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Discuss the geopolitical significance of Quad in the Indo-Pacific realm with reference to marine trade in the region.
- UPSC 2022
- Transport, Communication and Trade
Nicholas John Spykman inverted the continental thesis: power over the maritime rimland — the arc of coastal states fringing Eurasia — and not the interior heartland, decides the fate of world commerce, since the rimland holds the population, the industry and the ports. The Indo-Pacific is that rimland expressed economically.
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- The realm being contested is a commercial realm before it is a military one
- What the Quad actually does that touches marine trade
- Awareness of the sea
- Resilience of the cargo
- Infrastructure and relief
- The counter-case
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