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IR Basics
Basics
Sunday,
13
September
2015
1:07 pm
2. GEOGRAPHICAL
AND
POLITICAL
LOCATION
AND
SITUATION
3. HISTORY
AND
CULTURE
4. NATIONAL
IDENTITY,
PHILOSOPHY
5. POLITICAL
SYSTEM
6. DEMANDS
OF
ECONOMY
Internatio 1. TYPES
OF
nal
NEIGHBOURS
Factors
-->
AND
OUR
RELATIONS
WITH
THEM
2. INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT
ALL
OF
THESE
FACTORS
ARE
DYNAMIC
AND
KEEP
ON
CHANGING
FROM
TIME
TO
TIME.
--->
Therefore,
our
FOREIGN
POLICY
ALSO
HAS
TO
CHANGE
FROM
TIME
TO
TIME
TO
ADAPT
ITSELF
TO
THE
CHANGING
ENVIRONMENT
All
of
the
above
mentioned
factors
ALSO
have
some
LONG
TERM
ASPECTS.
It
is
upon
those
long
term
aspects,
that
certain
BASIC
TENETS
of
our
FOREIGN
POLICY
have
been
created.
While
other
aspects
of
our
foreign
policy
might
keep
on
changing
from
time
to
time,
these
certain
BASIC
TENETS
RARELY
CHANGE.
They
form
the
BED
ROCK
of
our
foreign
policy.
DOMESTIC
FACTORS
How
did
our
history
and
culture
shape
our
foreign
DOMESTIC
FACTORS
How
did
our
history
and
culture
shape
our
foreign
policy?
geographical
location
affect
our
foreign
policy?
criminal
activities
2. We
share
borders
with
Pakistan,
Afghanistan
(via
PoK),
China,
Nepal,
Bhutan,
Bangladesh,
Myanmar..
And
to
a
certain
extent
Sri
Lanka
as
well
3. China
=
Frenemy;
Bhutan
and
Nepal
=
super
friends
4. Interest
of
superpowers
(US
backing
Pak,
Russia
backing
India)
in
this
region
INTERNATIONAL
FACTORS:
The
2
blocs At
the
end
of
the
2nd
world
war,
the
World
stood
divided
into
2
blocs
--- CAPITALIST
AMERICAN
BLOC
and
the
COMMUNIST
SOVIET
BLOC
+
Cold
War
b/w
the
2
blocks
(ARMS
RACE,
SPACE
RACE
etc.)
+
Threat
of
NUCLEAR
WAR
New
countries
Post
the
2nd
world
war,
many
countries
in
LATIN
AMERICA,
ASIA
AND
AFRICA
gained
independence
from
the
colonial
powers
UNO
Partition
A
BEAUTIFUL
TIMELINE:
1. See,
this
INITIAL
overriding
IDEALISM
+
excessive
focus
on
NAM
+
staying
away
from
getting
drawn
into
disputes
=
NOT
MUCH
ATTENTION
given
to
MILITARY
capabilities
===>
1962
WAR
with
China
2. 1966
===>
China
tested
its
nuclear
device
==
so
much
for
DISARMAMENT
and
PEACE
3. Due
to
Chinese
aggression,
India
cozied
up
to
the
west,
purchased
arms
from
US
and
UK.
2. 1966
===>
China
tested
its
nuclear
device
==
so
much
for
DISARMAMENT
and
PEACE
3. Due
to
Chinese
aggression,
India
cozied
up
to
the
west,
purchased
arms
from
US
and
UK.
4. WAR
with
Pakistan
in
1965
5. During
60s
and
70s,
AMERICA-CHINA-PAKISTAN
alliance
+
Trouble
in
East
Pakistan
+
ARMS
RACE
=
TILT
OF
INDIA
towards
USSR ===>
India
signed
a
TREATY
OF
FRIENDSHIP
AND
COOPERATION
with
the
Soviet
Union
=
our
NON
ALIGNED
credentials
questioned
due
to
this
==
OUR
NON
ALIGNMENT
WAS
NOW
BEING
TEMPERED
WITH
PRAGMATISM
6. From
the
80s
=
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
AFRO-INDIAN
SOLIDARITY
+
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SAARC
+
EMERGENCE
OF
EU
7. Berlin
Wall
collapsed
in
1989;
The
Soviet
Union
disintegrated
in
1991
8. World
became
somewhat
UNIPOLAR
with
US
as
the
sole
superpower.