{"id":362296,"date":"2026-05-06T15:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362296"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:52:06","slug":"psir-brief-issue-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-issue-45\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIR Brief Issue # 45"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes:<\/p>\n<p>Debak Das in <strong>ORF Middle East<\/strong> focuses on the end of nuclear arms control and its impact on the global non-proliferation order.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Finkel in <strong>Foreign Affairs<\/strong> talks about Japan\u2019s return to hard power and rise in its defence spending.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kovrig\u2019s article in <strong>Foreign Affairs <\/strong>analyses the politics between Trump, it\u2019s alliance and China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC has previously asked question on these themes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PSIR 2025:<\/strong> \u201cIndia\u2019s reluctance to perceive any \u2018existential threat\u2019, inevitably made the multilateral path to nuclear security a \u2018default option\u2019 until it decided to cross the nuclear Rubicon in 1998. Identify and analyze some of the major reasons behind this shift in India\u2019s position on the nuclear question.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>PSIR 2025:<\/strong> \u201cHistorical ties between India and Japan grew into a \u2018special strategic and global partnership\u2019. Comment.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>PSIR 2024:<\/strong> \u201cThe changing global order and ongoing regional conflicts, with the global powers taking sides, have jeopardised the progress made towards disarmament in the past. Comment.\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<li><strong>PSIR 2023:<\/strong> \u201cQuadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) performs an important role in India\u2019s strategic balancing act to withstand the dominance of China in Asia. Discuss.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>PSIR 2023:<\/strong> \u201c\u2018India\u2019s Nuclear policy is deeply influenced by its cultural beliefs and the pragmatic approach of its foreign policy.\u2019 Discuss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/psirbyamitpratap\/546\">\u00a0Download the PDF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes: Debak Das in ORF Middle East focuses on the end of nuclear arms control and its impact on the global non-proliferation order. Matthew Finkel in Foreign Affairs talks about Japan\u2019s return to hard power and rise in its defence spending. Michael Kovrig\u2019s article in Foreign Affairs analyses the politics&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-issue-45\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PSIR Brief Issue # 45<\/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-362296","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\/362296","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=362296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}