{"id":1514,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/indias-current-foreign-policy-marks-significant-qualitative-upsc-psir-2013-3903\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:32","slug":"indias-current-foreign-policy-marks-significant-qualitative-upsc-psir-2013-3903","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/indias-current-foreign-policy-marks-significant-qualitative-upsc-psir-2013-3903\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIndia&#8217;s current foreign policy marks significant qualitative shifts from that of previous regimes\u201d. Discuss."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; 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\">_\u2014-R!-_:\u00ab Shift is real \u2192 but measured in ambition, pace, risk- appetite \u2192 nota break with core interests R2 question tests rupture vs evolution \u2192 stake: qualitative shift genuine, yet grounded in continuity<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">change of self-image: balancing power \u2192 leading power \u2192 institutional markers (Quad, JAI trilateral, Act East, foundational agreements with US, SAGAR) \u2192 West Asia recalibration: Desai (Palestine no longer zero-sum) \u2192 Pant (old balancing dropped, UAE\/Saudi ties) \u2192 firmer posture (Doklam, surgical + pre-emptive strikes) \u2192 new risk-appetite<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">continuities persist \u2192 Gandhian idealism, Gujral Doctrine with some neighbours, strategic autonomy, South-South cooperation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">X!&#039;&#039;_:- Raja Mohan&#039;s \u2018Third Republic\u2019 \u2192 new chapter after Nehruvian and Manmohan eras R2 shifts genuine but build on strategic autonomy + civilisational identity \u2192 evolution, not rupture<\/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-1514","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\/1514","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2720,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1514\/revisions\/2720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}