Subject: IR Context: Government has set up an expert committee under the National Cyber Security Coordinator to study the revelations in China Watching, an investigation by The Indian Express, that a Shenzen-based company, is monitoring over 10,000 Indian individuals and entities. Concept: In 2013, the cabinet had approved the National Cyber Security Policy. In that, there were […]

Subject: IR Context: Heart of the PRC’s strategy to manage its periphery which is often referred to as Mao’s ‘Five Finger strategy’ Concept: The Five Fingers of Tibet is a Chinese foreign policy attributed to Mao Zedong that considers Tibet to be China’s right hand palm, with five fingers on its periphery: Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Arunachal Pradesh, and that it is China’s responsibility to “liberate” these regions.

Subject: IR Context: India has been elected as a member of the United Nation’s Commission on Status of Women, a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Concept: The Economic and Social Council is at the heart of the United Nations system to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and […]

Subject: IR Context: The World Trade Organization upheld a complaint by China over additional duties slapped by the U.S. on some $250 billion worth of Chinese goods. A panel of experts set up by WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body ruled the tariffs were “inconsistent” with global trade rules, and recommended that the U.S. “bring its measures […]

Subject: IR Context: The Foreign Ministers of India and China arrived at a ‘Five Points’ agreement to reduce the prevailing tension on the Ladakh border during their talks in Moscow on the sidelines of the SCO Summit Concept: The points include dialogue aimed at quick disengagement, maintaining proper distance between troops of the two sides and easing […]