{"id":1604,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/for-india-a-multipolar-world-order-would-also-mean-a-multipolar-upsc-psir-2025-4910\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:44","slug":"for-india-a-multipolar-world-order-would-also-mean-a-multipolar-upsc-psir-2025-4910","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/for-india-a-multipolar-world-order-would-also-mean-a-multipolar-upsc-psir-2025-4910\/","title":{"rendered":"For India, a multipolar world order would also mean a multipolar Asia. 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> Cold War binaries dissolved <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> power diffused across many actors <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India answers by multi-alignment (US, Russia, Europe, ASEAN \u2014 interest, not loyalty) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> stake: world &amp; Asia are one proposition<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Jaishankar <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> multipolar world \u201cfeasible only by a multipolar Asia\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> global multipolarity empty if one power masters the region <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> stake the link<\/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>world &amp; Asia one proposition for India <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> China\u2019s rise unbalances the region, narrows India\u2019s choices (AIIB \/ expanded SCO \/ NDB) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India presses a multipolar Asia to secure interests vs China <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> design = equal distribution of power &amp; responsibility <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> three elements: Asian security <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2194<\/span> global security + India\u2019s UNSC claim \/ shared decision-making (major &amp; minor powers) \/ inclusivity not exclusivity (room for US) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> shared leadership among India, China, Japan<\/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>is a multipolar Asia feasible? <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Rajagopalan<\/b>: China outweighs India or any Asian combination <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Asia tilts to US-China bipolarity, India leans on the US <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Raja Mohan<\/b>: \u201cmyth of multipolarity\u201d as a bipolar order forms<\/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> link holds as India\u2019s purpose, not a guarantee <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> multipolar Asia a project, not an automatic yield of global multipolarity<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> build it via India\u2019s own rise + countervailing coalitions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India seeks a larger role in the diffusion of power while checking Chinese dominance<\/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-1604","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\/1604","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\/1604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5016,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1604\/revisions\/5016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}