{"id":1578,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-analyze-chinas-role-in-international-politics-against-upsc-psir-2016-4701\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:35","slug":"critically-analyze-chinas-role-in-international-politics-against-upsc-psir-2016-4701","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-analyze-chinas-role-in-international-politics-against-upsc-psir-2016-4701\/","title":{"rendered":"Critically analyze China&#8217;s role in international politics against India\u2019s demand for permanent seat in UN Security Council. (2016\/15 marks)"},"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\">\u2018RX? India\u2019s credentials strong \u2192 four of five P5 back it \u2192 only China non-committal \u2014 Article 108 makes one refusal decisive \u2192 China is the obstacle R2 the paradox: broad support but a single veto point \u2014 China\u2019s non-commitment converts into structural blockage through Article 108 Body flow Strategic motive (sole Asian\/non-Western P5, guards prestige, won&#039;t admit a co-equal rival, border) \u2014 Kantha (assurance + obstruction) \u2014 Jaishankar \u201cduality\u201d (NSG + UNSC pattern) \u2014 tactics: Pakistan \u2014 UfC regional link \u2192 G4 wedge (drop Japan) \u2192 \u201cpackage solution\u201d\/no agreed text (procedural delay)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">irony: Chinese assertiveness (South China Sea) proves a 1945 Council unfit \u2014 strengthens India\u2019s reform case, but gives China reason to keep the Council shut \u2014 China decisive but not sole<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">barrier (regional claims + veto persist) &#8211; Raja Mohan caution (don&#039;t be bargained by the West)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 China is the proximate, decisive veto guarding its Asian primacy \u2014 India must build concrete power, not rest on entitlement R2 reform held hostage to one P5 holdout \u2014 India\u2019s path is coalition plus capability, making the claim self-evident rather than merely just<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[42],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[86],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1578","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-42","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-the-un-system","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1578","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\/1578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2767,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1578\/revisions\/2767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1578"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1578"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1578"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}