{"id":1551,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/write-about-the-growing-significance-of-quad-upsc-psir-2021-4402\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:34","slug":"write-about-the-growing-significance-of-quad-upsc-psir-2021-4402","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/write-about-the-growing-significance-of-quad-upsc-psir-2021-4402\/","title":{"rendered":"Write about the growing significance of QUAD."},"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\">R1 revived 2017 &gt; no treaty, no defence obligation &gt; significance from function, not form R2 grouping matters by output &gt; supplies what no member builds alone<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">agenda widens, maritime &#8211; economic security + Raja Mohan: strategic + economic security inseparable + May 2026 Delhi ministerial as proof &gt; minerals framework (up to USS20bn) + energy security + first Fiji port &gt; India\u2019s practical return + MDA live at Gurugram \u2192 next Quad-at-Sea mission \u2192 no alignment demanded \u2014 BRICS + Quad together, a position no other Southern state occupies<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Grieco: limits structural, divergent national interests &gt; announcements outrun delivery &gt; USS20bn a target, not committed money \u2192 chair year closed without a leaders\u2019 summit<\/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 significance real but conditional &gt; judged by what is built, not fie announced k2 the non-alliance form is exactly its use to India ~ delivery of regional public goods is the next test<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[84],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1551","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-the-global-south","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1551","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\/1551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2745,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1551\/revisions\/2745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}