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Bilateral, Regional & Global Groupings
GS-II: Constitution, Governance, Social Justice & IR
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Overview
India engages through many groupings to advance trade, security and global governance goals, balancing different partners.
Key points
- QUAD: India, the United States, Japan and Australia; focuses on a free and open Indo-Pacific.
- India became a full member of the SCO in 2017.
- BRICS held its first summit in 2009 and has expanded its membership.
- India held the G20 presidency in 2023; the African Union joined the G20 as a permanent member.
- I2U2 links India, Israel, the UAE and the US; IPEF is a US-led Indo-Pacific economic framework.
- IORA brings together Indian Ocean rim countries.
Practice MCQs
From the perspective of definition and scope, which one of the following statements about Bilateral, Regional & Global Groupings is correct?
- Membership in one international grouping permanently determines a country’s position on all other issues.
- Bilateral, Regional & Global Groupings is unrelated to institutions, processes or real-world applications.
- Bilateral, Regional & Global Groupings has no exceptions or limitations in exam analysis.
- International groupings differ in membership, mandate, decision rules and binding force.
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Answer: (d) International groupings differ in membership, mandate, decision rules and binding force.. International groupings differ in membership, mandate, decision rules and binding force.
Consider the following statements on Bilateral, Regional & Global Groupings, focusing on definition and scope: 1. International groupings differ in membership, mandate, decision rules and binding force. 2. States may cooperate on one issue and compete on another; alignment is often issue-specific. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2. Both statements are correct.
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