{"id":363439,"date":"2026-05-23T15:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363439"},"modified":"2026-05-23T15:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:40:05","slug":"psir-brief-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-60\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIR Brief #60"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pratap Bhanu Mehta<\/strong> in <em>The Indian Express<\/em> talks about why India must look at the US with realism, not dependence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>K P Nayar<\/strong> in <em>Deccan Herald<\/em> analysis India\u2019s China opening and Pakistan outreach as economic pragmatism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lynn Kuok<\/strong> in <em>Foreign Affairs<\/em> focuses on Hormuz crisis as a warning for Indo-Pacific waterways.<\/p>\n<p>UPSC has previously asked question on these themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PSIR 2025:<\/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<li><strong>PSIR 2025:<\/strong> \u201cIndia maintains strong ties with countries that will assure a free and open Indo-Pacific and guarantee greater connectivity with rest of the world. Analyze.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>PSIR 2025:<\/strong> \u201cDiscuss the potential role India can play in initiating a possible phase of trilateral economic engagement among India, China and Nepal.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>PSIR 2024:<\/strong> \u201cIndia and USA have become such strong strategic partners that they need not become formal allies.\u201d Comment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>GS-II 2024:<\/strong> \u201cDiscuss the geopolitical and geostrategic importance of Maldives for India with a focus on global trade and energy flows. Further also discuss how this relationship affects India\u2019s maritime security and regional stability amidst international competition?\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>GS-II 2023:<\/strong> \u201c\u2018Sea is an important Component of the Cosmos\u2019 Discuss in the light of the above statement the role of the IMO (International Maritime Organisation) in protecting environment and enhancing maritime safety and security.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/psirbyamitpratap\/562\"><strong>Download the PDF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes: Pratap Bhanu Mehta in The Indian Express talks about why India must look at the US with realism, not dependence. K P Nayar in Deccan Herald analysis India\u2019s China opening and Pakistan outreach as economic pragmatism. Lynn Kuok in Foreign Affairs focuses on Hormuz crisis as a warning for&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-60\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PSIR Brief #60<\/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-363439","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\/363439","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=363439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}