337,362+ aspirants visit every month
Unlock Elite Access: Level Up Your Preparation with Exclusive Content
PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer
“Ukraine crisis is a product of power politics and geo-politics.” Comment.
- UPSC 2014
- 10 marks
- Changing International Political Order
Unlock the full answer · ₹1,770 ↓
The crisis began when President Viktor Yanukovych shelved the EU Association Agreement in November 2013, triggering the Euromaidan protests. After his flight in February 2014, Russia annexed Crimea in March and backed separatists in the Donbas. The statement captures the realist core of the crisis, though not all of it.
You are reading the opening of the model answer. The full answer is part of the PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions.
What the full answer covers
- Geopolitics: why Ukraine matters
- Power politics: competing blocs
- What the statement misses
- India's position
- Conclusion
PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions
Unlock this answer and 1,393 more
- 1,394 solved UPSC PSIR PYQs from 1991 to 2026, Paper-1 and Paper-2
- Topic-wise across all 40 syllabus units
- A full model answer for every question
- Read online on lotusarise.com, plus PDF download
- 500 days of access from the day you enrol
₹1,770₹5,00064% off
One-time payment · No subscription · Instant access · UPI, cards, RuPay
See every Changing International Political Order question (73 solved) →Already enrolled? Log in
PSIR Optional · Kits & packs
Score more in PSIR Optional.
PSIR PYQ Solutions give you a full model answer to all 1,394 PSIR PYQs, topic by topic. The Mains Master Kit gives you the complete self-study system for Paper 1 and Paper 2.
- 1,394 solved PYQs from 1991 to 2026, across all 40 units
- Notes for all four sections, updated with current developments
- One-time payment · instant access · no subscription
Trusted by 3,00,000+ aspirants every month · Secure checkout · UPI, cards, RuPay
Most enrolled in PSIR Optional