{"id":1565,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/arms-trade-economic-ties-and-congruent-geo-political-interests-upsc-psir-2023-4508\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:32","slug":"arms-trade-economic-ties-and-congruent-geo-political-interests-upsc-psir-2023-4508","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/arms-trade-economic-ties-and-congruent-geo-political-interests-upsc-psir-2023-4508\/","title":{"rendered":"Arms trade, economic ties and congruent geo- political interests are no longer the three pillars of India &#8211; Russia relationship in the emerging strategic context. Comment."},"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> right about one pillar, overstated about two <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> congruence gave the other two their purpose<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> pillars not fallen but turned round <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> dependence survives, partnership does not<\/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>arms still densest <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> SIPRI: 70 per cent (2011-15) to 40 per cent (2021-25), France\/Israel\/US take the gap <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but India absorbs close to half of Russia\u2019s total exports <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> dependence inverted, not ended <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> economy: US$68.7bn but crude four-fifths, Indian exports under five billion <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> size up, content down <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> congruence: Indo-Pacific as artificially imposed construct, <b>Lavrov\u2019s<\/b> Asian NATO, no-limits partnership leaves Russia junior to India\u2019s principal rival <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Raja Mohan<\/b>, rework the great power sums <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the cost: no defence deal at the December 2025 summit, <b class=\"pq-sc\">Zakharov<\/b> reads the logistics agreement as technical because outlooks do not align<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Nadkarni<\/b>: autonomy, ageing Russian arsenal, willingness to co-produce <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no withering<\/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> pillars bear weight without giving direction <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Raghavan\u2019s<\/b> transactional as settled form<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> new areas named but not built <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> managing a dependence, not building a partnership<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[85],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1565","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","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\/1565","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\/1565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4977,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1565\/revisions\/4977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}