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organisations, events, concepts (concepts (alliance (generally among cy…
organisations, events, concepts
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UNSC
UNSC temporary seat
facts
india in UNSC for 7 times (1st - 1950-51, 7th - 2011-12 ) - total 14 years- only for about one-fifth of time UNSC has existed
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UNSC permanent seat
how to achieve it
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involve its troops in peacekeeping operations - although india is a leading provider of peacekeepers, its assessed contribution to UN peacekeeping operations is miniscule
will come india's way more by invitation than by self-canvassing - india shouldn't waste its diplomatic goodwill in seeking permanent seat
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background
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membership
5 permanent - UK, USA, france, russia, china
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facts
pricewaterhouse-coopers report, 'world in 2050' - predicts that by 2050, india will be world's number two economic power, behind only china
i's foreign policy(fp)
fp meaning
govt's strategy in dealing with other cy, international institutions & issues
phases - phase of
1947-1962
optimistic non-alignment - issue: overlooking harsh realities, eg:
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rejecting "east west swap deal" of china - i and china to recognise aksai chin & i's eastern sector as part of china & i resp
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1971-1991
regional assertion & complexity, eg:
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2014-till now
energetic engagement , eg:
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BRICS
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challenges
lack of commonality
political structure
brazil, i, SA - democracy
china, russia - not democracy
level of dev
china, russia - much better
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way forward
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shifting from usual inter-gov organisations to "forum format"- to cope with rapidly changing international env
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concepts
geopolitics
meaning
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geo factors
location
eg: iran is geopolitically imp to access central asia (as we have bad realtion with pak and afghanistan has disturbed areas)
resources
eg: oil - if russia is selling oil, it becomes "geopolitically imp"to us
balance of power
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meaning - states consciously or unconsciously strive towards equal distribution of power to avoid dominance by one
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strategic partnership SP
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i has SPs with many countries - USA, ruppia, japan, iran etc
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joint naval exercice
reasons
practice to fight future scenario - war, tsunami
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joint naval patrolling
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eg: piracy threat, disaster relief
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IMO
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i in IMO
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europe, china, japan, korea - enough representation
need of the hour - i t ensure permanent representation & delegation - to retain its stature as major maritime power
QUAD
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what
informal grouping b/t i, aus, japan, USA
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