The crisis in international law #GS-02 International Relations, PSIR Optional For Mains (PSIR Optional) International Law Professor Hilary Charlesworth a current judge at the International Court of Justice described international law as “a discipline of crisis”. International Law post World War II has been more […]
UN Peacekeeping Force and India #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims UNPKF: The UN Peacekeeping Forces were first deployed when the UN Security Council authorized the deployment of UN military observers to the Middle East in 1948. The UN Peacekeeping force is supplemented by military and […]
Kuki-Chin refugees pushed back #GS-01 Indian Society, #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims Kuki-Chin Refugees: The Kuki-Chins are an ethnic minority group originating from Bangladesh. They have fled the armed conflict between Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the separatist group Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA). Kuki-Chin […]
GGAIIsrael’s occupation of West Bank #GS-02 International Relation For Prelims Formation of Israel Israel was created on 14 May 1948 by dividing Mandatory Palestine which was under the British control since the end of first world war. However, this was not acceptable to the Arab […]
India’s dilemmas in an Asian century #GS-02 International Relations, PSIR Optional For Mains How Asia is becoming the centre of power: Currently two major powers, Russia and China, are trying, though in varying degrees, to alter the global balance of power. This has been made […]
Schengen Area #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims Schengen Area Schengen Area denotes a zone where 27 European countries have abolished their national borders, for the free and unrestricted movement of people. The area is created based on the 1985 Schengen Agreement and the 1990 Schengen […]
Africa – At the Heart of Global South Context: Through its G20 chairmanship, India sees Africa at the centre of the Global South, which will be recognised as its voice. The majority of the 54 nations that make up this continent are developing or least […]
Taliban and Shariah Law #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims Taliban The word Taliban means “students” in the Pashto language which is the language of ethnic Pashtuns. The organisation was founded in September 1994, by Mullah Mohammad Omar and 50 students in his hometown of Kandahar. […]
Kurdistan #GS-02 International Relations Context: Turkey has launched a military offensive against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and People’s Protection Units (YPG) on the Syrian border towns For Prelims Who are Kurds Kurds have been termed as the world’s largest stateless ethnic group and have an […]
Line of Actual Control (LAC) #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims Line of Actual Control: The Line of Actual Control (LAC) is a notional demarcation line that separates Indian–controlled territory from Chinese–controlled territory in parts of Indo-China border. LAC originally referred only to the boundary in […]