{"id":1538,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/explain-the-defence-and-foreign-policy-of-india-to-address-the-upsc-psir-2020-4204\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:33","slug":"explain-the-defence-and-foreign-policy-of-india-to-address-the-upsc-psir-2020-4204","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/explain-the-defence-and-foreign-policy-of-india-to-address-the-upsc-psir-2020-4204\/","title":{"rendered":"Explain the defence and foreign policy of India to address the challenges emerging out of the current India-China standoff at the Line of Actual control (LAC)."},"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\">Ne ri 2020 ended the quiet-boundary assumption \u2014 two tracks, defence and diplomacy R2 undefined LAC + the 2020 shock India answers with capability on the ground and machinery at the table<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">forward formations, logistics \u2014 roads, tunnels, airfields, BRO 27,394 crore inside the largest 2026-27 outlay \u2014 theatre command pending since April 2026 \u2014 denial, no new line \u2192 Miller, two-front &gt; Shaksgam rejection, January 2026 \u2014 October 2024 Depsang- Demchok patrolling \u2014 August 2025 SR machinery: early- delimitation expert group, border-management working group, de- escalation tabled \u2014 Beijing review, May 2026 \u2014 Chaudhuri, security dilemma, dialogue as restraint \u2014 Indo-Pacific partnerships without alliance<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">buffer zones postpone claims, reserves close behind, calm reversible \u2014 Jabin T. Jacob, tactical stabilisation not strategic reset, India reactive, patrolling restricted \u2014 Doklam and Siliguri Corridor<\/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 capability and mechanism contain, they do not resolve R2 boundary moves only when both governments can defend a settlement at home<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[83],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1538","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-south-asia","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1538","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\/1538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3386,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1538\/revisions\/3386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}