{"id":1526,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/india-has-of-late-chosen-to-debunk-non-alignment-in-its-pursuit-upsc-psir-2024-4005\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:14","slug":"india-has-of-late-chosen-to-debunk-non-alignment-in-its-pursuit-upsc-psir-2024-4005","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/india-has-of-late-chosen-to-debunk-non-alignment-in-its-pursuit-upsc-psir-2024-4005\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIndia has of late, chosen to debunk non-alignment in its pursuit of multi-alignment.\u201d Comment."},"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> non-alignment \u2260 withdrawal <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Nehru<\/b>\u2019s \u201cbest judgment\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> freedom of choice, not equidistance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> method changes, idea holds<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> test the verb \u201cdebunk\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> posture vs principle <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> grammar of policy shifts, core survives<\/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>departure is real: LEMOA\/COMCASA, PM absent from NAM summits, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Jaishankar<\/b>\u2019s engage\u2013manage\u2013cultivate\u2013reassure <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but neither recent nor complete: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Nehru<\/b> ready to join the side of interest, 1971 Indo-Soviet Treaty, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Ganguly<\/b>\u2019s realist turn after 1962, deepened 1991 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the constant is strategic autonomy: <i>Non-Alignment<\/i> 2.0 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> defining value, \u201cmaximum options\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> multi-alignment spreads commitments (Quad, BRICS, SCO, Russia) so no partner decides for India <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Saran<\/b>: substance vs posture<\/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\">Pant<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no rigid non-aligned pigeonhole <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but the charge lands on NAM as institution and Cold War idiom, not on freedom of judgment <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Global South leadership carries it forward<\/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> \u201cdebunk\u201d overstates <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Sood<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> reinterpretation, not abandonment<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> from avoiding sides to maximising options <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> autonomy is the continuity, alignment only the instrument<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[82],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1526","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-15-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\/1526","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\/1526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4938,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1526\/revisions\/4938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1526"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1526"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1526"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}