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Analysis of the article can be done by using following scholars and their views As per Functionalist theory of David Mitrany , the IMO has successfully managed technical, environmental, and safety aspects of global shipping. It minimizes friction in international trade by standardising seafaring operations across different flags but at the same time we see the limits. For criticism Noam Chomsky and Robert Kagan said that rules-based international order is often selectively enforced as seen here that US is using it for own objectives. In short, you can structure a conclusion like this For India, this crisis underscores a bitter realist truth, in a multipolar world characterised by intensifying mini-lateral frictions, civilian workforce dominance does not automatically translate into strategic security at sea. India must navigate the delicate balance of holding its closest strategic partner accountable for civilian deaths, while recognising that institutional frameworks like the IMO offer minimal protection when hegemonic geopolitical interests clash in vital choke points.

article of the day How institutions shape world order and hegemonic expansion limits institutionalism.

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Connecting scholars and understanding dimensions. Article is very important from mains value addition point of view. Core theme of article is evolution of India's role at the G7 from a peripheral guest to a pivotal strategic partner, structural shifts in global economic governance, and the emergence of the Indo-Mediterranean geostrategic framework. You can connect scholars to explain these 1. Robert Gilpin’s Hegemonic Stability Theory- How the world order has developed the differential growth of power, where G7 faces structural issues. 2. Fareed Zakaria's - Rise of the Rest - how India is sitting at big table now. 3. Keohane and Nye- Complex Interdependence to show how west also needs India and India needs west to counter BRI. Closeness to France and Italy and China spreads itself in west. Rimland theory can be used to understand or explain how Indo-Mediterranean will eventually develop leading to larger Indo Atlantic Strategic Framework.

Article of the day from PSIR Perspective - keyword alert - Emergence of Indo-Mediterranean

Theoretical understanding of article from PSIR Perspective : 1. Center-Periphery debate within India’s party system. Manoj Jha uses Yogendra Yadav’s Second Democratic Upsurge and Rajni Kothari's Congress system to argue that regional parties deepen democracy by amplifying marginalised identities against centralising forces like the upcoming delimitation. 2. Counter Argument based on Katz and Mair’s Cartel Party model, where external consultants alienate the grassroots. It argues that regional parties are hollow from inside and dont have intra party democracy and use patronage networks to serve interests of few and practise Nepotism. In conclusion from PSIR perspective, you can quote Pradeep Chhibber's view that bypassing core ideology for corporate strategy or patronage or even nepotism can render regional forces highly vulnerable to structural collapse; simply see how TMC and AAP failed in keeping their ideology and members together.

Article of the day from context of party system and regionalism in India.

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