{"id":1586,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/india-must-strive-to-become-a-semi-permanent-member-of-the-unsc-upsc-psir-2024-4709\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:36","slug":"india-must-strive-to-become-a-semi-permanent-member-of-the-unsc-upsc-psir-2024-4709","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/india-must-strive-to-become-a-semi-permanent-member-of-the-unsc-upsc-psir-2024-4709\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIndia must strive to become a semi-permanent member of the UNSC, rather than a permanent member without the right to veto.\u201d Comment. (2024\/10 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\">Body flw Seat\u2019s worth substantive, not symbolic \u2014 Uday Bhaskar: refuse a veto-less seat, it entrenches the P5 \/ two-tier Council \u2014 Tellis: veto withheld over India\u2019s independent foreign policy \u2014 semi- permanent no escape &#8211; it is the UfC device (Pakistan, Italy) to block the bid \u2014 pragmatic turn \u2014 Desai: veto-restraint norms = \u201cpragmatic way out\u201d + Gharekhan: realism + G4\u2019s fifteen-year moratorium<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Counter-view principle: parity, veto as substantive power vs pragmatism: realism, presence, persistent deadlock<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Conclusion routes R1 Keep the principle (equal rights), bend only on timing \u2014 semi- permanent = stepping stone, never settlement 2 flexibility on timing, not surrender of category \u2014 press the parity claim through the deadlock (Pact for the Future 2024 \u2014 17th postponement 2025)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[86],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1586","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-10-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\/1586","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\/1586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3399,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1586\/revisions\/3399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}