{"id":1521,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-analyze-the-different-phases-of-indias-foreign-policy-upsc-psir-2025-3910\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:32","slug":"critically-analyze-the-different-phases-of-indias-foreign-policy-upsc-psir-2025-3910","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-analyze-the-different-phases-of-indias-foreign-policy-upsc-psir-2025-3910\/","title":{"rendered":"Critically analyze the different phases of India&#8217;s foreign policy since independence. How justified, do you think, is S. Jaishankar&#8217;s classification of the current phase as the phase of \u2018energetic diplomacy\u2019?"},"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\">lntre routes R1 evolution, not rupture \u2192 permanent factors (geography \/history\/culture) continuity vs dynamic factors change \u2192 strategic autonomy the constant yardstick k2 six named phases = adaptation to circumstance \u2192 present phase the one to test \u2192 judge it against the constant thread<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">optimistic non-alignment (1946-62, NAM) \u2192 realism &amp; discovery (1962-70, 1962 war \u2192 Indo-Soviet Treaty) \u2192 regional assertion (1971-91, Bangladesh, Pokhran) \u2192 strategic autonomy (1991-99, unipolar \u2192 US\/Israel\/ASEAN) \u2192 balancing power (2000-2013, India-US nuclear deal, Russia\/China) \u2014 each answers its moment, core intact \u2192 energetic diplomacy (2014\u2014-present): leading-power aim \u2192 India Way (\u2018transactional bazaar&#039;\/\u2018frenemies\u2019, interests over idealism) \u2192 engage America\/manage China\/reassure Russia \u2192 markers: Global South, Indo-Pacific, BRICS-\u2014G20-SCO, Viksit Bharat 2047<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">__ label captures activism + risk-taking vs strong continuity of core aims (autonomy\/security\/development) \u2192 hard to categorise, India early in transition \u2192 government ahead of Track-II (media \/think-tanks \/academia)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 \u2018energetic diplomacy\u2019 justified as tempo &amp; ambition, not a settled doctrine R2 phases show adaptability &amp; pragmatism; strategic autonomy the value that survives every shift<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[81],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1521","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","pyq_marks-20-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\/1521","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\/1521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2726,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1521\/revisions\/2726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1521"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1521"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1521"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}