Cover Story : International Relations
The ‘Cover Story’ section has been designed keeping in mind the requirement of looking in-depth into an aspect of the syllabus of Civil Services Examination, conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Here, we would be taking up various challenging parts of the syllabus, which a student may find difficult to prepare and especially access a comprehensive material. It is exactly here we come into play, as we would be presenting in front of you different dimensions of these sections in the form of a series of articles.
International Relations

A Study of the Indian Diaspora: Presence in the Global South
The Indian diaspora in the Global South mostly emigrated under the indenture system of the British colonial government in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. While some returned, most settled in the host countries, fearing economic [Read More]

A Study of the Indian Diaspora: Presence in the Global South
On 24th April 2022, while addressing the Indian diaspora in Singapore, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla described the key role of the diaspora as a “powerful force” in India’s Look East policy. Asserting that the [Read More]

A Study of the Indian Diaspora: Presence in the Global North
The Indian diaspora has garnered significant presence and influence in the Global North. In general, the groups that had travelled to the West during colonialism and immediately afterwards – either forced under indentureship or voluntarily [Read More]

A Study of the Indian Diaspora: Role
India’s sizeable diaspora population – of more than 18 million people in 2020 – is distributed mainly between UAE, USA, and Saudi Arabia. Reports indicate that 1.3% of the American population is comprised by people [Read More]

A Study of the Indian Diaspora: Preliminaries
The migration patterns of the Indian diaspora have been prolific over centuries. Officially denoted Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) or Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs), they comprise the world’s largest diaspora with the highest annual migratory flows. [Read More]

Contemporary Restructuring of Geopolitics: Other Complications in Bipolarity
The polarization of power and influence due to the contemporary restructuring of geopolitics into two poles – one led by China and the other led by the USA – has been complicated by several factors. [Read More]

Contemporary Restructuring of Geopolitics: India’s Manoeuvres Complicating Bipolarity
The question of how power is distributed in international relations is rife with complexities. At every point in history where power has coalesced around one pole – suggesting a unipolar world order, or two poles [Read More]

Contemporary Restructuring of Geopolitics: Emergence of a New Pole (II)
The meteoric rise of China in the Asia Pacific has been accompanied by its aggressive alliance-building strategies with littoral nations, Middle Eastern countries like Iran and Turkey, and with the erstwhile superpower Russia. Alongside the [Read More]

Contemporary Restructuring of Geopolitics: Emergence of a New Pole (I)
The question of which State holds the most power and influence in global geopolitics is a complex one. The nature of international relations – how sovereign, equal States relate to each other – is continually [Read More]

Sino-Indian Border Dispute (Part 1)
The Sino-Indian border dispute is not an easy issue to decode. To understand the reality, we have to get back to hundreds of years of history, treachery and back-stabbing (mostly by our British colonial masters). [Read More]