Topic: India and its neighborhood- relations.
2. What is China’s wolf warrior diplomacy? How does it affect India? What should be the appropriate Indian response to it? (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: The Hindu , Insights on India
Why the question:
Xi Jinping’s worldview carries with it an inherent contradiction — that of a world that is simultaneously China’s to lead and one that is apparently full of external threats. This paradox, more than any other factor, has shaped China’s diplomacy in the past decade.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the ways in which India has to deal with China.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by defining China’s wolf warrior diplomacy.
Body:
In the first part, address as to how China under President Xi Jingping has undergone a paradigm shift with respect to foreign policy especially in ‘wolf warrior diplomacy’ as compared Deng Xiaoping’s ‘keep low profile’.
Next, mention the essential components of ‘wolf warrior diplomacy’ such as linked to a threat perception and being victimized, agenda of indoctrination, Personality cult, Aggressive nationalism, Responsibility of saving the world and No room for dissent in the own party etc.
Next, mention as to how the ‘wolf warrior approach’ became more aggressive after the Pandemic. Bring out the impact of the policy on China and its relations with the global powers and India.
Next, write about the ways in which India should respond to it.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
