{"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":"2026-08-12T21:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:30","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&#8217;s interests. Hence, a deliberate strategy of dovetailing their efforts will obviously benefit both. Elaborate."},"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> Nehru, 1949, natural allies <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fifty years of distance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Kux<\/b>, estranged democracies <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> shared democracy settled nothing<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> naturalness is structural, not sentimental <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> structure changed, behaviour converged <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> dovetailing pays as far as structure holds<\/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>China\u2019s rise is the structure <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Varshney\u2019s<\/b> new triangle, first courts the third <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India\u2019s security search + America\u2019s balance search <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> overlap needs no planning <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Menon<\/b>, unstated but China-driven <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> deliberate effort converts overlap into capability <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 1990s dovetailing with engagement and enlargement <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Act East + rebalance on one line <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Major Defence Partner, foundational agreements, iCET, F414 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> defence trade under $1bn (2008) to over $25bn (mid-2025)<\/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>the certainty overreaches <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Hagerty<\/b>, ally\u2019s treatment without alliance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> complications over China avoided <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> neo-nonalignment as default <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Himalayan doubt <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> S-400, tariffs, visas<\/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> pays where practical: technology, maritime security, supply chains <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> weakens where continental threats meet global priorities<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Pant<\/b>, key partner at a principled distance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> entente, not alliance, is the form that fits<\/p>\n<\/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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4971,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1559\/revisions\/4971"}],"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}]}}