| Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 26 – September – 2026 Today’s brief covers: 1. Inside America’s accommodation of China (Firstpost) 2. What Killed Liberalism? (Project Syndicate) 3. A declining UN is not good news for a rising India (Indian Express) 4. No planet without One Health (The Statesman) 5. Revisiting India’s nuclear doctrine without revising it (The Hindu) UPSC has asked questions on these themes: • PSIR Paper II, 2026: Does power transition theory reflect the dynamics of US-China relations? • PSIR Paper II, 2025: The world currently has been in the throes of a twin process of ‘democratic backsliding’ and ‘democratic backlash’. How would you explain this paradox? • PSIR Paper II, 2025: India’s reluctance to perceive any ‘existential threat’ inevitably made the multilateral path to nuclear security a ‘default option’ until it decided to cross the nuclear Rubicon in 1998. Identify and analyze some of the major reasons behind this shift in India’s position on the nuclear question. | Click Here to Download |
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