Animesh Pradhan : IR Notes , resources and Strategy

IR Notes.

IR has a fixed template while coming to Notes:

Be as diverse and extensive in terms of areas of discussion, go beyond usual PESTEL approach and also mention things like Space, Defence, Humanitarian Aid, Strategic Alliances.

Secondly, in IR use diagrams and maps.

Thirdly, value addition material in terms of quotes can be catchy. You can quote Honourable PM, Honourable Minister of External Affairs, C Raja Mohan (Columns in Indian Express) etc. I had noted 3/4 quotes from each area in IR (India-US, Foreign Policy, Neighbourhood Policy, Importance of Sea etc).

Fourthly, if you have time, this I did at very last - I used various concepts of IR that's very common in PSIR like Mandala Theory of foreign policy etc to make my answers bit more unique (had used ChatGPT for this).