General Studies II · Subtopic
Neighbourhood context
Official syllabus
India and its neighborhood- relations.
UPSC CSE 2026 notification
What this covers
Explain land and maritime adjacency, asymmetric size, cross-border linkages and the need for country-specific rather than uniform analysis.
Key ideas
- Geographic proximity
- Sovereignty
- Interdependence
- Asymmetry
- Regional and bilateral forums