{"id":1527,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/does-the-non-aligned-movement-have-any-future-in-the-wake-of-upsc-psir-2025-4006\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:14","slug":"does-the-non-aligned-movement-have-any-future-in-the-wake-of-upsc-psir-2025-4006","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/does-the-non-aligned-movement-have-any-future-in-the-wake-of-upsc-psir-2025-4006\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the Non-Aligned Movement have any future in the wake of India\u2019s growing indifference towards it?"},"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> NAM born 1961 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> new states clear of both blocs <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> sovereignty + equitable development <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India\u2019s absence real, future turns on NAM\u2019s own reform<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> absence from recent summits = post-1991 shift to multi-alignment <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the question is NAM\u2019s condition, not India\u2019s attendance<\/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>decline predates India\u2019s drift <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">C. Raja Mohan<\/b>: meaning lost before the Cold War ended, failed to shape events <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 120-plus members, fragmented priorities <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no permanent secretariat <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> agenda absorbed by African Union \/ ASEAN \/ BRICS <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but small and marginalised states still need a voice <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">M.K. Narayanan<\/b>: collective voice on global issues <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> global governance + UN reform <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">T.V. Paul<\/b>: space for <i>soft balancing<\/i>, onus on smaller countries <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> future conditional on reform <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Harsh V. Pant<\/b>: \u201cold shibboleths\u201d, no new goals <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Keethaponcalan<\/b>: permanent secretariat + selective engagement in place of non-cooperation<\/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>NAM a spent force (no achievement, no machinery, regional bodies took over the agenda) vs NAM the one collective platform left to weaker states<\/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> a future exists, but a reformed one <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India\u2019s absence weakens the platform, does not decide it<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> the decline was NAM\u2019s own <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> reform of agenda and structure settles the question, not India\u2019s return<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[82],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1527","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","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\/1527","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\/1527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4939,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1527\/revisions\/4939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}