India and the World {PSIR 2B Notes}
India and the World (PSIR Paper 2, Section B) forms the applied, strategic, and policy-driven core of the UPSC Political Science and International Relations optional. This section examines the evolution, continuity, and shift in India’s foreign policy architecture—spanning non-alignment, strategic autonomy, neighborhood diplomacy across South Asia, and engagement with key global centres of power and the Global South. Mastering these diplomatic doctrines, bilateral dynamics, multilateral frameworks, and evolving nuclear posture is essential not only for securing high marks in Paper 2, but also for bringing critical analytical depth, current-affairs integration, and strategic clarity to General Studies Paper II (International Relations) and contemporary essay writing.
Section B: India and the World
1. Indian Foreign Policy
3. India and South Asia
4. India and the Global South
5. India and the Global Centres of Power
7. India and the Nuclear Question
8. Recent developments in Indian Foreign policy
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