{"id":1512,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-agree-with-the-view-that-the-indian-foreign-policy-is-upsc-psir-2013-3901\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:07","slug":"do-you-agree-with-the-view-that-the-indian-foreign-policy-is-upsc-psir-2013-3901","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-agree-with-the-view-that-the-indian-foreign-policy-is-upsc-psir-2013-3901\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you agree with the view that the Indian Foreign Policy is increasingly being shaped by the Neoliberal outlook? Elaborate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> neoliberal FP = minimal regulation + free trade <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Keohane &amp; Nye<\/b>: complex interdependence sustains peace <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India shows a growing imprint<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> from Nehruvian idealism + economic isolation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 1991 LPG reforms as the pivot <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> neoliberal outlook increasingly visible<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Nehruvian isolation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 1991 LPG pushes private sector abroad (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Velasco<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> markers: Look East \u201893 \u00b7 India\u2013Africa Summits \u00b7 US ties \u00b7 WTO services \u00b7 FTAs \u00b7 NDB\/AIIB <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> deeper architecture: DTAAs \u00b7 Act East \u00b7 Connect Central Asia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>realism persists: surgical strikes, Doklam, Galwan <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> caution on RCEP\/BRI <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> multi-alignment + strategic autonomy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> South\u2013South + egalitarian WTO\/UN\/climate stands qualify the shift<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Bajpai<\/b>: neoliberal position predominates in pragmatic FP <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> agree, with qualification<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> increasingly visible, but not the single decisive factor <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India no prisoner to one stream<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[46],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[81],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1512","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-46","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-indian-foreign-policy","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4924,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1512\/revisions\/4924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}