Mentors Comments:
- 1. What is QUAD?
- 2. Why was it formed? Examine its goals.
- 3. What are the limitations in taking it to the next level?
- 4. What should be done to make the grouping relevant to this century?
Answer:
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) is the strategic dialogue between the four countries viz. India, United States, Japan, and Australia. It has been recently revived and is being viewed as a response to increased Chinese economic and military power.
Significance for India:
- India has taken a significant turn in its policy for the subcontinent by joining quad grouping.
- It provides New Delhi a powerful platform to advance its interests in East Asia.
- It will deepen India’s ties with the US, Australia, and Japan with benefits in diplomatic leverage and sharing of burden in defense.
- It will also provide India a significant chance in shaping US policies in Afghanistan-Pakistan to the benefit of India.
- It will provide a powerful platform to advance Indian interest in the region and strengthen the Act East policy.
- Foster economic growth with better market adaptation, so it will lead to more employment opportunities in India.
- It helps India and the other three nations to counter China’s OBOR. As India is refused to join OBOR it helps India to connect with other markets like Central Asian and Southeast Asian markets.
Negative impact of quad for India: The initiative has some negative implications like:
- It further hampers the bilateral relations between India and China.
- It went against the Non-Alignment movement which is India’s initiative
- Quad may affect India-Russia relations and gave further impetus to improve China-Russia relations, which will impact India.
- While the quadrilateral grouping will bring developmental projects, it will considerably erode India’s primacy in the neighborhood region.
- While India has impeded the Chinese desire to have a diplomatic mission in Bhutan, it would be a challenge if the US pursues the same.
- Similarly, India also runs the risk of seeding ground to Japanese & US Navies in Sri Lanka.
Way ahead
- The challenge before the quad grouping lies in finding areas of mutual interest.
- All the member nations should work with cooperation.
- Financial institutions like World Bank and Asian Development Bank must focus on infrastructure funding in the region. It will help in counter China’s large scale infrastructure building in countries of Southeast Asia to Africa under the Belt and Road Initiatives to economic growth.
- India and Japan are already in discussions for the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor which is the step in the right direction.
- Owing to India’s presence and impact in South Asia the neighborhood first policy should not take a backseat.
Comments
32 responses to “Discuss the significance of the QUAD grouping, especially for India. Is it’s relevance mere tokenism? (15 Marks)”
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Decent answer.
Your points are exhaustive and well explained.
the language is very good.
Good structure and balance in the answer.
Start underlining imp stuff in your answers.
Good discussion overall.
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Poor presentation and structure.
It looks like a newspaper article or editorial on QUAD and not a GS level answer.
Avoid such structure and presentation.
Keep your points under various subheadings and write in bullet points.
The overall discussion is over-explained and lengthy and there is no coherency between points.
The structure you will get from the mentor’s comments.
That should be your guiding path.
The overall content lacks the actual direction.
Read the answer of shah fahad to understand the structure and presentation for this question.
Work on your writing.
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Yogesh avoid so much cutting in your answers.
What is QUAD? You have to discuss this briefly in your intro.
The 1st part of the main body is very good in terms of content and explanation.
Your division of points into various subsets is very good.
But the answer lacks depth thereafter and ends abruptly.
The direction in the 2nd part is OK but it lacks content.
You have t give more reasons and points.
The way forward should be discussed separately.
Work on your presentation skills
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The intro for the QUAD and its background is very large. It has covered 1/3d part of your discussion.
The discussion in the main part is OK.
But the language can be made better.
Use shorter statements.
The structure of the answer is decent.
Underline important stuff
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It looks like a newspaper article or editorial on QUAD and not a GS level answer.
Avoid such structure and presentation.
The overall content lacks the actual direction.
The main demand is not answered in the answer.
The overall discussion is over-explained and lengthy and there is no coherency between points.
The structure you will get from the mentor’s comments. That should be your guiding path.
Read the answer of shah fahad to understand the structure and presentation for this question.
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Avoid bullet points as your intro.
The intro and conclusion should be written in short paragraphs.
Before discussing the issues with the QUAD, give some points regarding purported benefits of QUAD for India. That is the 1st part of the question. So read the questions carefully.
The discussion in the main body is good and to the point.
The points are well explained and they are well structured.
There is perfect coherency in your subsequent points.
Good language
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A very good discussion.
The structure is very good and it caters to the demand of the question really well.
The content is on the right footing.
The balance and tone of the answer is perfect.
The 2nd part of the answer is dealt with nicely.
Very good conclusion.
Decent presentation.
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Highlight your subheadings prominently.
Give space when changing parts.
Underline important stuff.
Write on plain paper and write clearly.
The overall content is decent in the answer.
But the way forward should be discussed with more points and should not be passed off as your conclusion.
Work on your writing Dipanshu. Too much cutting shows poor decision-making skills. Therefore, think properly before writing.
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Decent discussion.
The main body of the answer is good.
The content is fine and the explanation is crisp.
The overall structure and direction of the discussion is decent.
But the way forward should be discussed with more points and should not be passed off as your conclusion.
Good presentation
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The answer lacks content.
The direction of the answer is very good though.
The subheadings in the last part needs to be better. Rather than saying “relevance of the QUAD” you have to mention “Issues with the QUAD” because that is the direction of your discussion there.
The overall content needs more depth and points.
The coverage needs to be enlarged.
Give proper way forwards and proper arguments from both sides regarding the relevance of the quad.
Good language
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The answer is right on many fronts but it lacks balance.
reason being, you did not discuss the 2nd demand of the question: ” Is it’s relevance mere tokenism?”
There you were supposed to discuss two major headings:
1. What are the limitations in taking it to the next level?
2. What should be done to make the grouping relevant to this century?
The 1st part of the answer is very good and exhaustive.
The language and presentation are very good.
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Please review.
Before discussing the overall significance of the QUAD, give some points regarding purported benefits of QUAD for India. That is the 1st part of the question. So read the questions carefully.
The discussion in the main body is good and to the point.
The points are well explained and they are well structured.
There is perfect coherency in your subsequent points.
But the way forward should be discussed with more points and should not be passed off as your conclusion.
Good language
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A very good intro.
The overall discussion is excellent.
The structure is very good and it caters to the demand of the question really well.
The content is on the right footing.
The balance and tone of the answer is perfect.
The 2nd part of the answer is dealt with nicely.
Very good conclusion.
Decent presentation.
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Decent content.
Your content is exhaustive and well explained.
The language is very good.
Good structure and balance in the answer.
Good use of flowchart in the 2nd part of the answer.
Good discussion overall.
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Avoid bullet points as your intro.
The answer lacks content.
The direction of the answer is wayward.
The overall content needs more depth and points.
The coverage needs to be enlarged.
The reason being, you did not discuss the 2nd demand of the question: ” Is it’s relevance mere tokenism?”
There you were supposed to discuss two major headings:
1. What are the limitations in taking it to the next level?
2. What should be done to make the grouping relevant to this century?
Give proper way forwards and proper arguments from both sides regarding the relevance of the quad.
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Good answer.
Your content is to the point and well explained.
Good use of flowchart in the 1st part of the answer.
The overall structure is decent.
Fine presentation.
The language is decent.
Good way forwards.