{"id":1581,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-various-impediments-in-indias-way-to-a-permanent-seat-upsc-psir-2018-4704\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:37","slug":"discuss-the-various-impediments-in-indias-way-to-a-permanent-seat-upsc-psir-2018-4704","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-various-impediments-in-indias-way-to-a-permanent-seat-upsc-psir-2018-4704\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the various impediments in India\u2019s way to a permanent seat in the Security Council. (2018\/15 marks)"},"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> credentials strong, support wide <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> yet seat blocked <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> impediments are structural\/political, not merit<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Council frozen since 1945 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India\u2019s case overwhelming yet unrealised <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> obstacles lie in law and politics, not qualification<\/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>Charter rigidity (Art. 108: 2\/3 GA + all-P5 ratification) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> China the lone holdout (border rivalry, Pakistan tie) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> divided membership: Uniting for Consensus (Italy, Pakistan) + rival Africa\/Latin-America claims <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Africa\u2019s own split (Ezulwini\u2019s veto demand vs G4 deferral) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 17 years of IGN, still no single text <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India-specific: NPT non-signature + modest UN budget share + <b class=\"pq-sc\">Mukherjee &amp; Malone<\/b> (thin resources, shallow normative engagement, entitlement over realpolitik)<\/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 larger doubt: <b class=\"pq-sc\">Raja Mohan &amp; Saran<\/b> on \u201cCold War 2.0\u201d sidelining the UN <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 2024 Pact for the Future urged but delivered no negotiation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> drift to G20\/BRICS-plus\/Quad <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the prize itself is uncertain<\/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> obstacle is structure + politics, not India\u2019s case <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> merit alone will not win the seat<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> keep pressing text-based negotiations + build concrete national power so the claim becomes self-evident, not merely just<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[43],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[86],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1581","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-43","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\/1581","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\/1581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4993,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1581\/revisions\/4993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1581"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1581"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1581"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}