PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · Recent Developments in Foreign Policy — Part 2
Identify the key sectors of cooperation between India and Israel since 2014. Examine their significance in strengthening the bilateral ties between the two countries.
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
RI 2014 as inflection — discreet, defence-heavy ties turn public and broad-based {J Modi 2017 (first PM) + Netanyahu 2018 — cooperation widens past arms — two democracies / knowledge economies
Body flow
defence backbone (Barak-8 / Spyder / Phalcon AWACS / Heron — largest arms market — RAW-Mossad + terrorism convergence post-Oct 2023; Kumaraswamy: defence the real substance) — agriculture & water developmental face (=35 CoEs — drip irrigation / desalination — food-water security) — technology newest pillar (satellites — Feb 2026 Special Strategic Partnership — AI, cyber) — trade & connectivity (S200m — ~$3.6bn 2024-25, 2nd-largest Asian partner, FTA under negotiation — Haifa Port / I2U2 / IMEC)
Counter-view
significance real but bounded — still defence-heavy — Kanchi Gupta: Palestine-statehood commitment holds — closeness stops short of alliance
Conclusion routes
£3) sectors do separate work (capability + development + innovation + connectivity) — breadth made ties resilient, steady through Gazawar (J breadth, not any single deal — strengthened ties + anchored India’s autonomy in a volatile West Asia
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
