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Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
3. The international system is focussed on a new era of great power competition, where countries are choosing to preserve national supremacy over global problem-solving. What are its consequences and analyse the need for a greater global cooperation? (250 Words)
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Reference: Indian Express
Why the question:
China is seeking to refashion the international order and exercise greater regional hegemony. Recently, Secretary Antony Blinken outlined the US approach to China: “Competitive when it should be, collaborative when it can be, and adversarial when it must be.”
Key Demand of the question:
Analyse the new era of great power competition in the world, focussing on the policies of China and United States. The global cooperation to tackle this.
Directive word:
Analyse – When asked to analyse, you must examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them in a summary.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Describe the current geo-political condition and the competition among countries.
Body:
First highlight the global economic interdependence and the new era of great power competition among countries.
Next bring out the risks involved in the power competition by citing the China-Us trade war. Touch upon the challenges like climate change, the pandemic, risks posed by technology, global public health.
Highlight on the areas where the risks of the global system are magnifying — cyber threats, the possible risks of unregulated technology, competition in space, a renewed competition in nuclear weapons and an intensifying arms race.
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward for collaboration between countries for solving global problems and preserving national supremacy.
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