Global Trade War

• Global Currency War

• UN Reforms

• WTO Reforms

• South China Sea Conflict

• Deglobalisation & Protectionism – US Sanctions on Iran, US Pullout from Paris Agreement, H-1B Visa Issue etc.

• OPEC Oil Prices Manipulation, etc.

Indian Diaspora

• Spread of Indian Diaspora

• India’s Diaspora Policy & Engagement Initiatives

 OCI

 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

 Know India Programme, etc. • Role played by Indian Diaspora

• Issues Concerning the Diaspora:

 Dual Nationality

 Remittances, etc.

Important International Institutions

• UN & its Agencies

• WTO

• World Bank

• IMF

• World Economic Forum

• Commonwealth of Nations, etc.