Published: 8th Aug, 2025
Mains Sampoorna - The Definitive Current Affairs Themes for Mains 2025 - #9 - International Relations
In an increasingly multipolar world, India’s foreign policy choices, strategic partnerships, and multilateral engagements have gained central importance in UPSC Mains GS Paper II. The Mains Sampoorna: Contemporary Issues in International Relations PDF offers a targeted, theme-wise compilation of India’s global engagements, strategic alignments, and diplomatic trends to help aspirants tackle dynamic IR-based questions with clarity and depth.
This booklet is designed to aid aspirants in integrating theory with contemporary developments and writing analytically rich answers.
Key Features of the PDF
- Comprehensive Theme Coverage: Includes 10+ focused chapters covering India's bilateral relations (with the US, China, Russia, France, Japan, etc.), India’s role in multilateral forums (UN, WTO, BRICS, G20, QUAD), Global South diplomacy, and regional dynamics (South Asia, Indo-Pacific, West Asia, Africa).
- Strategic Updates: Examines critical developments such as India’s G20 presidency outcomes, China+1 strategy, evolving Indo-US tech ties, and the impact of West Asia conflicts on Indian diplomacy.
- Concept + Current Affairs Fusion: Themes like multipolarity, strategic autonomy, vaccine diplomacy, maritime security, and Viksit Bharat diplomacy are explained in both theoretical and applied terms.
- PYQ Anchoring: Each chapter includes UPSC PYQ cues, helping aspirants understand how to apply contemporary issues to actual question framing.
How to Utilise This Book
- Syllabus Mapping: Align each theme with GS Paper II topics like international institutions, India’s bilateral ties, and regional groupings.
- Answer Writing Enrichment: Use data, schemes, and frameworks like SAGAR, Act East Policy, and Indo-Pacific narrative for value addition.
- Essay & Ethics Linkage: Leverage themes like global governance, South–South cooperation, and India’s humanitarian outreach for multidimensional insights.
- Quick Revision Aids: Transfer highlighted points and one-pager briefs into your value addition notes.
Mains Sampoorna PDFs are structured to give aspirants the edge in writing informed, analytical, and updated answers in IAS Mains 2025.
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