{"id":363174,"date":"2026-05-19T15:22:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363174"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:52:05","slug":"psir-brief-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-56\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIR Brief #56"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

David B. Roberts<\/strong> in Foreign Affairs<\/strong> talks about why Gulf security must be built at home.<\/p>\n

Samir Bhattacharya\u2019s<\/strong> article in ORF<\/strong> focuses on reviving India\u2013Africa ties through mutual respect and co-development.<\/p>\n

Lee Jong-Wha<\/strong> in Project Syndicate<\/strong> emphasizes on the real roots of global imbalances and its impact on geopolitical instability.<\/p>\n

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

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  1. GS-II 2025:<\/strong> \u201cIndia-Africa digital partnership is achieving mutual respect, co-development and long-term institutional partnerships. Elaborate.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. GS-III 2025:<\/strong> \u201cWhat 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?\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. PSIR Paper-II 2025:<\/strong> \u201cDiscuss some of the key drivers of India\u2019s new interests in Africa which might help in developing long-term comparative advantage over China.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. PSIR Paper-II 2024:<\/strong> \u201cThe return of trade barriers and economic sanctions has diminished the spirit of GATT. In this context, discuss the factors contributing to the decline of WTO in recent times.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. PSIR Paper-II 2023:<\/strong> \u201cWhat are the challenges and limitations in India\u2013Iran relations?\u201d<\/li>\n
  6. PSIR Paper-II 2023:<\/strong> \u201cDiscuss the major drivers of India\u2019s interests in Africa.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes: David B. Roberts in Foreign Affairs talks about why Gulf security must be built at home. Samir Bhattacharya\u2019s article in ORF focuses on reviving India\u2013Africa ties through mutual respect and co-development. Lee Jong-Wha in Project Syndicate emphasizes on the real roots of global imbalances and its impact on geopolitical… Continue reading PSIR Brief #56<\/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-363174","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\/363174","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=363174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}