PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · Recent Developments in Foreign Policy — Part 1
Discuss the role of public diplomacy in the enhancement of India’s global standing.
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
FLUW ONAFONMYUT — now tne answer moves R1 define public diplomacy — Nye: instrument converting attraction > standing > India’s “leading power” claim R2 a rising India needs legitimacy, not just capacity > attraction as the low-cost route to standing
Body flow
Nye’s frame > Thussu: Buddha to Bollywood, appeal largely society-generated — ICCR institutionalises heritage into goodwill > recent delivery: vaccine diplomacy + Voice of Global South + G20 “One Earth, One Family, One Future” / Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam — bridge West-South — low-cost influence + UNSC/governance-reform case
Counter-view
Ian Hall’s limits of government action — state amplifies but cannot manufacture attraction (springs from society) > credibility needs delivery to match rhetoric + cohesive image at home
Conclusion routes
R1 public diplomacy widens standing as a low-cost multiplier > = complements, does not replace, hard capacity R2 standing grows only when projection meets performance -> attraction sustained by credibility
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
