The 2020’s Best List of International Relations(IR) Topics To Be Covered :
International Relations | |
1 | India and its neighbourhood- relations. |
Foreign Policy of India | |
India- Myanmar | |
India-Srilanka | |
India-Maldives | |
Indus water treaty | |
India-Nepal: Historical context, Indo-Nepal Friendship Treaty 1951, Cross border cooperation, dispsuted areas like Kalapani, Amlekhgunj pipeline, Integrated checkpost and conectivity deals, etc. | |
Track II Diplomacy | |
Gilgit Baltistan Order | |
India- China, Tibet as a bone of contention, 2+1 Dialogue | |
India- Bangladesh | |
Potential of Regional Trade in South Asia | |
India-Bhutan | |
Draft Emigration Bill | |
Space Diplomacy | |
India’s Soft power | |
India’s development partnership assistance | |
No First Use’ doctrine | |
India Pakistan | |
2 | Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. |
India & ASEAN, Delhi Dialogue, East Asia Summit, oulook of INdo-pacific, FTA deals, Maritime Cooperation,RCEP, etc | |
BRICS | |
Commonwealth Group | |
Shanghai Co-operation Organization (SCO) | |
SAARC Development Fund (SDF) | |
BBIN | |
BIMSTEC | |
Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) | |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | |
G-20 | |
Mekong-Ganga Cooperation | |
1st India-Central Asia Dialogue | |
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) | |
Indo-Pacific | |
India-Afghanistan, Chabahar port | |
India-Israel | |
India-UAE | |
India-Saudi Arabia | |
India-Oman | |
India-Iran | |
India-Jordan | |
India-Canada | |
India-France | |
India-Germany | |
India-EU: Economic issues, issues related to Data, BITA, etc. | |
India- UK | |
India- US, 2+2 Talks, NATO ally like status, Trumps Visit to India, Visa issues, BECA, Put India our of Developing Countries, QUAD, Cooperation in Indo-pacific etc. | |
India-South Korea | |
India-Japan | |
India-Russia: Strategic Economic dialogue, Russian Far East, Power of Siberia Project | |
India-Australia | |
India- Vietnam | |
India-Indonesia | |
India- Africa | |
India- Seychelles | |
India-Mongolia | |
India- South Africa: African Free Trade Continental Area, Libya Summit | |
India-China Relations | |
India China Strategic Economic Dialogue, Informal Summit at Mamallapuram | |
Border skirmishesh between India and China- Face off at doklam (2018), Ladakh (2020), Border issues at Arunachal Pradesh | |
3 | Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India s interests, Indian diaspora. |
Official Development Assistance | |
US ‘Special Watch List’ | |
Afghanistan peace process | |
South China Sea dispute | |
China building a canal in Indian Ocean | |
Asian Premium | |
General Data Protection Regime (GDPR) | |
Iran deal or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) | |
‘One China’ principle | |
US Sanctions on Russia, Iran , Waiver for India | |
Caspian Sea | |
Russia-China | |
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) | |
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) | |
US withdrawal from Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty | |
Brexit- Implication on World trade, on India-UK Relations, Implications on India-EU Relations, Impact on EU itself, etc | |
US-IRAN standoff | |
US Policy on Indo-pacific | |
Arctic Council- memebers. cooperation, India’s involvement, Scope and benefits, etc | |
Extradition | |
US Policy on Afghanistan-Taliban | |
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) | |
US-China trade war | |
Hongkong Protests- China’s Hongkong policy and actions, One nation, Two systems, etc. | |
4 | Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. |
Australia Group | |
Polar Silk Road and Arctic Council | |
Indian Ocean Duialogue 2019 | |
G-20, India-G-20, Cooperation during pandemic | |
CARRICOM, MERCOSUR | |
Raisina Dialogue | |
Ashgabat Agreement | |
Mekong Ganga Cooperation | |
OPEC | |
TAPI pipeline | |
FATF Watch-List | |
New Development Bank | |
Eurasian Economic Union | |
IBSA | |
SCO-Significance, India-SCO, Scope of relations, etc. | |
NAM- Relevance for India | |
NATO | |
Commanwealth Nations | |
OPCW | |
Geneva Convention, IAF Pilot | |
International Court of Justice and decolonization of Mauritius | |
International Criminal Court- Why India is not a member | |
Organisation of Islamic Countries- Policy towards India, Interventions in India’s Kashmir issue, etc. | |
WHO Reforms | |
UNSC Reforms, Non-permamnent seat, UNHRC, Peaceekeeping forces, UN Habitat, India-UN Engagements | |