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Political Science and International Relations — the UPSC Mains optional. Topic-wise notes, thinkers, debates and previous-year questions.
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Political Science and International Relations — the UPSC Mains optional. Topic-wise notes, thinkers, debates and previous-year questions.
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All study notes →- 01Regional Cooperation: SAARC, BIMSTEC and the Impediments
- 02India and Its Neighbours II: Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Maldives, Bhutan and Afghanistan
- 03India and Its Neighbours I: Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal
- 04South Asia as a Region: Comparative Politics and Democratisation
- 05Recent Developments in Indian Foreign Policy
- 06India and the Global South: Africa, Latin America and West Asia
- 07India in the Global Economy: From Dirigisme to the WTO
- 08India and the Global Centres of Power II: China, Japan and the European Union
- 09India and the Global Centres of Power I: The United States and Russia
- 10India and Non-Alignment
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