PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · India & the UN System
Critically analyze China’s role in international politics against India’s demand for permanent seat in UN Security Council. (2016/15 marks)
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
‘RX? India’s credentials strong → four of five P5 back it → only China non-committal — Article 108 makes one refusal decisive → China is the obstacle R2 the paradox: broad support but a single veto point — China’s non-commitment converts into structural blockage through Article 108 Body flow Strategic motive (sole Asian/non-Western P5, guards prestige, won't admit a co-equal rival, border) — Kantha (assurance + obstruction) — Jaishankar “duality” (NSG + UNSC pattern) — tactics: Pakistan — UfC regional link → G4 wedge (drop Japan) → “package solution”/no agreed text (procedural delay)
Body flow
irony: Chinese assertiveness (South China Sea) proves a 1945 Council unfit — strengthens India’s reform case, but gives China reason to keep the Council shut — China decisive but not sole
Counter-view
barrier (regional claims + veto persist) – Raja Mohan caution (don't be bargained by the West)
Conclusion routes
R1 China is the proximate, decisive veto guarding its Asian primacy — India must build concrete power, not rest on entitlement R2 reform held hostage to one P5 holdout — India’s path is coalition plus capability, making the claim self-evident rather than merely just
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
