Study Material on Contemporary Issues for UPSC Exams: (International Issues)

Contents

Gilgit Baltistan: Province, No Province?

• Link with ‘AJK’
• Pakistan: challenges, costs
• China: dividends
• India: fallout, derivatives

Deployment of Central Forces in the North East: Need for a Realistic Security Audit

• Issues of Concern
• Way Forward

Deciphering Pakistan’s Kashmir Lexicon

• Exploiting the Kashmir Protests
• Pakistan’s Diplomatic Campaign
• Pakistan’s Plans for the UN General Assembly Session
• Pakistan’s Continued Use of Terrorism
• Radicalisation in the Valley
• Finance for the Protests
• Modi’s References to Baluchistan and PoK
• The way forward

An Assessment of President Obama’s Foreign Policy

• Reconciliation with Cuba
• The Iran Deal
• Moving towards a nuclear-weapon-free and more peaceful world
• The Arab Spring
• Relations with Russia
• Relations with China
• The Palestine Question
• Relations with India

Bringing India-Nepal ties back on track

Naga ‘Framework Agreement’ and Its Aftermath

Revival of the Russian Military: An Assessment

• Military Modernisation and Reforms
• Limits of the Modernisation Programme
• Dynamics of Military Modernisation and Russia’s Foreign Policy

NSG and China’s Grand Strategic Flip-flops: Some Plausible Explanations

• The ‘hedge’ finally takes-off
• A power transition in the works?
• Beijing’s dented image
• Is a quid pro quo needed?

Why India’s South China Sea Stand Matters

Developments in PoK and the Kashmir Valley: An Analysis

• Situation in PoK
• ‘AJK’ and GB: Getting used to Controlled Politics?
• About the Valley and the Pakistani connection
• Islamic State hand behind Kashmir Protests?
• Pakistan’s Diplomatic Blitzkrieg: Why has it failed?
• Indian Response and Options

Whither Turkey?

Are Russia and NATO inching towards a conflict?

• Russian and NATO Threat Perceptions
• Russia’s Historical Anxiety
• Brexit and the Dynamics of European Defence
• Is a Military Confrontation Between Russia and NATO in the Offing?
• Implications for India

China’s Growing Influence in the Caribbean

Message from the Indo-Bangladesh Border: ‘Banijya Basati Lakkhi’

Inter-State Council and Internal Security

A Security Council for the 21st Century: Challenges & Prospects

• IGN Process: Current Status
• Approaches/Opportunities to be leveraged
• Role of Capitals
• Role of the President of the General Assembly
• Role of the Secretary-General
• Role of the General Membership/Pro-reformers
• Role of Civil Society
• Political Environment in Member States
• Concluding Thoughts: Some Key Questions

Making FDI Count in Defence

PSLV launches 20 Satellites in a Single Mission

Integrating Defence Plans with Niti Aayog’s Long Term Vision

Perception matters against Left Wing Extremism

India’s Space Security Policy: A Proposal

• India’s Adherence to Space Norms
• Requisites
• Policy Viewpoint
• Implementation

India can’t afford to ignore disaster management 

• Warning 
• Emergency 
• Preparedness 

Developing disaster-proof cities

• Rising urbanisation and growing risk
• Urban risks and exposure
• Identifying and mitigating risk
• Financing the risk

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