{"id":1598,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-examine-the-role-of-india-in-shaping-the-emerging-upsc-psir-2020-4904\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:42","slug":"critically-examine-the-role-of-india-in-shaping-the-emerging-upsc-psir-2020-4904","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-examine-the-role-of-india-in-shaping-the-emerging-upsc-psir-2020-4904\/","title":{"rendered":"Critically examine the role of India in shaping the emerging world order."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Flow snapshot \u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n
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Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n
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Route 1<\/i> unipolar moment over \u2192<\/span> not multipolar but multiplex (Acharya<\/b>) \u2192<\/span> judge India against this \u2192<\/span> reformist bridge, agenda-setter not rule-maker<\/p>\n

Route 2<\/i> emerging order = many consequential actors + issue-specific leadership + rising Global South \u2192<\/span> read India through this lens \u2192<\/span> bridge, not rule-writer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n
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multi-alignment as instrument \u2192<\/span> Raja Mohan<\/b> (non-alignment \u2192<\/span> multi-alignment: Quad + BRICS + SCO + Russia) \u2192<\/span> Jaishankar (autonomy: inaction \u2192<\/span> action) \u2192<\/span> Bajpaee<\/b> (bridge West\u2013Global South, reformist not revisionist) \u2192<\/span> concretes: UNSC reform, I2U2, IMEC, AU into G20, \u201cOne Earth, One Family, One Future\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n
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aspiration outruns capacity \u2192<\/span> Jain<\/b> (\u201cleading power\u201d claim) vs Farwa<\/b> (transactionalism \u2192<\/span> China security dilemma \u2192<\/span> \u201clack of real partners\u201d) \u2192<\/span> in a multiplex order leadership earned issue-by-issue \u2192<\/span> China gap + contested Global-South stewardship (Brazil, Indonesia) \u2192<\/span> balancer, not pole<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n
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Route 1<\/i> India shapes by mediating West\u2013South, not by writing rules<\/p>\n

Route 2<\/i> balancer \u2192<\/span> leading state only if flexible autonomy matures into consistent leadership<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[88],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1598","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-recent-developments-in-indian-foreign-policy","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1598","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\/1598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5010,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1598\/revisions\/5010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}