INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PT 365 ENGLISH

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Table of Contents
1. INDIA AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD ______ 4
1.1. India-China _______________________ 4
1.1.1. One-China Policy ____________________ 5
1.1.2. One Country, Two Systems____________ 6
1.2. India-Pakistan _____________________ 7
1.2.1. Indus Water Treaty __________________ 7
1.2.2. The Shimla Agreement _______________ 9
1.2.3. China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) 10
1.2.4. Gilgit Baltistan Region_______________ 10
1.3. India-Bangladesh__________________ 11
1.4. India- Nepal ______________________ 12
1.5. India-Sri Lanka____________________ 13
1.5.1. Katchatheevu island ________________ 14
1.6. India-Afghanistan _________________ 15
1.7. India-Maldives____________________ 16
1.8. Other Important News _____________ 17
1.9. Places in News____________________ 18
2. INDIA-SOUTHEAST ASIA ____________ 20
2.1. India-Myanmar ___________________ 20
2.2. India-Vietnam ____________________ 21
2.3. India-Thailand ____________________ 22
2.4. Other Important News _____________ 22
2.5. Places in News____________________ 23
3. INDIA-WEST ASIA__________________ 25
3.1. India-Israel_______________________ 25
3.1.1. Two State Solution _________________ 26
3.2. India-Saudi Arabia_________________ 26
3.3. India-UAE________________________ 27
3.4. India- Israel- United Arab Emirates – USA
(I2U2) ______________________________ 28
3.5. Gulf Cooperation Council ___________ 29
3.6. Places in News____________________ 29
4. INDIA-RUSSIA and Central Asia ______ 31
4.1. Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) _______ 31
4.2. Geneva Conventions and Russia-Ukraine
war ________________________________ 32
4.3. India-Turkmenistan________________ 32
4.4. International North-South Transit Corridor
(INSTC) _____________________________ 33
4.5. Chabahar Port ____________________ 34
4.6. Places in News____________________ 35
5. INDIA-INDO-PACIFIC _______________ 37
5.1. INDIA-US ________________________ 37
5.1.1. 2+2 Dialogue ______________________ 38
5.2. India-Japan ______________________ 39
5.3. India Australia ____________________ 40
5.4. Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for
Prosperity (IPEF)______________________ 41
5.5. Bay of Bengal_____________________ 42
5.6. Other Important News _____________ 42
5.7. Places in News ____________________ 45
6. INDIA-EUROPE____________________ 47
6.1. India- European Union _____________ 47
6.2. INDIA-UK ________________________ 49
6.3. India- France _____________________ 51
6.4. India- Germany ___________________ 51
6.5. India-Denmark____________________ 52
6.6. Other Important News _____________ 52
6.7. Places in News ____________________ 53
7. INDIA-AFRICA ____________________ 55
7.1. India-Mauritius ___________________ 55
7.2. IBSA Trilateral Ministerial Commission 56
7.3. Places in News ____________________ 57
8. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND
ORGANIZATIONS ____________________ 60
8.1. The United Nations ________________ 60
8.1.1. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
______________________________________ 60
8.1.2. United Nations Security Council(UNSC) _ 61
8.1.3. UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
______________________________________ 61
8.1.4. United Nations Human Rights Council
(UNHRC) _______________________________ 62
8.1.5. Other Important News Related to UN __ 63
8.2. Group of 20 (G20) _________________ 64
8.3. QUAD ___________________________ 66
8.4. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
____________________________________ 67
8.5. South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) __________________ 69
8.6. Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral
Technical and Economic Cooperation
(BIMSTEC) ___________________________ 70
8.7. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
____________________________________ 71
8.8. BRICS ___________________________ 72
8.8.1. New Development Bank _____________ 73
8.9. Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN)_____________________________ 74
8.10. Group of Seven (G7) ______________ 76
8.11. Non-Aligned Movement ___________ 77
8.12. Southern African Development
Community (SADC) ____________________ 78
8.13. Multilateral
Organisations/Platforms/Conventions in News
(Of which India is a Member/Participating/
Signatory) ___________________________ 79
8.14. Multilateral Organisations/Platforms in
News (Of which India is not a
Member/Participating) ________________ 81
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9. ISSUES RELATED TO SECURITY _______ 82
9.1. Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)_ 82
9.2. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 83
9.3. INTERPOL________________________ 85
9.4. Financial Action Task Force__________ 86
9.5. Mission DefSpace _________________ 86
9.6. Defence Acquisition Procedure, 2020 _ 87
9.7. Other Important News _____________ 88
10. MISCELLANEOUS _________________ 91
10.1. Indian Antarctic Act, 2022__________ 91
10.2. Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI)
____________________________________ 92
10.3. Other Important News ____________ 93
11. MILITARY EXERCISES IN NEWS ______ 9