CHANGING INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ORDER

1. CHANGING INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ORDER 

7a. Rise of Superpowers; Bipolarity; Cold War; Arms Race; Nuclear Threat

1. Comment: Pax Americana. (1991)
2. The new world order as conceived by USA is an effort to re-establish the American century in military terms as the American economic and industrial dominance of the last 50 years is lost. Comment. (1993)
3. Assess the role of the rim countries of the Indian Ocean in taking it a peace zone in the post-Cold War era. (1998)
4. Do you think Cold War still exists after the disintegration of the Soviet Union? (2003)
5. How would you differentiate the post-Cold War global order from its predecessor? (2007)
6. Explain how far Deutsch’s model explains the framework of international interdependence. Do you think that the processes of interdependence and integration have grown steadily in the post-Cold War globalization trajectory? (2009)
7. Identify the major changes in the International Political Economy in post-Cold War period. (200 words) (2013)
8. What does the pace of nuclear proliferation in post-Cold War suggest? (150 words) (2013)
9. Discuss the evolution of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in the post-Cold War Period. (2016)
10. Examine in brief the rise and fall of the Cold War. (2016)
11. “The development of advanced missile Gulf War technology and nuclear threat by North Korea has challenged the American hegemony in South-East Asia.” Evaluate the above statement in the context of recent developments in the region. (2017)
12. Discuss the consequences of Trump’s “America First” and Xi’s “Chinese Dream” on World Politics. (2018)
13. Critically analyze the implications of Sino–American strategic rivalry for the South and South-East Asian region. (2020)

Cuban Missile Crisis

1. Comment: Cuban Missile as a factor in U.S. relationship with the U.S.S.R. (2001)
2. Analyse critically the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 as an instance of superpower relations during the Cold War period. (2004)

Oil Crisis

1. Comment: Oil crisis: Its impact on India’s development strategy. (2006)

Afghan Civil War

1. Critically examine the roots of Afghan Civil War. What role the Soviet Union and the United States played in it? (2002)
2. “The Afghan Civil War gave the US a long-awaited upper hand in South Asia.” Elaborate. (2007)

Gulf War

1. Comment: Iraq after the Gulf War. (1992)
2. Comment: The Gulf Crisis 1991-92. (1999)

7b. Non-Aligned Movement (NAM): Aims and Achievements

1. Comment: NAM in the post-Cold War era. (1993)
2. Comment: Agenda before NAM. (1995)
3. “The change in the position of the people of Asia and Africa and their relations with Europe was the surest sign of the advent of a new era.” Discuss. (1997)
4. “In a uni-polar world, non-alignment has lost its relevance.” Do you agree with this view? Give arguments in support of your answer. (1999)
5. Do you agree with the stand that the Non-Aligned Movement needs to be reinvented? (2000)
6. Comment: Relevance of Non-Alignment in Post-Cold war era. (2005)
7. Bring out your perspective on plausible aims of the Non-Aligned Movement in the post-Cold War period. (2010)
8. Do you think that Iran’s ‘victory’ in the NAM on the nuclear issue has brought in a new debate on the relevance of the Non-Aligned Movement? (250 words) (2012)
9. Highlight the major features of Non-alignment 2.0 document. (200 words) (2013)
10. Do you endorse the view that the end of Bipolarity and the rise of multiple regional organisations has made Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) more or less irrelevant? (2017)
11. Discuss the significance of Non-Aligned Movement as a unique contribution of the Non-Western world to World Politics. (2018)
12. Write a brief note on the 17th NAM Summit in Venezuela. (2019)
13. Discuss the ways to strengthen the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to enable it to address the challenges faced by the developing countries. (2020)
14. Discuss the relevance of the normative ethos of the Non-Aligned Movement in magnifying India’s soft power in pursuit of her national interest. (2023)
15. “During the Cold War, the Non-Aligned Movement tried to become a ‘Third Force’ in world politics, but failed because it was too large and unwieldy.” Discuss. (2023)

7c. Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity & American Hegemony; Relevance of NAM in Contemporary World

1. Comment: Perestroika. (1991)
2. Comment: Disintegration of the Soviet Union and the threat of nuclear proliferation. (1992)
3. Comment: Impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union on international politics. (2004)
4. Identify the challenges to American hegemony in post-Soviet world. (150 words) (2013)
5. Discuss the collapse of the Soviet Union and its impact on international politics. (2015)
6. Discuss the positive and negative impacts of Soviet Union’s disintegration on developing nations. (2016)
7. Critically examine the decline of the United States of America as a hegemon and its implications for the changing international political order. (2021)
8. Critically examine the rise of People’s Republic of China (PRC) as a great power and its implications on Asian Political order. (2022)
9. Discuss the various constraints on American hegemony today. Which of these are likely to become more prominent in the future? (2023)
10. The expansionist tendencies of the current Russian regime indicate its intentions for the realisation of a Greater Russia on the lines of the Soviet era. Comment. (2024)
11. Do you agree with the view that the USA uses NATO as a traditional tool of strategy to perpetuate its hegemony in the world? (2024)

Major Issues of World Politics: Miscellaneous

1. Comment: Racialism in South Africa. (1991)
2. Comment: China’s Middle Kingdom Complex. (1992)
3. Discuss the prospects of peace in West Asia in view of the changes in the US and Israeli policy and attitudes in this regard. (1992)
4. Nation-State is currently exposed to disintegrative tendencies from within and integrative tendencies from without. Elucidate the statement in the context of developments in Europe. (1993)
5. Comment: Palestinian Homeland issue and the West Asian crisis. (1993)
6. Comment: Peace in West Asia. (1994)
7. Comment: Hamas and peace in West Asia. (1996)
8. Comment: Palestine-Israel conflict in the present context. (1998)
9. Examine the Israel-Arab conflict as a conflict of interest between the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union. (2000)
10. The Arab-Israeli conflict is basically a conflict between two resurgent nationalisms. Do you agree with the above assertion? Give reasons in support of your answer. (2001)
11. The growth and possession of WMD has seriously undermined international security. Discuss. (2008)
12. “Ukraine crisis is a product of power politics and geo-politics.” Comment. (2014)
13. The changing global order and ongoing regional conflicts, with the global powers taking sides, have jeopardised the progress made towards disarmament in the past. Comment. (2024)