pyq/2025/psir-optional-ii/6

(a) Critically analyze the different phases of India's foreign policy since independence. How justified, do you think, is S. Jaishankar's classification of the current phase as the phase of 'energetic diplomacy'? (20 marks)

(b) India maintains strong ties with countries that will assure a free and open Indo-Pacific and guarantee greater connectivity with rest of the world. Analyze. (15 marks)

(c) The tariff threats have pushed India and the European Union closer. Evaluate the India-EU partnership. (15 marks)