[Download] PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 10 – June – 2026

Today’s brief covers these important issues:

Isaac Kardon in Foreign Affairs talks about how the age of free, open seas is sliding into “gated seas”.

Harsh V. Pant and Sreeparna Banerjee’s article in The Hindu analysis India’s engagement with Myanmar as a part of its strategic autonomy and Act East policy.

Srirupa Roy in Scroll focuses on populism as a project of “curative democracy” i.e. reviving democracy through outsiders.

UPSC has previously asked question on these themes:

2025, GS Paper II – “With the waning of globalization, post-Cold War world is becoming a site of sovereign nationalism.” Elucidate.
2025, GS Paper III – What are the major challenges to internal security and peace process in the North-Eastern States? Map the various peace accords and agreements initiated by the government in the past decade.
2025, PSIR Paper II – India continues to invoke its time-tested policy of strategic autonomy vis-à-vis both the United States of America and Russia by rejecting US’ offer of mediation on Kashmir issue and by refusing to criticize Russia in its ongoing war against Ukraine. Comment.
2024, PSIR Paper II- Discuss the implications of the scrapping of the Free Movement Regime with Myanmar by the Indian Government on the complex ethno-political dynamics of the north-eastern region.
2023, PSIR Paper II – Discuss the various constraints on American hegemony today. Which of these are likely to become more prominent in the future?
2023, PSIR Paper I – Success of contemporary democracies lies in the State limiting its own power. Explain.