PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · Indian Foreign Policy: Determinants & Institutions
Do you agree with the view that the Indian Foreign Policy is increasingly being shaped by the Neoliberal outlook? Elaborate
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
_—-R!'_—«sNeoliberal FP = minimal regulation + free trade → Keohane & Nye: complex interdependence sustains peace → India shows a growing imprint R2 from Nehruvian idealism + economic isolation → 1991 LPG reforms as the pivot → neoliberal outlook increasingly visible
Body flow
Nehruvian isolation → 1991 LPG pushes private sector abroad (Velasco) → markers: Look East '93 – India—Africa Summits – US ties – WTO services – FTAs: NDB/AIIB → deeper architecture: DTAAs: Act East – Connect Central Asia
Counter-view
realism persists: surgical strikes, Doklam, Galwan → caution on RCEP/BRI → multi-alignment + strategic autonomy → South- South + egalitarian WTO/UN /climate stands qualify the shift
Conclusion routes
nclusion routes _—s-®X!'-—s« Bajpai: neoliberal position predominates in pragmatic FP → agree, with qualification R2 increasingly visible, but not the single decisive factor → India no prisoner to one stream
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
