A theme of the episode is how India keeps working relationships with powers that are at odds with each other, and how economic ties with China complicate a strategic rivalry. There is no clean answer, which is what makes foreign policy hard.
Pick the option you would defend in each decision. Each one shows what it optimises for, what it risks, and what you would still need to know.
The adviser's desk
You are a senior adviser on foreign policy. Your job is to protect the country's security and its economy, and to keep as many options open as possible.
Decision 1 of 2
Two major powers you trade with are in open conflict. Both want you to take their side. What do you advise?
Decision 2 of 2
Your country is a strategic rival of a neighbour, yet imports many of the goods its factories depend on from that neighbour. What do you advise?
Real foreign policy usually mixes these options. The episode's point is that economic ties and strategic rivalry pull in different directions, and a country has to manage both at once.