{"id":362867,"date":"2026-05-14T15:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362867"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:07:36","slug":"psir-brief-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-52\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIR Brief #52"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Rajeev Dhavan\u2019s<\/strong> The Hindu article on just war, self-defence and West Asia explains how powerful states often use the language of law to justify force.<\/p>\n

Shashi Tharoor\u2019s<\/strong> Indian Express article focuses on India-Nordic ties beyond nostalgia to green technology, blue economy, energy security and Arctic research.<\/p>\n

Vedant Chaudhary and Hardik Malik\u2019s<\/strong> Bar & Bench article on SIR analysis voter-roll revision as a constitutional question about democracy, natural justice and Article 326.<\/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<\/li>\n
  2. GS-II 2025:<\/strong> \u201cThe reform process in the United Nations remains unresolved, because of the delicate imbalance of East and West and entanglement of the USA vs. Russo-Chinese alliance.\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. GS-III 2025:<\/strong> \u201cWhat is Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)? What is the potential role of CCUS in tackling climate change?\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. PSIR-I 2025:<\/strong> \u201cThere is a debate on the procedure for appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners to the Election Commission of India. Analyse its various aspects.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. 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
  6. PSIR-II 2023:<\/strong> \u201cWhat are the challenges and limitations in India\u2013Iran relations?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes: Rajeev Dhavan\u2019s The Hindu article on just war, self-defence and West Asia explains how powerful states often use the language of law to justify force. Shashi Tharoor\u2019s Indian Express article focuses on India-Nordic ties beyond nostalgia to green technology, blue economy, energy security and Arctic research. Vedant Chaudhary and… Continue reading PSIR Brief #52<\/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-362867","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\/362867","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=362867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}