{"id":362204,"date":"2026-05-05T15:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362204"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:51:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:21:31","slug":"psir-brief-issue-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-issue-44\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIR Brief Issue # 44"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes:<\/p>\n<p>A. Hellyer in <strong>Foreign Affairs<\/strong> explains why the old Gulf security model is breaking and the Gulf is uneasy with an Israel-led regional order.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen M. Walt in <strong>Foreign Policy<\/strong> shows how Trump\u2019s overuse of hard power is weakening America\u2019s soft power.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Threlkeld in <strong>Foreign Affairs<\/strong> focuses on the faster escalation between India- Pakistan because both sides are building confidence in high-intensity conventional conflict below the nuclear threshold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC has previously askes question on these themes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PSIR Paper-II (2025):<\/strong> \u201cIndia continues to invoke its time-tested policy of strategic autonomy vis-\u00e0-vis both the United States of America and Russia by rejecting US\u2019 offer of mediation on Kashmir issue and by refusing to criticize Russia in its ongoing war against Ukraine. Comment.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>PSIR Paper-II (2025):<\/strong> \u201cTrump\u2019s unilateral imposition of reciprocal tariffs on scores of countries poses impending threat to the future of the rule-based multilateral global trading system under the WTO. What options do the WTO members have to salvage the organization?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PSIR Paper-II (2024):<\/strong> \u201cCritically examine the continuity and change in India\u2019s Palestine policy in the wake of the ongoing Israel-Hamas War.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>GS-II (2024):<\/strong> \u201c\u2018The West is fostering India as an alternative to reduce dependence on China\u2019s supply chain and as a strategic ally to counter China\u2019s political and economic dominance.\u2019 Explain this statement with examples.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PSIR Paper-II (2023):<\/strong> \u201cDiscuss the relevance of the normative ethos of the Non-Aligned Movement in magnifying India\u2019s soft power in pursuit of her national interest.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>PSIR Paper-II (2023):<\/strong> \u201cDiscuss the various constraints on American hegemony today. Which of these are likely to become more prominent in the future?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/psirbyamitpratap\/545\">Download the PDF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes: A. Hellyer in Foreign Affairs explains why the old Gulf security model is breaking and the Gulf is uneasy with an Israel-led regional order. Stephen M. Walt in Foreign Policy shows how Trump\u2019s overuse of hard power is weakening America\u2019s soft power. Elizabeth Threlkeld in Foreign Affairs focuses on&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-issue-44\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PSIR Brief Issue # 44<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10394,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10394"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}