REGIONALISATION OF WORLD POLITICS
1. REGIONALISATION OF WORLD POLITICS
EU, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC, NAFTA & regional cooperation
A. General/Conceptual on Regionalisation
- Comment: G–77. (1991)
- Comment: Political and legal status of C.I.S. (1994)
- Comment: OAU and conflicts in Africa. (1995)
- Comment: Russia and NATO. (1995)
- Comment: US role in the OAS. (1996)
- Comment: West Asian Peace Conference at Madrid, 1991. (1997)
- Give reasons for Regionalisation of world politics. (200 words) (2013)
- How does the regionalism shape the world politics? Explain with examples. (2016)
B. European Union (EU)
- Comment: Maastricht Treaty. (1997)
- Comment: The European Union. (1999)
- How did the European Union emerge as a successful case of regional organization? Is it replicable in other regions? (2004)
- ‘The European Union has become the most politically influential, economically powerful and demographically diverse regional entity in the world.’ Discuss. (2015)
- How has ‘BREXIT’ affected the regionalisation process initiated by European Union and what could be its likely impacts in the regionalisation process of world politics? (2017)
- Explain India’s relations with the European Union in the context of Brexit. (2021)
- Russian-Ukraine crisis has cast a dark shadow on the energy needs of the member states of the European Union (EU). Comment. (2022)
- Account for the rise of European Union as a highly influential regional organisation. (2023)
- Do you agree with the view that the EU has thus far proved to be the most successful experiment in the regional integration processes? Account for its successes and also some of the recent challenges that it is faced with. (2024)
C. ASEAN & APEC
- Comment: ‘ASEAN’ as third world model of regional cooperation. (2002)
- Substantiate APEC as a regional economic and trade arrangement. (200 words) (2013)
- Critically analyze the role of ASEAN in the promotion of regional peace and security through economic cooperation and trade. (2020)
- Explain the success of ASEAN as a regional organisation. (2021)
- How does the regime change and political crisis in Myanmar threaten regional security and peace? (2023)
D. SAARC & BIMSTEC
- Comment: SAPTA and SAFTA. (1997)
- Comment: Obstacles in the way of SAARC’s smooth functioning. (2003)
- Outline the constraints SAARC is facing to emerge as an effective regional organisation. (2008)
- “Despite so many agreed areas of cooperation, innumerable institutional mechanisms and a permanent secretariat, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has not taken off as a meaningful regional grouping.” Discuss. (2014)
- “Since its inception the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has failed to deliver on its promises.” What initiatives should be taken to reinvigorate the organization. (2018)
- Evaluate the role of BIMSTEC in multisectoral technical and economic cooperation. (2019)
E. NAFTA & North America
- The effort in restricting illegal migration from Mexico to U.S.A. and Canada has been one major gain for the United States through NAFTA. Comment. (200 words) (2012)
- American President Donald Trump’s proposal to withdraw from the ‘NAFTA’ would bring unforeseen consequences to the regionalisation of world politics. Elaborate. (2017)
- What were the limitations of NAFTA? How did its replacement by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement counter them? Explain. (2024)