🔆 India–China Relations @75 & Global Governance Initiative (GGI)
📍 Context: 2025 marks 75 years of diplomatic ties between India & China (est. 1950).
📍 Key Highlights
✅ High-Level Engagement: PM Modi & President Xi have met 18 times since 2014 — latest during BRICS 2024 (Kazan), focusing on stability & cooperation.
✅ UN @80: Both nations called for reform of global governance, reflecting multipolarity & shared leadership among emerging powers.
✅ Vision: India–China as partners, not rivals — emphasizing mutual trust, border peace, and joint contributions to global peace & prosperity.
📍 Global Governance Initiative (GGI) – Launched at Tianjin SCO Summit
✅ Proposed by China, backed by India’s emphasis on multilateralism & equity.
✅ Based on five principles:
1. Sovereign equality of all nations.
2. Rule of law under the UN Charter.
3. Inclusive multilateralism led by the UN.
4. People-centric approach to global welfare.
5. Practical results addressing real global challenges.
📍 Relevance
✅ Strengthens the role of Global South in shaping fair, multipolar world order.
✅ Encourages joint reform of global institutions, not replacement.
✅ Reinforces India–China cooperation in SCO & BRICS for equitable development.
📍 Mains Question:
Discuss the significance of the 75th anniversary of India–China diplomatic relations in the context of emerging global governance reforms and the Global Governance Initiative (GGI).
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📍 Context: 2025 marks 75 years of diplomatic ties between India & China (est. 1950).
📍 Key Highlights
✅ High-Level Engagement: PM Modi & President Xi have met 18 times since 2014 — latest during BRICS 2024 (Kazan), focusing on stability & cooperation.
✅ UN @80: Both nations called for reform of global governance, reflecting multipolarity & shared leadership among emerging powers.
✅ Vision: India–China as partners, not rivals — emphasizing mutual trust, border peace, and joint contributions to global peace & prosperity.
📍 Global Governance Initiative (GGI) – Launched at Tianjin SCO Summit
✅ Proposed by China, backed by India’s emphasis on multilateralism & equity.
✅ Based on five principles:
1. Sovereign equality of all nations.
2. Rule of law under the UN Charter.
3. Inclusive multilateralism led by the UN.
4. People-centric approach to global welfare.
5. Practical results addressing real global challenges.
📍 Relevance
✅ Strengthens the role of Global South in shaping fair, multipolar world order.
✅ Encourages joint reform of global institutions, not replacement.
✅ Reinforces India–China cooperation in SCO & BRICS for equitable development.
📍 Mains Question:
Discuss the significance of the 75th anniversary of India–China diplomatic relations in the context of emerging global governance reforms and the Global Governance Initiative (GGI).
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🔆 India’s Travails in Negotiating a Friendless World
📍 Key Idea:
India faces a growing challenge in adapting its foreign policy to a shifting global order marked by fractured alliances and transactional diplomacy. Once grounded in moralism and non-alignment, India’s strategy now struggles for flexibility amid rising US unpredictability, China’s assertiveness, and regional hostility.
India’s absence from key negotiations — such as the Gaza peace talks and evolving Asian power equations — signals a decline in geopolitical relevance. Relations with neighbors like Pakistan, Nepal, and even Bangladesh remain tense, while ties with China are mired in mistrust.
The piece argues that India must evolve from symbolic diplomacy to pragmatic engagement, leveraging its economic strength and strategic geography rather than moral posturing.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ Critically examine the challenges facing India’s foreign policy in adapting to a multipolar, interest-driven global order.
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📍 Key Idea:
India faces a growing challenge in adapting its foreign policy to a shifting global order marked by fractured alliances and transactional diplomacy. Once grounded in moralism and non-alignment, India’s strategy now struggles for flexibility amid rising US unpredictability, China’s assertiveness, and regional hostility.
India’s absence from key negotiations — such as the Gaza peace talks and evolving Asian power equations — signals a decline in geopolitical relevance. Relations with neighbors like Pakistan, Nepal, and even Bangladesh remain tense, while ties with China are mired in mistrust.
The piece argues that India must evolve from symbolic diplomacy to pragmatic engagement, leveraging its economic strength and strategic geography rather than moral posturing.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ Critically examine the challenges facing India’s foreign policy in adapting to a multipolar, interest-driven global order.
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🔆 India–US Trade Deal: Strategic Safeguards
📍 Context
✅ India–US trade talks nearing conclusion during ASEAN Summit; aim — ensure balanced, sovereign outcomes.
📍 Negotiation Vigilance
✅ Insist on written terms before announcements to avoid last-minute US revisions.
✅ Maintain a firm yet cooperative stance rooted in mutual benefit.
📍 Digital & IP Concerns
✅ Protect data sovereignty, curb digital monopolies, and retain policy freedom over tech platforms.
📍 Strategic Lessons
✅ Avoid overdependence on US markets; diversify exports.
✅ Guard manufacturing and agriculture from adverse concessions.
📍 Long-Term Priority
✅ Preserve policy space for future regulation and development needs.
✅ As Chanakya advised — walk away if interests are compromised.
📍 Mains Question:
How can India balance strategic autonomy with economic cooperation in the proposed trade deal with the United States?
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📍 Context
✅ India–US trade talks nearing conclusion during ASEAN Summit; aim — ensure balanced, sovereign outcomes.
📍 Negotiation Vigilance
✅ Insist on written terms before announcements to avoid last-minute US revisions.
✅ Maintain a firm yet cooperative stance rooted in mutual benefit.
📍 Digital & IP Concerns
✅ Protect data sovereignty, curb digital monopolies, and retain policy freedom over tech platforms.
📍 Strategic Lessons
✅ Avoid overdependence on US markets; diversify exports.
✅ Guard manufacturing and agriculture from adverse concessions.
📍 Long-Term Priority
✅ Preserve policy space for future regulation and development needs.
✅ As Chanakya advised — walk away if interests are compromised.
📍 Mains Question:
How can India balance strategic autonomy with economic cooperation in the proposed trade deal with the United States?
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🔆 The New Arc of India–Australia Collaboration
📍 Key Idea:
✅ India–Australia ties have deepened from strategic dialogue to practical defence and maritime cooperation, marked by Defence Ministers’ Dialogue and a Joint Maritime Security Collaboration Roadmap.
✅ The focus areas include submarine rescue, logistics, joint refuelling, defence tech sharing, and coordinated Indo-Pacific operations.
✅ This partnership builds on shared concerns over China’s assertiveness, aligning with the Quad framework (India, US, Japan, Australia) to ensure a rules-based Indo-Pacific order.
✅ Structural factors — like maritime security, industrial collaboration, and joint defence manufacturing — are driving the relationship toward a shared, stable maritime operating model.
📍 UPSC Mains Question:
👉 “Discuss how India–Australia defence cooperation strengthens India’s strategic role in the Indo-Pacific region.”
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📍 Key Idea:
✅ India–Australia ties have deepened from strategic dialogue to practical defence and maritime cooperation, marked by Defence Ministers’ Dialogue and a Joint Maritime Security Collaboration Roadmap.
✅ The focus areas include submarine rescue, logistics, joint refuelling, defence tech sharing, and coordinated Indo-Pacific operations.
✅ This partnership builds on shared concerns over China’s assertiveness, aligning with the Quad framework (India, US, Japan, Australia) to ensure a rules-based Indo-Pacific order.
✅ Structural factors — like maritime security, industrial collaboration, and joint defence manufacturing — are driving the relationship toward a shared, stable maritime operating model.
📍 UPSC Mains Question:
👉 “Discuss how India–Australia defence cooperation strengthens India’s strategic role in the Indo-Pacific region.”
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🔆 India–Taliban Relations: A Calibrated Engagement
📍 Key Idea:
India is cautiously re-engaging with the Taliban regime through diplomatic channels, humanitarian aid, and limited official dialogue — aiming to protect its strategic interests in Afghanistan without formally recognizing the government.
The visit of Afghan FM Amir Khan Muttaqi marks a shift from isolation to pragmatic outreach, focused on counterterrorism cooperation, trade connectivity, and regional stability.
However, women’s rights issues, Taliban’s Pakistan ties, and the security threat from terror groups remain key obstacles to deeper engagement.
📍 Mains Question:
Critically assess India’s evolving engagement with the Taliban in light of its strategic, humanitarian, and security interests in Afghanistan.
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📍 Key Idea:
India is cautiously re-engaging with the Taliban regime through diplomatic channels, humanitarian aid, and limited official dialogue — aiming to protect its strategic interests in Afghanistan without formally recognizing the government.
The visit of Afghan FM Amir Khan Muttaqi marks a shift from isolation to pragmatic outreach, focused on counterterrorism cooperation, trade connectivity, and regional stability.
However, women’s rights issues, Taliban’s Pakistan ties, and the security threat from terror groups remain key obstacles to deeper engagement.
📍 Mains Question:
Critically assess India’s evolving engagement with the Taliban in light of its strategic, humanitarian, and security interests in Afghanistan.
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🔆 Multilateralism Isn’t Dead – Shashi Tharoor
📍 Context:
As the UN marks its 80th anniversary, faith in multilateralism is shaken amid wars, inequality, and power rivalries. Yet, global cooperation remains indispensable.
📍 Key Ideas:
✅ UN relevance questioned — US withdrawal from bodies, funding cuts, and rising nationalist politics weaken collective action.
✅ Despite crises, multilateralism has delivered — from SDGs to Paris Agreement — proving its value in collective problem-solving.
✅ The challenge: make multilateralism inclusive, empathetic, and citizen-focused, not just for diplomats.
✅ Emerging powers like India can shape a new, pragmatic and equitable global order, rooted in solidarity and sustainable development.
📍 Core Message:
The UN may be imperfect — but it remains humanity’s best forum for cooperation in an interdependent world.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ Critically examine the relevance of multilateralism in an era of geopolitical divides and rising nationalism.
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📍 Context:
As the UN marks its 80th anniversary, faith in multilateralism is shaken amid wars, inequality, and power rivalries. Yet, global cooperation remains indispensable.
📍 Key Ideas:
✅ UN relevance questioned — US withdrawal from bodies, funding cuts, and rising nationalist politics weaken collective action.
✅ Despite crises, multilateralism has delivered — from SDGs to Paris Agreement — proving its value in collective problem-solving.
✅ The challenge: make multilateralism inclusive, empathetic, and citizen-focused, not just for diplomats.
✅ Emerging powers like India can shape a new, pragmatic and equitable global order, rooted in solidarity and sustainable development.
📍 Core Message:
The UN may be imperfect — but it remains humanity’s best forum for cooperation in an interdependent world.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ Critically examine the relevance of multilateralism in an era of geopolitical divides and rising nationalism.
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🔆 A New Cold War – U.S. vs China
📍 Key Idea:
The ongoing U.S.–China rivalry marks a new Cold War, not over ideology but technological supremacy.
Both nations are battling for dominance in the next industrial age, with the U.S. restricting China’s semiconductor access and China countering through the Belt and Road Initiative.
Unlike the 20th-century Cold War driven by military blocs, this one is rooted in economic power, innovation, and control of supply chains, shaping global alliances and trade strategies.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ How does the ongoing U.S.–China technological rivalry resemble a new form of Cold War, and what are its implications for global economic stability?
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📍 Key Idea:
The ongoing U.S.–China rivalry marks a new Cold War, not over ideology but technological supremacy.
Both nations are battling for dominance in the next industrial age, with the U.S. restricting China’s semiconductor access and China countering through the Belt and Road Initiative.
Unlike the 20th-century Cold War driven by military blocs, this one is rooted in economic power, innovation, and control of supply chains, shaping global alliances and trade strategies.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ How does the ongoing U.S.–China technological rivalry resemble a new form of Cold War, and what are its implications for global economic stability?
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🔆 UN at 80: Relevance & Reform
📍 Context
✅ 80th anniversary reflects UN’s role in global peace, cooperation, and human dignity despite institutional weaknesses.
✅ Calls for 21st-century reforms to stay effective.
📍 Evolution & Role
✅ Founded 1945 post-WWII to prevent conflicts, protect rights, promote peace.
✅ Agencies like UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, peacekeepers remain crucial.
✅ SDGs guide sustainable, inclusive global development.
📍 Challenges
✅ Post-West consensus breakdown; rise of authoritarianism & nationalism.
✅ UNSC dysfunction: outdated P5 veto power, limited developing nation representation.
✅ Multilateralism under threat.
📍 India’s Role
✅ Pursues strategic autonomy, non-alignment, seeks greater global voice.
✅ Advocates UN reform reflecting Global South aspirations.
📍 Need for Reform
✅ UNSC expansion & veto limits, institutional agility, inclusiveness, moral authority, climate & equity focus.
📍 UPSC Mains Q
✅ “Assess the continuing relevance of the United Nations and the need for its reform. How can India contribute to strengthening multilateral governance?”
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📍 Context
✅ 80th anniversary reflects UN’s role in global peace, cooperation, and human dignity despite institutional weaknesses.
✅ Calls for 21st-century reforms to stay effective.
📍 Evolution & Role
✅ Founded 1945 post-WWII to prevent conflicts, protect rights, promote peace.
✅ Agencies like UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, peacekeepers remain crucial.
✅ SDGs guide sustainable, inclusive global development.
📍 Challenges
✅ Post-West consensus breakdown; rise of authoritarianism & nationalism.
✅ UNSC dysfunction: outdated P5 veto power, limited developing nation representation.
✅ Multilateralism under threat.
📍 India’s Role
✅ Pursues strategic autonomy, non-alignment, seeks greater global voice.
✅ Advocates UN reform reflecting Global South aspirations.
📍 Need for Reform
✅ UNSC expansion & veto limits, institutional agility, inclusiveness, moral authority, climate & equity focus.
📍 UPSC Mains Q
✅ “Assess the continuing relevance of the United Nations and the need for its reform. How can India contribute to strengthening multilateral governance?”
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🔆 Rise of the New Peacemakers
📍 Key Idea:
As Western dominance weakens and the UN’s influence declines, Middle Eastern powers — notably Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and China — are emerging as key mediators in global conflicts.
This shift marks a new language of power, where mediation serves both diplomatic and strategic goals.
Turkey leverages its NATO ties and Eurasian influence; Qatar perfects “small-state mediation” to balance rivals; Saudi Arabia and UAE use mediation to boost global stature; and China employs it to reinforce its Global South leadership and challenge Western order.
India, with its long peace-making tradition from Sri Lanka to Maldives, is urged to reclaim space through proactive regional diplomacy, shaping peace on its own terms rather than reacting to others.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ Examine how mediation has evolved as a tool of diplomacy and power projection in the emerging multipolar world.
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📍 Key Idea:
As Western dominance weakens and the UN’s influence declines, Middle Eastern powers — notably Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and China — are emerging as key mediators in global conflicts.
This shift marks a new language of power, where mediation serves both diplomatic and strategic goals.
Turkey leverages its NATO ties and Eurasian influence; Qatar perfects “small-state mediation” to balance rivals; Saudi Arabia and UAE use mediation to boost global stature; and China employs it to reinforce its Global South leadership and challenge Western order.
India, with its long peace-making tradition from Sri Lanka to Maldives, is urged to reclaim space through proactive regional diplomacy, shaping peace on its own terms rather than reacting to others.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ Examine how mediation has evolved as a tool of diplomacy and power projection in the emerging multipolar world.
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🔆 India–Nepal Economic Ties: Strengthening Through INR Initiatives
✅ Recent RBI Measures (Oct 2025):
• Authorised dealers (ADs) can lend INR to non-residents in Nepal, Bhutan & Sri Lanka for cross-border transactions.
• Foreign banks can open Special Rupee Vostro Accounts in Indian banks for investment in corporate bonds & commercial papers.
• A transparent reference rate for major currencies to facilitate INR-based transactions.
✅ Significance for Nepal:
• Boosts liquidity & access to institutional credit for Nepali businesses.
• Reduces dependence on USD and forex volatility.
• Enhances bilateral trade — India accounts for 65% of Nepal’s trade and 33% of its FDI.
✅ Key Exports from Nepal to India: Edible oil, coffee, tea, jute (≈67% of total exports).
💬 Mains Q:
Discuss how the RBI’s recent measures on INR lending and vostro accounts can reshape India–Nepal economic relations.
#InternationalRelations #ir
✅ Recent RBI Measures (Oct 2025):
• Authorised dealers (ADs) can lend INR to non-residents in Nepal, Bhutan & Sri Lanka for cross-border transactions.
• Foreign banks can open Special Rupee Vostro Accounts in Indian banks for investment in corporate bonds & commercial papers.
• A transparent reference rate for major currencies to facilitate INR-based transactions.
✅ Significance for Nepal:
• Boosts liquidity & access to institutional credit for Nepali businesses.
• Reduces dependence on USD and forex volatility.
• Enhances bilateral trade — India accounts for 65% of Nepal’s trade and 33% of its FDI.
✅ Key Exports from Nepal to India: Edible oil, coffee, tea, jute (≈67% of total exports).
💬 Mains Q:
Discuss how the RBI’s recent measures on INR lending and vostro accounts can reshape India–Nepal economic relations.
#InternationalRelations #ir
🔆 India–ASEAN: Stability Amid Global Flux
✅ India’s engagement with ASEAN since 1992 has evolved into a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (2022).
✅ PM Modi has attended 19 consecutive East Asia Summits, reaffirming India’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific vision and ASEAN centrality.
✅ ASEAN views India as a reliable, stable partner amid rising US–China tensions, vital for peace, trade, and regional balance.
💬 Mains Q:
Discuss the significance of ASEAN centrality in shaping India’s Indo-Pacific strategy.
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✅ India’s engagement with ASEAN since 1992 has evolved into a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (2022).
✅ PM Modi has attended 19 consecutive East Asia Summits, reaffirming India’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific vision and ASEAN centrality.
✅ ASEAN views India as a reliable, stable partner amid rising US–China tensions, vital for peace, trade, and regional balance.
💬 Mains Q:
Discuss the significance of ASEAN centrality in shaping India’s Indo-Pacific strategy.
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🔆 India at UNCTAD XVI, Geneva
📍 Led by: Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry
✅ India highlighted its rise as a top-five global economy with 7%+ growth and focus on inclusive development — women, MSMEs & youth.
✅ Emphasised clean energy goals (500 GW by 2030) and India’s low 3.5% share in global emissions.
✅ Called for climate equity, fair technology transfer, and opposition to carbon border barriers.
✅ Showcased global initiatives: ISA, CDRI, Global Biofuels Alliance.
✅ Promoted Atmanirbhar Bharat & “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” for resilient, sustainable trade.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ How does India’s stance at UNCTAD XVI reflect its push for sustainable and inclusive global trade?
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📍 Led by: Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry
✅ India highlighted its rise as a top-five global economy with 7%+ growth and focus on inclusive development — women, MSMEs & youth.
✅ Emphasised clean energy goals (500 GW by 2030) and India’s low 3.5% share in global emissions.
✅ Called for climate equity, fair technology transfer, and opposition to carbon border barriers.
✅ Showcased global initiatives: ISA, CDRI, Global Biofuels Alliance.
✅ Promoted Atmanirbhar Bharat & “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” for resilient, sustainable trade.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ How does India’s stance at UNCTAD XVI reflect its push for sustainable and inclusive global trade?
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🔆 East Timor Joins ASEAN — Strengthening Regional Unity
✅ East Timor (Timor-Leste) became the 11th member of ASEAN at the 2025 Kuala Lumpur Summit.
✅ Once a Portuguese colony, it gained full independence in 2002 after Indonesian occupation and UN supervision.
✅ With a population of 1.4 million, its economy relies on oil and gas, now seeking diversification through ASEAN-led frameworks like RCEP.
✅ Membership strengthens ASEAN’s inclusivity and strategic footprint in the Indo-Pacific.
💬 Mains Q:
How does East Timor’s entry into ASEAN reshape the geopolitical and economic dynamics of Southeast Asia?
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✅ East Timor (Timor-Leste) became the 11th member of ASEAN at the 2025 Kuala Lumpur Summit.
✅ Once a Portuguese colony, it gained full independence in 2002 after Indonesian occupation and UN supervision.
✅ With a population of 1.4 million, its economy relies on oil and gas, now seeking diversification through ASEAN-led frameworks like RCEP.
✅ Membership strengthens ASEAN’s inclusivity and strategic footprint in the Indo-Pacific.
💬 Mains Q:
How does East Timor’s entry into ASEAN reshape the geopolitical and economic dynamics of Southeast Asia?
#IR
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🔆 Trump’s Renewed Pressure on Venezuela
📍 Key Idea:
The US, under Trump, expanded its military presence in the Caribbean, citing anti-drug operations — but the real target is regime change in Venezuela. With Nicolás Maduro defying US sanctions and clinging to power, Washington aims to weaken his rule by restricting oil exports — Venezuela’s economic lifeline.
Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, second only to Saudi Arabia, make it geopolitically vital. The US fears that renewed Venezuelan oil production, backed by Russia, Iran, and China, could undermine its own energy dominance.
Historically, such US actions reflect a pattern of intervention in Latin America, driven by resource control and anti-communist motives. While direct military intervention seems unlikely, economic pressure, covert operations, and internal dissent remain Washington’s tools to isolate Maduro.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ Discuss how US geopolitical and economic interests shape its foreign policy towards Latin America, with special reference to Venezuela.
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📍 Key Idea:
The US, under Trump, expanded its military presence in the Caribbean, citing anti-drug operations — but the real target is regime change in Venezuela. With Nicolás Maduro defying US sanctions and clinging to power, Washington aims to weaken his rule by restricting oil exports — Venezuela’s economic lifeline.
Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, second only to Saudi Arabia, make it geopolitically vital. The US fears that renewed Venezuelan oil production, backed by Russia, Iran, and China, could undermine its own energy dominance.
Historically, such US actions reflect a pattern of intervention in Latin America, driven by resource control and anti-communist motives. While direct military intervention seems unlikely, economic pressure, covert operations, and internal dissent remain Washington’s tools to isolate Maduro.
📍 Mains Question:
➡️ Discuss how US geopolitical and economic interests shape its foreign policy towards Latin America, with special reference to Venezuela.
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🔆 EU–India Trade: Finding Common Ground Amid Shifting Global Dynamics
✅ The EU is striving to balance decarbonisation goals with economic competitiveness, introducing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) — a move that disadvantages exporters like India (steel, cement, aluminium).
✅ India–EU FTA talks continue, with divergences over state-owned enterprises, investment scope, and quality control norms.
✅ India seeks fair market access, while EU eyes India’s large market to boost its slowing economy.
✅ Both sides aim to finalise a deal by end of 2025, offering mutual gains if protectionist barriers are eased.
💬 Mains Q:
Discuss the challenges and opportunities in the ongoing India–EU trade negotiations, especially in light of the EU’s green trade policies.
#InternationalRelations #ir
✅ The EU is striving to balance decarbonisation goals with economic competitiveness, introducing the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) — a move that disadvantages exporters like India (steel, cement, aluminium).
✅ India–EU FTA talks continue, with divergences over state-owned enterprises, investment scope, and quality control norms.
✅ India seeks fair market access, while EU eyes India’s large market to boost its slowing economy.
✅ Both sides aim to finalise a deal by end of 2025, offering mutual gains if protectionist barriers are eased.
💬 Mains Q:
Discuss the challenges and opportunities in the ongoing India–EU trade negotiations, especially in light of the EU’s green trade policies.
#InternationalRelations #ir