Topic: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
4. From a restricted standpoint, if India were to balance the positive with the negative, and compare the incoming Biden Administration with the previous Trump Administration, the balance sheet could be marginally negative. Critically analyze the possible impacts of the new administration on India. (250 words)
Reference: The Hindu
Why the question:
Dispelling very real concerns that existed about disruption of the Inauguration ceremony, Joseph R. Biden Jr was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on January 20.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the possible changes in the Indo-U.S relations under the Biden Administration.
Directive:
Critically analyze – When asked to analyze, you 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. When ‘critically’ is suffixed or prefixed to a directive, one needs to look at the good and bad of the topic and give a fair judgment.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin the answer by giving the context regarding the regime change in U.S especially after such a tumultuous inaguration.
Body:
In detail, discuss one by one, the various contours of India’s strategic security and how the new regime will impact. You need write about what might change and what might continue the same.
Start by, mentioning of role in iconic U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement and the India-U.S. strategic partnership.
Next in detail analyze -Indo-US bilateral relations – immigration, Diaspora, security etc. Then explore, U.S-China, U.S-EU, QUAD, U.S-Pakistan, Middle East especially Iran deal, U.S-Russia and analyze all these vis-a-vis Indian strategic security perspective.
Conclusion:
Stress on how India should prepare itself to handle the changes that might forth come diplomatically.
