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Security and the World: The Essay Content Bank

Naxalism's endgame, cyber warfare, grey-zone conflict, AFSPA, defence diplomacy and the Indo-Pacific: the complete security and world-affairs content bank for the UPSC essay paper, with definitions, data anchors and tensions.

29 September 2026 · 20 min read

International Relations

India and the Pacific Island nations: FIPIC and the blue continent

Fourteen island states, outsized oceans: FIPIC summits, small-grant diplomacy, IRIS climate resilience, Project Mausam, and the democratic alternative to China's Pacific push.

28 September 2026 · 10 min read

International Relations

The QUAD and the Indo-Pacific: India's minilateral turn

From the 2004 tsunami core group to the 2024 Wilmington Declaration: what the Quad is, what it does beyond security, and how India balances it with BRICS and the SCO.

27 September 2026 · 23 min read

International Relations

India-Japan: the special strategic partnership

Shinzo Abe's 'natural ally', a bullet train, a reported 10-trillion-yen investment pledge and the Quad: how Japan became India's steadiest Indo-Pacific partner.

27 September 2026 · 14 min read