{"id":1558,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-recent-differences-between-india-and-russia-are-the-result-of-upsc-psir-2017-4501\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:34","slug":"the-recent-differences-between-india-and-russia-are-the-result-of-upsc-psir-2017-4501","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-recent-differences-between-india-and-russia-are-the-result-of-upsc-psir-2017-4501\/","title":{"rendered":"The recent differences between India and Russia are the result of misconceptions than facts. Elucidate."},"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\">Intro = R!_:- 2016 Pakistan exercise + Indo-Pacific coolness read as betrayal \u2014 routes statement half right &gt; nostalgia explains anger \/ structure explains divergence R2 misconception is real but misplaced \u2014 not about Russian conduct but about Indian expectation of Russia as balancer &gt; differences follow from alignment<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Body fllw Raghavan: 2016 regret not analysis \u2014 never a fairy tale &gt; 1962 intelligence to Beijing, Tashkent pressure \u2014 Pakistan outreach thin &gt; so far the stem holds \u2014 but stated differences are open: artificially imposed construct, Lavrov on Quad &#8211; India\u2019s documented shift: US top supplier 2014 Major Defence Partner, LEMOA, COMCASA -&gt; cause is alignment \u2014 Raja Mohan: structural contradiction, threat inversion (West vs China) \u2014 Zakharov: Russia from non-alignment with India to junior coalition with Beijing \u2014 real misconception located<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Counter- (carried early, paragraph two) &gt; stem\u2019s case at full strength: Russian view realism is old, Pakistan outreach limited \u2014&gt; anger rests on romanticism, not evidence<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Conclusion R1 misconception explains anger \/ alignment explains difference routes crude base survives mid-2026 &gt; Nadkarni\u2019s bound &gt; manageable, not imaginary R2 differences real but bounded \u2014 correction needed in Indian expectations, not in Russian conduct<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[85],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1558","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-the-global-centres-of-power","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1558","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\/1558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2752,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1558\/revisions\/2752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}