Topic: India and the Global Centres of Power
Discuss the significance of Indo-US strategic partnership and its implications for India’s security and national defence.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 estrangement to entente (Hagerty) → close in practice, no treaty obligation → autonomy kept, defence stays India’s own responsibilityRoute 2 what…
‘Relations between India and Russia are rooted in history, mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation. Discuss.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 the phrase is India’s own official vocabulary → all three claims hold, but not equally → history and trust inherited, mutual…
Explain the significance of Basic Exchange and Co- operation Agreement (BECA) for Indo-US strategic relations.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Oct 2020, third 2+2 → last of the four → GSOMIA, LEMOA, COMCASA completeRoute 2 NGA to MoD → partnership shifts…
Arms trade, economic ties and congruent geo- political interests are no longer the three pillars of India – Russia relationship in the emerging strategic context. Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 right about one pillar, overstated about two → congruence gave the other two their purposeRoute 2 pillars not fallen but turned…
Discuss the rationale behind replacing the “Asia- Pacific” strategy with the new term “Indo-Pacific” strategy.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Asia-Pacific: 1960s origin, APEC 1980s → rim-centred map, India outside, Indian Ocean read apart → renaming = deciding who countsRoute 2…
“India and USA have become such strong strategic partners that they need not become formal allies.” Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Hagerty’s entente → informal, outside treaty, flexible on what support is owed → treatment of an ally without the status of…
Do you agree that the growing assertiveness of China is leading to multilayered Indo-Japan relations? Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 ties predate China’s rise → 1952 treaty, yen loans 1958, CEPA, high-speed rail → assertiveness changed pace and range, not originRoute…
The recent differences between India and Russia are the result of misconceptions than facts. Elucidate.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 2016 Pakistan exercise + Indo-Pacific coolness read as betrayal → statement half right → nostalgia explains anger / structure explains divergenceRoute…
The natural behaviour of India and the United States is likely to serve each other’s interests. Hence, a deliberate strategy of dovetailing their efforts will obviously benefit both. Elaborate.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Nehru, 1949, natural allies → fifty years of distance → Kux, estranged democracies → shared democracy settled nothingRoute 2 naturalness is…
Discuss the role of Indian diaspora in promoting Indo-US relations.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Hagerty’s three drivers of convergence → diaspora clout alongside Cold War’s end + India’s reforms → channels, not lobbyRoute 2 diaspora…
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