Topic: India and the Global Centres of Power
Explain India’s relations with the European Union in the context of Brexit.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 paradox: dense economic ties, thin strategic depth → Britain as India’s familiar bridge → Brexit removes it, two tracksRoute 2 “natural…
What are the main drivers of India-Japan Strategic and Global Partnership?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 India’s most conflict-free major-power tie → never adversaries, no dispute → Abe’s “natural ally”Route 2 frictionlessness as the base → complementarity…
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) performs an important role in India’s strategic balancing act to withstand the dominance of China in Asia. Discuss.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 four Indo-Pacific democracies in dialogue → India’s balancing instrument, but indirect, no allianceRoute 2 2004 tsunami origins → dormant → revived…
Bhutan has historically been an ally of India, but the China-Bhutan border related issues have become a security issue for India. Discuss.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 closest ally, only S. Asian state without China ties → yet India’s security runs through the China–Bhutan border, not its ownRoute…
Historical ties between India and Japan grew into a ‘special strategic and global partnership. Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 dispute-free civilizational base (Buddhism, no rivalry) → goodwill real but not sufficient → strategy did the buildingRoute 2 Japan as early…
The tariff threats have pushed India and the European Union closer. Evaluate the India-EU partnership.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 India-EU long “below potential,” trade-dense / strategy-thin (Wagner) → 2025 tariff shock changed tempo → stalled talks close as Jan 2026…
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…
How is India responding to the idea of Indo-Pacific?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 accepted geography / joined institutions / refused alliance → Shangri-La 2018 sets India’s own termsRoute 2 Indo-Pacific arrives as someone else’s…
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