{"id":1602,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/would-you-agree-with-the-contention-that-indias-inclination-to-upsc-psir-2025-4908\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:43","slug":"would-you-agree-with-the-contention-that-indias-inclination-to-upsc-psir-2025-4908","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/would-you-agree-with-the-contention-that-indias-inclination-to-upsc-psir-2025-4908\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you agree with the contention that India\u2019s inclination to lean on a \u2018more aggressive hyper-realist posture\u2019 has gained a new momentum in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist strike? 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> \u201chyper-realist\u201d = <b class=\"pq-sc\">Bajpai<\/b>\u2019s strand <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> security from military strength \/ use of force, not institutions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Pahalgam + Sindoor gave it clearest momentum in declared posture<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Pahalgam strike <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Sindoor + \u201cnew normal\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> force-first signalling <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> does the hyper-realist strand now have fresh momentum?<\/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>Modi\u2019s \u201cnew normal\u201d (retaliate on own terms \/ no nuclear blackmail \/ no terrorist\u2013sponsor distinction) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> strikes deep in Punjab + IWT in abeyance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Tarapore<\/b>: restraint <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> cost-imposition (degrade, not just threaten) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Jacob<\/b>: doctrinal innovation, terror strike = act of war, calls nuclear bluff<\/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>momentum in posture, not settled doctrine <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Awasthi<\/b>: \u201chalf-completed revolution,\u201d no codification <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> force stayed calibrated <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> strategic autonomy held (resisted mediation)<\/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> real momentum, but firmer realism within calibrated tradition <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> not wholesale conversion<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> hyperrealism ascendant in rhetoric + cost-imposition <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> yet bounded by calibration + autonomy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> deepening, not displacement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[88],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1602","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","pyq_marks-10-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\/1602","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":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5014,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1602\/revisions\/5014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1602"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1602"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1602"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}