{"id":1559,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-natural-behaviour-of-india-and-the-united-states-is-likely-to-upsc-psir-2017-4502\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:34","slug":"the-natural-behaviour-of-india-and-the-united-states-is-likely-to-upsc-psir-2017-4502","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-natural-behaviour-of-india-and-the-united-states-is-likely-to-upsc-psir-2017-4502\/","title":{"rendered":"The natural behaviour of India and the United States is likely to serve each other’s interests. Hence, a deliberate strategy of dovetailing their efforts will obviously benefit both. Elaborate."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Flow snapshot — how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n
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Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n
OOO Ee eee Intro RI – Nehru, 1949, natural allies > fifty years of distance > Kux,<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n
routes estranged democracies \u2192 shared democracy settled nothing R2 naturalness is structural, not sentimental \u2014 structure changed, behaviour converged \u2014 dovetailing pays as far as structure holds<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n
Body flow China's rise is the structure \u2014 Varshney\u2019s new triangle, first courts the third \u2014 India\u2019s security search + America\u2019s balance search overlap needs no planning > Menon, unstated but China-driven > deliberate effort converts overlap into capability \u2014 1990s dovetailing with engagement and enlargement \u2014 Act East + rebalance on one line \u2014 Major Defence Partner, foundational agreements, iCET, F414 \u2192 defence trade under $ibn (2008) to over $25bn (mid-2025)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n
Counter- the certainty overreaches \u2014 Hagerty, ally\u2019s treatment without view alliance > complications over China avoided > neo-nonalignment as default Himalayan doubt \u2014 S-400, tariffs, visas Conclusion R1 pays where practical: technology, maritime security, supply chains routes _, weakens where continental threats meet global priorities R2 Pant, key partner at a principled distance \u2014 entente, not alliance, is the form that fits<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[85],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1559","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-20-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\/1559","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\/1559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3389,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1559\/revisions\/3389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}