{"id":362682,"date":"2026-05-12T15:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362682"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:32:46","slug":"psir-brief-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-50\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIR Brief #50"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes:<\/p>\n

Kanti Bajpai\u2019s<\/strong> Indian Express<\/strong> article analysis India\u2019s strategic autonomy against pressure from China, the EU, Russia and the US.<\/p>\n

Kabir Taneja\u2019s<\/strong> article in ORF <\/strong>focuses on Asian energy dependence on the Strait of Hormuz and yet no Asian security consensus.<\/p>\n

Chandan Gowda<\/strong> in his article in Deccan Herald<\/strong> talks about introducing sortition, citizen assemblies and democracy beyond elections.<\/p>\n

UPSC has previously asked question on these themes:<\/p>\n

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  1. GS-II 2025:<\/strong> \u201cEnergy security constitutes the dominant kingpin of India\u2019s foreign policy, and is linked with India\u2019s overarching influence in Middle Eastern countries.\u201d How would you integrate energy security with India\u2019s foreign policy trajectories in the coming years?<\/li>\n
  2. PSIR 2025, Paper II:<\/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
  3. PSIR 2024, Paper I:<\/strong> \u201cDeliberative democracy seeks to promote democratic decision making about public issues among the citizens. Discuss.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. GS-II 2024:<\/strong> \u201cExamine the need for electoral reforms as suggested by various committees with particular reference to \u2018one nation \u2013 one election\u2019 principle.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. PSIR 2023, Paper II:<\/strong> \u201cWhat are the challenges and limitations in India \u2013 Iran relations?\u201d and \u201cDiscuss the significance of \u2018West Asia Quad\u2019 in the light of India\u2019s \u2018Look West\u2019 policy.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes: Kanti Bajpai\u2019s Indian Express article analysis India\u2019s strategic autonomy against pressure from China, the EU, Russia and the US. Kabir Taneja\u2019s article in ORF focuses on Asian energy dependence on the Strait of Hormuz and yet no Asian security consensus. Chandan Gowda in his article in Deccan Herald talks… Continue reading PSIR Brief #50<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10394,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12128,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psir-optional","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362682","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=362682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}