General Studies II · Subtopic
India's interests and negotiating choices
Official syllabus
Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
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What this covers
Analyse how India weighs objectives, obligations, reciprocity, flexibility and implementation capacity in an international arrangement.
Key ideas
- Negotiating objective
- Trade-off
- Flexibility
- Implementation cost
- Review