GS2 · Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice & International Relations
India and its neighborhood- relations.
Syllabus line GS2-L17. These 6 themes have PYQs under it; several also draw on other papers.
- T21Early foreign policy & wars: Tashkent, Bangladesh 1971, Gujral doctrine
- T113Pakistan & Afghanistan: terror, distrust, soft power, surgical strikes, ISAF withdrawal
- T114China: BRI, CPEC, String of Pearls & economic leverage
- T115Neighbourhood: Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Project Mausam
- T116Indo-Pacific, Quad, AUKUS & sea lanes: straits, South China Sea, trade shift
- T117Great-power politics: US–China rivalry, NATO, China+1, Indo-US vs Indo-Russian defence