Topic: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.
3. A formal revival and re-invigoration of the Quad is called for to maintain peace and tranquillity and to ensure observance of the UN Law of the Seas. Examine. (250 words)
Reference: Indian Express
Why this question:
The time for ambivalence is over and while India will have to fight its own territorial battles with determination, this is the moment to seek external balancing. It is also time to seek an enlargement of this grouping into a partnership of the like-minded.
Key demand of the question:
The question wants us to dig deeper into the lacunae of public healthcare in India and provide solutions as to how the current crisis can be turned into an opportunity.
Directive word:
Critically analyze- here we have to examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts, and present them as a whole in a summary. based on our discussion we have to form a concluding opinion on the issue.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
write a few introductory lines on what is the QUAD.
Body:
Discuss in points the need for revival of QUAD for India and the other like-minded nations.
- given Chinese intransigence and our misreading of their imperialist-expansionist intent, Sino-Indian tensions are likely to persist.
- If India is not to cede ground physically or diplomatically, it must muster all elements of its “comprehensive national power”, including the maritime, and create a strong negotiating position.
- Apart from the balance of forces on land favouring China, there is also the Beijing-Islamabad Axis that awaits activation.
- Keeping tensions confined to the Himalayan arena is, therefore, not only militarily advantageous to China but a continental focus also helps to keep India contained in a “South-Asia box”.
- If Exercise Malabar and the Quadrilateral concept are at long last going to be leveraged to make common cause in the maritime domain, the provenance of both needs to be seen in perspective.
Now discuss the challenges in organizing the multi-country group like QUAD.
Discuss the possible solutions and how India can incorporate other like-minded countries to join QUAD.
Conclusion:
Based on your discussion, form a fair and a balanced conclusion on the given issue.
