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International Relations

Defence diplomacy: exercises, exports and partnerships

India’s military as a diplomatic instrument: Malabar to Garuda Shakti, LEMOA logistics pacts, BrahMos exports, training partnerships and the structural gaps holding it back.

30 September 2026 · 9 min read

International Relations

India-Brazil relations: the Global South axis

Pharmacy meets barn: the 2006 Strategic Partnership, Amazonia-1, the Global Biofuel Alliance, Zebu cattle diplomacy and the G4 bond that anchors the Global South axis.

30 September 2026 · 7 min read

Essay

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

Environment

Negotiating the Climate: UNFCCC, Equity and COP30

From Rio 1992 to Belem 2025, climate diplomacy moved from binding targets to pledges and toward implementation. UNFCCC, Kyoto, Paris, climate finance, and COP30 outcomes explained.

28 September 2026 · 42 min read

International Relations

Functional diplomacy: energy, technology and soft power

Beyond summits and treaties, Indian diplomacy runs on oil contracts, chip partnerships and yoga mats. How energy security, technology geopolitics and soft power became the working tools of foreign policy.

27 September 2026 · 26 min read