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• India and its neighborhood- relations
• Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests
• Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests
• Indian diaspora
• Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate

India’s Foreign Policy

• Evolution and Challenges
• Evolution of India’s foreign policy (Including NAM, Look East and Gujral Doctrine)
• Determinants and challenges of India’s Foreign Policy
• Recent Policies
• Neighborhood first policy
• Act east policy
• Link west policy
• Indian ocean outreach
• Soft Power and Hard Power diplomacy
• Defence and Nuclear Diplomacy
• Space diplomacy
• Para diplomacy-A New Way for Indian Foreign Policy?
• Middle Power Coalition
• Significance of PMO in foreign policy making
• India’s Strategic Connect with the World
• Rise of Realpolitik in India’s Foreign Policy in recent times
• Indian Diaspora

India and its Neighbours

• India-China
• India-Pakistan
• India-Bhutan
• India-Nepal
• India-Myanmar
• India-Bangladesh
• India-Afghanistan
• India-Maldives
• India-Sri Lanka
• Indian Ocean Region
• Indo-Pacific
• SAARC/BIMSTEC/BBIN

India and Extended Neighbourhood

• India-Indonesia
• India-Singapore
• India-Thailand
• India-Vietnam
• India-ASEAN
• Central Asia
• India-Mongolia
• West Asia/Middle East

West Asia/Middle East

• India-Iran
• India-Israel

India and World

• India-Africa
• India-Europe
• India-USA
• India-Canada
• India-Russia
• India-Japan
• India-Australia

International Organisation and Global Issues

• United Nations and UNSC
• BRICS
• Commonwealth
• Shanghai Cooperation Organization
• IMF – The International Monetary Fund
• NATO – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• WTO – The World Trade Organization
• Arctic Council
• IAEA
• UNHRC

Other

• World coming towards a new multi-polar order with USA as a waning superpower and China-Russia axis as an emerging challenger
• India and the International Solar Alliance
• Venezuela-Columbia Border Issue
• AIIB & The Changing World Order
• Multilateral export control regimes : Significance and challenges of India’s Entry
• US-Venezuela Stand-off : Impact on Global Oil Prices
• Renaissance and Reticence in India’s North-South Connectivity Platform
• Strategic Petroleum Reserves: Stocking Oil for Rainy Days
• QUAD: Strategic and economic benefits
• India has been accorded associate member status by IEA,: Its importance for India
• Why RIC is as important to India as JAI and BRICS?
• Rising Protectionism and Currency Wars
• Indian Diaspora
• Role played by Indian Diaspora
• Issue of safety of Indians abroad
• Schemes for Welfare of Overseas Indian
• Indian Diaspora in Gulf
• Nitaqat law and Present Status