{"id":364233,"date":"2026-06-03T16:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=364233"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:44:01","slug":"psir-brief-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-69\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIR Brief #69"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0C Raja Mohan<\/strong> in The Indian Express talks about Japan\u2019s new security role amid America\u2019s uncertainty and China\u2019s rise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashok K. Kantha<\/strong> in The Hindu focuses on China\u2019s \u201cearly harvest\u201d trap in the India-China boundary talks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bahram Kalviri<\/strong> in Deccan Herald analysis India\u2019s West Asia policy.<\/p>\n<p>UPSC has previously asked question on these themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PSIR 2025:<\/strong> \u201cHistorical ties between India and Japan grew into a \u2018special strategic and global partnership\u2019. 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>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. How would you integrate energy security with India\u2019s foreign policy trajectories in the coming years?\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>PSIR 2024:<\/strong> \u201cBhutan has historically been an ally of India, but the China-Bhutan border related issues have become a security issue for India. Discuss.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>GS-II 2024:<\/strong> &#8216;The West is fostering India as an alternative to reduce dependence on China&#8217;s supply chain and as a strategic ally to counter China&#8217;s political and economic dominance.&#8217; Explain this statement with examples.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/psirbyamitpratap\/577\"><strong>Download the PDF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s brief covers these important themes: \u00a0C Raja Mohan in The Indian Express talks about Japan\u2019s new security role amid America\u2019s uncertainty and China\u2019s rise. Ashok K. Kantha in The Hindu focuses on China\u2019s \u201cearly harvest\u201d trap in the India-China boundary talks. Bahram Kalviri in Deccan Herald analysis India\u2019s West Asia policy. UPSC has previously&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/psir-brief-69\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PSIR Brief #69<\/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-364233","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\/364233","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=364233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}