{"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":"2026-08-12T21:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:30","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>\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> 2016 Pakistan exercise + Indo-Pacific coolness read as betrayal <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> statement half right <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> nostalgia explains anger \/ structure explains divergence<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> misconception is real but misplaced <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> not about Russian conduct but about Indian expectation of Russia as balancer <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> differences follow from alignment<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Raghavan<\/b>: 2016 regret not analysis <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> never a fairy tale <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 1962 intelligence to Beijing, Tashkent pressure <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Pakistan outreach thin <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> so far the stem holds <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but stated differences are open: artificially imposed construct, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Lavrov<\/b> on Quad <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India\u2019s documented shift: US top supplier 2014 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Major Defence Partner, LEMOA, COMCASA <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> cause is alignment <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Raja Mohan<\/b>: structural contradiction, threat inversion (West vs China) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Zakharov<\/b>: Russia from non-alignment with India to junior coalition with Beijing <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> real misconception located<\/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>(<i>carried early, paragraph two<\/i>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> stem\u2019s case at full strength: Russian realism is old, Pakistan outreach limited <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> anger rests on romanticism, not evidence<\/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> misconception explains anger \/ alignment explains difference <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> crude base survives mid-2026 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Nadkarni\u2019s<\/b> bound <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> manageable, not imaginary<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> differences real but bounded <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> correction needed in Indian expectations, not in Russian conduct<\/p>\n<\/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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4970,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1558\/revisions\/4970"}],"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}]}}