Topic: Recent Developments in Indian Foreign Policy
How does India-Israel bilateral ties reflect the autonomy of India’s foreign policy choices?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 autonomy = freedom of decision, not standing apart → Israel ties the sharpest live testRoute 2 India deepens Israel while holding…
What are the challenges and limitations in India – Iran relations?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 civilisational depth (Nehru, Discovery of India) → cordial but never strategic → the gap is the challengeRoute 2 ancient cultural +…
Critically examine the continuity and change in India’s Palestine policy in the wake of the ongoing Israel- Hamas War.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 war didn’t break the policy → exposed two layers already there (declared position stable / weight + method moving)Route 2 continuity…
India continues to invoke its time-tested policy of strategic autonomy vis-a-vis both the United States of America and Russia by rejecting US’ offer of mediation on Kashmir issue and by refusing to criticize Russia in its ongoing war against Ukraine. Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 two refusals = one doctrine → Jaishankar’s “choice of action”Route 2 “time-tested” ≠ static → non-alignment → multi-alignment (Raja Mohan) →…
India’s reluctance to perceive any ‘existential threat’ inevitably made the multilateral path to nuclear security a ‘default option until it decided to cross the nuclear Rubicon in 1998. Identify and analyze some of the major reasons behind this shift in India’s position on the nuclear question.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 multilateral path = “default,” not conviction → no acute existential threat → capability latent since the 1966 signal / 1974 Smiling…
Has the recent Indo-Israeli relationships given a new dynamics to India’s stand on Palestinian statehood?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 1950 recognition / 1992 full ties → Palestine long read through the anti-colonial prism → Israel closeness changes the voicing, not…
Do you think that India’s capacity building role in Afghanistan has shrunk the strategic space for Pakistan there? Discuss.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 strategic depth = Pakistan’s doctrine of a pliant Kabul as leverage vs India → India replied with capacity building, not arms…
Identify the key sectors of cooperation between India and Israel since 2014. Examine their significance in strengthening the bilateral ties between the two countries.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 2014 as inflection → discreet, defence-heavy ties turn public and broad-basedRoute 2 Modi 2017 (first PM) + Netanyahu 2018 → cooperation…
Evaluate India’s vision of a new world order.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 “new world order” from Bush 1991 (rule-based) → unipolarity fading into an Asian Century → India’s answer: multipolar, shared power/responsibility, not…
“The war in Afghanistan is crucial from the point of view of India’s national security. If the Americans withdraw and jihadis emerge with a sense of triumphalism, India will face increasing onslaught of terrorism”. Comment
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 fear is well-founded → Afghanistan on NW approaches + 1990s Kabul as terror nursery → but must the prediction follow?Route 2…
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