{"id":362927,"date":"2026-05-15T15:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362927"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:36:30","slug":"psir-brief-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-53\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIR Brief #53"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u00a0Harsh V. Pant\u2019s<\/strong> article in ORF focuses on India\u2019s multi-aligned West Asia strategy through energy security, diaspora safety, maritime security and UAE as a strategic gateway.<\/p>\n

Sachchidanand Shukla\u2019s<\/strong> article in Indian Express analysis the link of foreign capital with geopolitics, tax certainty, labour reforms and India\u2019s credibility as an investment destination.<\/p>\n

Priyanka Tibrewal and Srikara Prasad\u2019s<\/strong> article in Deccan Herald talks about framework for urban governance: the problem is not lack of agencies, but too many agencies without one accountable city government.<\/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. GS-III 2025:<\/strong> What are the challenges before the Indian economy when the world is moving away from free trade and multilateralism to protectionism and bilateralism? How can these challenges be met?<\/li>\n
  3. GS-II 2024:<\/strong> Analyse the role of local bodies in providing good governance at local level and bring out the pros and cons merging the rural local bodies with the urban local bodies.<\/li>\n
  4. GS-II 2023:<\/strong> \u201cThe states in India seem reluctant to empower urban local bodies both functionally as well as financially.\u201d Comment.<\/li>\n
  5. PSIR Paper-II 2023:<\/strong> Discuss the significance of \u201cWest Asia Quad\u201d in the light of India\u2019s \u2018Look West\u2019 policy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Today\u2019s brief covers these important issues: \u00a0Harsh V. Pant\u2019s article in ORF focuses on India\u2019s multi-aligned West Asia strategy through energy security, diaspora safety, maritime security and UAE as a strategic gateway. Sachchidanand Shukla\u2019s article in Indian Express analysis the link of foreign capital with geopolitics, tax certainty, labour reforms and India\u2019s credibility as an… Continue reading PSIR Brief #53<\/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-362927","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\/362927","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=362927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}