India’s relations with Bhutan (Comprehensive Coverage): Target IAS 2018 and Beyond
Background of India’s relations with Bhutan Before taking up India’s relations with Bhutan in detail, let us first look at the geopolitics around Bhutan.…
India’s relation with Pakistan Part VII (Positive Linkages and Conclusion): Target IAS 2018 and Beyond
So far, the relationship of India with Pakistan has been portrayed in generally negative terms. National ideologies, territorial disputes, terrorism, a military arms race,…
India’s relation with Pakistan Part VI (Pakistan Links with China): Target IAS 2018 and Beyond
One China-Pakistan irritant for India was the readiness of Pakistan to give up to China its claims to the Trans-Karakorum Tract (Shaksgam valley) in 1963.…
India’s relation with Pakistan Part V (Legacy of War and Military Arms Race Dynamics): Target IAS 2018 and Beyond
Amidst such ideological and territorial divides, Pakistan and India have come to blows several times. India may stress its ahimsa (non-violence) tradition, but it…
India’s relation with Pakistan Part IV (Terrorism): Target IAS 2018 and Beyond
A constant refrain from India is the country’s sense of Pakistan being a state that sponsors ‘terrorism’. Initially, this was associated with Pakistani support…
India’s relation with Pakistan Part III (Kashmir): Target IAS 2018 and Beyond
Kashmir is the fulcrum on which intangible matters of national formation have developed into tangible matters of international conflict. In the months of Partition in…
India’s relation with Pakistan Part II (National Identity): Target IAS 2018 and Beyond
22 February 1941 was a fateful day in the history of British India and for the future shape of the sub-continent. On that day the…
India’s relation with Pakistan Part I (Introduction): Target IAS 2018 and Beyond
Of all India’s relations, that with Pakistan has been the most problematic and highly charged, over the longest period of time, a relationship accurately described…