{"id":362799,"date":"2026-05-13T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362799"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:57:08","slug":"psir-brief-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-51\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIR Brief #51"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Raja Mohan\u2019s<\/strong> Indian Express<\/em> article discusses five principles for India\u2019s diplomacy in a changing world order.<\/p>\n

Prerna Gandhi\u2019s<\/strong> article analysis the impact of West Asian conflict on energy, fertilizers, shipping, food security and India\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n

Anupam Kumar\u2019s<\/strong> VIF article focuses on the Trump-Xi meeting amid tariffs, rare earths, AI chips, Taiwan and US-China rivalry.<\/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 Paper II 2025:<\/strong> \u201cExplain the non-traditional security threats in the context of food and environmental crises.\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. PSIR Paper II 2025:<\/strong> \u201cThe tariff threats have pushed India and the European Union closer. Evaluate the India-EU partnership.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. GS-II 2024:<\/strong> \u201cThe West is fostering India as an alternative to reduce dependence on China\u2019s supply chain and strategically to counter China\u2019s political and economic dominance.\u201d Explain this statement with examples.<\/li>\n
  5. PSIR Paper II 2023:<\/strong> \u201cDiscuss the significance of \u2018West Asia Quad\u2019 in the light of India\u2019s \u2018Look West\u2019 policy.\u201d<\/li>\n
  6. PSIR Paper II 2023:<\/strong> \u201cDiscuss the major drivers of India\u2019s interests in Africa.”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes: Raja Mohan\u2019s Indian Express article discusses five principles for India\u2019s diplomacy in a changing world order. Prerna Gandhi\u2019s article analysis the impact of West Asian conflict on energy, fertilizers, shipping, food security and India\u2019s growth. Anupam Kumar\u2019s VIF article focuses on the Trump-Xi meeting amid tariffs, rare earths, AI… Continue reading PSIR Brief #51<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362799","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\/362799","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=362799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}