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Today’s brief covers these important issues:
Harsh V. Pant in ORF analysis the world’s shift from rule-based order to hard power, deterrence and strategic autonomy.
Abhishek Yadav in IDSA focuses on the India-Cyprus strategic partnership.
Balaram Bhargava and Soumya Swaminathan’s article in The Hindu talks about India’s fight against TB.
UPSC has previously asked question on these themes:
- 2025 GS-II: “With the waning of globalization, post-Cold War world is becoming a site of sovereign nationalism.” Elucidate.
- 2025 PSIR Paper II: “India maintains strong ties with countries that will assure a free and open Indo-Pacific and guarantee greater connectivity with rest of the world. Analyze.”
- 2025 PSIR Paper II: “The withdrawal of the United States of America from the World Health Organization is set to have far-reaching impacts on global health.”
- 2024 PSIR Paper II: “Discuss the rationale behind replacing the ‘Asia-Pacific’ strategy with the new term ‘Indo-Pacific’ strategy.”
- 2023 PSIR Paper II: “What diplomatic steps has India taken to articulate the interests of the Global South in International Politics?”
