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3 entriesAllison's Rational Actor Model
A framework treating states as unitary, goal-maximizing actors that choose…
ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise (AIME)
The ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise is an inaugural multilateral naval drill…
Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC)
The Asia-Africa Growth Corridor is an India-Japan economic cooperation…
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3 entriesBBIN Initiative (Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal)
The BBIN Initiative is a sub-regional framework among Bangladesh, Bhutan, India…
BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement
The BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement is a US$100 billion currency-swap…
BRICS Plus Format
BRICS Plus is a diplomatic outreach format under which the BRICS grouping…
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7 entriesG20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group
The G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group is a sherpa-track body,…
G20 India Presidency 2023
India held the rotating presidency of the G20 from December 1, 2022, to…
G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration (2023)
The G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration is the consensus outcome document…
G20 Sherpa Track
The G20 Sherpa Track is the non-financial negotiating stream of the G20, run by…
G4 Nations (UNSC Reform)
The G4 Nations are Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan, four states that mutually…
G7 Hiroshima Summit India Outreach (2023)
The G7 Hiroshima Summit India Outreach refers to India's participation as an…
Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)
The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence is a multilateral initiative,…
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18 entriesIBSA Dialogue Forum (India-Brazil-South Africa)
The IBSA Dialogue Forum is a trilateral coordination mechanism uniting India,…
IBSA Fund for Poverty and Hunger Alleviation
The IBSA Fund is a trilateral development cooperation facility financed by…
iCET (Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies)
iCET is a US-India bilateral framework launched in 2023 to deepen cooperation…
India and the Dag Hammarskjold Medal
The Dag Hammarskjöld Medal is a posthumous United Nations award honouring…
India and UN Peacekeeping
India is the largest cumulative contributor of troops to United Nations…
India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AIFTA)
The India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement is a 2009 trade-in-goods pact between…
India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement (2009)
The India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement is a 2009 accord placing India's civilian…
India-Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
The India-Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement is a 2016 bilateral treaty…
India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership
The India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership is the bilateral…
India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)
IMEC is a multimodal rail-and-shipping connectivity project linking India to…
India-Russia Strategic Partnership
The India-Russia Strategic Partnership is the formal bilateral framework,…
India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
The India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue is a recurring strategic forum in which…
India-US Civil-Military Nuclear Separation Plan (2006)
The Separation Plan (2006) is India's scheme identifying which of its nuclear…
India's Contributions to UN Peacekeeping
India is one of the largest cumulative troop contributors to United Nations…
India's No First Use Nuclear Doctrine
No First Use is India's declared nuclear policy committing it to retaliate but…
Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI)
The Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative is an India-led framework, announced in…
Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA)
The IPMDA is a Quad-led initiative launched in 2022 that fuses commercial…
Institutional Power
The capacity of actors to shape others' behavior indirectly through the formal…
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4 entriesSCO Peace Mission Exercise
Peace Mission is the periodic multilateral counter-terrorism military exercise…
SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS)
The SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure is a permanent body of the Shanghai…
Sittwe Port
Sittwe Port is a deep-water harbour on Myanmar's Rakhine coast, developed by…
String of Pearls
The String of Pearls is a geostrategic theory describing China's network of…
