{"id":1523,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-indias-contribution-to-non-alignment-movement-and-upsc-psir-2016-4002\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:12","slug":"comment-on-indias-contribution-to-non-alignment-movement-and-upsc-psir-2016-4002","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-indias-contribution-to-non-alignment-movement-and-upsc-psir-2016-4002\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on India\u2019s contribution to Non-Alignment Movement and contemporary relevance."},"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> India not a member but an author <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Belgrade 1961, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Nehru<\/b> with <b class=\"pq-sc\">Tito<\/b> and <b class=\"pq-sc\">Nasser<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> contribution normative, norm outlasts forum<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> non-alignment as India\u2019s own idea, exported into a movement <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> co-founding at Belgrade <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India gave NAM principle, not power<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Bhattacharya<\/b>\u2019s three fronts <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ideological: NIEO at Algiers 1973 vs North\u2013South imbalance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> diplomatic: diverse membership held together, New Delhi summit 1983 reasserts roots <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> humanitarian: peacekeeping + disarmament pressure behind Partial Test Ban Treaty 1963 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Cold War\u2019s close removes the rivalry <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cnon-alignment with whom\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> independence of judgment outlives the movement\u2019s purpose <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> today: Quad + BRICS + SCO at once, no binding alliance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Global South leadership, Voice of Global South Summits<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Parthasarathy<\/b>: no binding principles, coalition of convenience <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> charge fits the movement, not the policy<\/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> freedom to judge each issue on merit still guides Indian diplomacy amid renewed great-power competition<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> the forum needs reform, the principle already works <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India\u2019s contribution survives as its own method, not as NAM\u2019s machinery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[42],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[82],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1523","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-42","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-the-non-aligned-movement","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1523","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4935,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1523\/revisions\/4935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}