
{"id":363631,"date":"2026-05-25T20:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363631"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:29:15","slug":"psir-brief-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-61\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIR Brief #61"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shrikant Madhav Vaidya<\/strong> in The Hindu focuses on Russia oil restrictions and India\u2019s energy security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sajjid Z. Chinoy<\/strong> in The Indian Express analysis why the rupee problem is different.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Statesman\u2019s<\/strong> article talks about the unequal China-Russia equation.<\/p>\n<p>UPSC has previously asked question on these themes:<br \/>\n1. CSE Main 2025, PSIR Paper-II: \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<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>CSE Main 2025, GS-II: \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 Examine and critically evaluate the East-West policy confrontations in this regard.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>CSE Main 2024, PSIR Paper-II: \u201cIndia has of late, chosen to debunk non-alignment in its pursuit of multi-alignment.\u201d Comment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>CSE Main 2023, PSIR Paper-II: \u201cArms trade, economic ties and congruent geo-political interests are no longer the three pillars of India\u2013Russia relationship in the emerging strategic context. Comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>CSE Main 2023, PSIR Paper-II: \u201cQuadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) performs an important role in India\u2019s strategic balancing act to withstand the dominance of China in Asia. Discuss.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/psirbyamitpratap\/569\"><strong>Download the PDF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes: Shrikant Madhav Vaidya in The Hindu focuses on Russia oil restrictions and India\u2019s energy security. Sajjid Z. Chinoy in The Indian Express analysis why the rupee problem is different. The Statesman\u2019s article talks about the unequal China-Russia equation. UPSC has previously asked question on these themes: 1. CSE Main&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-61\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PSIR Brief #61<\/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-363631","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\/363631","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=363631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}