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Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS for Civil Services Main Examinations Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com About the Author Pavneet Singh graduated with Honours in Political Science from Delhi University. He then followed it with an MBA from the International Management Institute in Belgium. Following the completion of his formal education, Pavneet sought to make a mark for himself in the field of the teaching for the UPSC Civil Services exam. He has taught various subjects, including Political Science and Current Affairs for almost a decade now. Since 2013, he has been associated with Vajiram and Ravi, India’s premier institute for the civil services exam, at New Delhi. His area of expertise here has been International Relations. It is this expertise, earned through years of voracious reading and enriched through interactions with thousands of aspirants, that he brings to this textbook. Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS for Civil Services Main Examinations Pavneet Singh Faculty at Vajiram & Ravi Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited Published by McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited 444/1, Sri Ekambara Naicker Industrial Estate, Alapakkam, Porur, Chennai - 600 116 International Relations (for Civil Services Examinations) Copyright © 2018, McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise or stored in a database or retrieval system without the prior written permission of the publishers. 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If such services are required, the assistance of an appropriate professional should be sought. Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Ebook Conversion: Aura Technology and Software Services Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com To my students and the future civil servants of India Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Preface AN INVESTMENT IN KNOWLEDGE PAYS THE BEST INTEREST. Since the time I was an aspirant for the civil services myself, I had to struggle for a proper textbook on International Relations (IR) for General Studies. Moreover, having been a student of Political Science and International Relations (PSIR) optional subject for civil services examinations, I keenly felt the crunch for a one-stop solution for IR. Our PSIR teachers used to tell us to read books written by former diplomats and some books meant for university exams, but these books were neither written exclusively for the civil services exam, nor covered the syllabus of the examination. I started teaching IR at Vajiram and Ravi, an institute for IAS examination in New Delhi, in 2013. In the first year, I taught 14,000 students. During my first year of teaching at Vajiram, I realised that the students continued to struggle for quality work on IR. As my teaching entered the further batches in 2014, and subsequently in 2015, 2016 and 2017, a lot of students at Vajiram asked me whether there was any book in the market for IR that could be helpful as a textbook for General Studies. Many students of PSIR also needed a textbook that could serve the purpose of their optional study. More importantly, I found that the students needed a book for IR that could provide them with backgrounds of diplomatic relations of India with every country. After intense discussions with my colleague and close friend, Brijendra Singh, who teaches Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude at Vajiram, I decided to work on a book of IR that could cater to not only the needs of students for General Studies but also act as a foundation for those with PSIR as optional subject. I began working on the monumental task of writing the book in December, 2015 and it finally came to an end in October 2017. In the process of having undertaken a work of this magnitude, I had interacted with 29 officers of the Indian Foreign Services (IFS) and eight senior officers of Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). The views of these people and an insider’s knowledge about how India conducts its diplomacy with the world is reflected in various chapters of the book. I am now satisfied that the future civil services aspirants shall no longer have to struggle to find a textbook for IR for General Studies portion. This book also fulfills the gap for the students of PSIR as it also completely caters to all topics of the optional syllabus defined by the UPSC. I can assure the student that once the entire book is read, he/she will be able to understand the happenings in the world in a much better way. This book is bound to change the way they think. The most interesting feature of the book is that I have incorporated plenty of diagrams and case studies. Each diagram tries to summarise the core discussion at hand. These diagrams not only facilitate revision but can also be used directly in the mains examination while writing answers. Such diagrams will certainly fetch an aspirant additional marks in the paper, giving them an edge over their competitor. The case studies in the chapters add on to the existing understanding and are designed to provide the readers a completely fresh perspective on the dimension being discussed, along with providing applications for the policies that are under scrutiny. Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com I have explained how to use the book optimally while reading for General Studies and for PSIR for civil services examination separately in the pages ahead. Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com Note for Students of General Studies HOW TO READ THE BOOK As stated in the Preface, this work on International Relations (IR) is a mandatory subject for students preparing for the General Studies papers. The book acts as a foundation builder for any aspirant for civil services because the book serves as a primary source to prepare for Current Affairs of International importance (Item-1 of Part-A, Paper-1 General Studies, Preliminary examination) and International Relations (Item-17, 18, 19, 20 of Paper-III-Part-B-General Studies-II-Mains Examination). I suggest that all students read the book in the chronology in which it is set. All the chapters are interlinked to each other, and to enhance understanding and build critical linkages, a chronological reading is mandatory. I strongly urge the readers to read and internalise all the key terms related to International Relations mentioned in the Section A of Part A, Chapter 2. After the key terms are internalised, the readers should read the chapters in Section A, Part B. All the four chapters of this part are intended to give the students a panoramic glimpse of international world history from ancient to post-Cold War times. From my teaching experiences of IR at Vajiram, I have come to the conclusion that when students are given a proper understanding of international world history, their command over the subject drastically improves. The Section B of the book relates to theories of IR. This chapter is exclusively for the students of Political Science and International Relations (PSIR). However, for a better analytical grasp on the subject, I would urge the students of General Studies (who do not have PSIR as optional subject for civil services exam) to also read the six chapters in the section. This will give the readers a different perspective for the issues that may prove relevant for the exam and will be beneficial while writing answers in the mains examination. Each chapter in the book is meticulously written with an intention to enhance the understanding of the reader on the topic discussed. The chapters adopt multi-dimensional analysis paradigm and start with basic background and history of diplomatic relations and then covers different dimensions involved in diplomatic relations. This holistic coverage from background till the present day diplomacy enhances the overall understanding of the reader. Once the reading of the entire book is over, the student shall have complete command on the subject. The students would now be in a position to appreciate what is happening around them and analyse the events in the newspapers better. Before the exam, the diagrams in the book will help the reader keep the core ideas and points in their minds fresh to be reproduced in the answer sheets of UPSC Mains exam. After reading the book completely, a deep understanding of how India has dealt with each country in the world from 1947 till now, will be achieved. For example, if a student peruses the portion of the border issue between India and China and goes through the literature in the chapter carefully, which has analyzed the border problem since the British times till today, he/she would be able to appreciate why the border issue between India and China persists and what can be done to resolve the issues. Once the chapters are read, the reader can continue to read the newspapers and keep on building their notes further as all issues happening in the present times in the diplomacy will make sense since the entire background is exhaustively covered in each chapter. The book will thereby equip the students with Download all form :- www.UPSCPDF.com