Page-29 of GS-II: International Relations

The military rule in Sudan should give way for a civilian government. Comment.

Sudanese generals after toppling the dictator Omar al-Bashir in April took over the power at the helm as they reinstalled military instead of transferring power in the hands of the civilians. The people of the country again broke in protests ..

Modi�s and Nehru�s politics are inverted mirror images of each other. Comment.

Modi and Nehru can be viewed as the mirror antagonists in terms of the basic approach towards many things. Modi is in stark contrast to Nehru has become a symbol of manliness, resolute and a man of true strength. Nehru ..

The international corridors are increasingly being seen as drivers of economic development in recent times. Elucidate the significance of International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) for India while drawing its comparisons with One Belt One Road of China.

International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) is a 7200Km long proposed multi-modal (ship, rail and road) transportation system connecting the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea via the Islamic Republic of Iran, from where it connects St ..

Discuss the global response to President George Bush’s ‘National Missile Defence Plan’ (NMD).

America declared the NMD Plan in April 2001, costing it about USD 60 billion. It was in development since 1990s but was signed in 2002. This declaration has effect of violating Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 and may also make ..

What were the major recommendations of the ’Group of Ministers’ on Indian National Security System?

The Group of Ministers (GOM) was set up in April 2000 to review the national security system in its entirety and in particular to consider the recommendations of the Kargil Review Committee. The GOM, under the Chairmanship of Shri L.K. ..

In terms of development & economic co-operation, India has played a prominent role in Afghanistan, however, in case of security forces co-operation, India's approach has been rather restrained. Discuss.

India and Afghanistan have a strong relationship, in fact, the importance of India from Afghanistan perspective can be seen from the fact that Afghanistan signed its first strategic pact with India, in 2011. The Strategic Partnership Agreement, apart from development ..

While highlighting the importance of hydrological data for India, critically discuss how water has emerged as a new divide in Sino-Indian relations in recent years. Is there some kind of international arrangement with hydrological data sharing between co-riparian countries?

Many of the important rivers of India such as Satluj, Brahmaputra arise in the Tibetian region of China making it the upper riparian state.These trans-national rivers are not only an important source of water for indigenous communities but any change ..

The proposed India-Japan Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) is being seen as a potential alternative to the One-Belt-One-Road (OBOR) initiative of China. How the former is different from later? What will be the practical difficulties faced by AAGC?

Asia-Africa Growth Corridor is the Indo-Japanese joint initiative which was launched in 2017. The idea behind the project is to revive ancient sea routes and creating new sea corridors which link  African continent with India and countries of South  Asia ..