(A) Rise of super powers; strategic and ideological bipolarity, arms race and cold war; nuclear threat;
(B) Non-aligned movement: Aim and achievements;
(C) Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; relevance of non-alignment in the contemporary world.
1. Critically examine the decline of the United States of America as a hegemon and its implications for the changing international political order. [200words, 15marks] [2021]
2. Discuss the ways to strengthen the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to enable it to address the challenges faced by the developing countries. [250words, 20marks] [2020]
3. Critically analyze the implications of Sino-American strategic rivalry for the South and South-East Asian region. [200words, 15marks] [2020]
4. Write a brief note on the 17th NAM Summit in Venezuela. [150words, 10marks] [2019]
5. Discuss the consequences of Trump's 'America first' and Xi Jinping's 'Chinese dream' on world politics. [200words, 15marks] [2018]
6. Discuss the significance of Non Aligned Movement as a unique contribution of the non-western world to world politics. [250words, 20marks] [2018]
7. 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? [200words, 15marks] [2017]
8. Examine in brief the rise and fall of the Cold War. [200words, 15marks] [2016]
9. Discuss the positive and negative impacts of Soviet Union's disintegration on developing nations. [200words, 15marks] [2016]
10. Discuss the collapse of the Soviet Union and its impact on international politics. [200words, 15marks] [2015]
11. The Ukraine crisis is the product of power politics and geopolitics. Comment.[150words, 10marks] [2014]
12. Who was Mr. 'X' in international politics? Elaborate his approach to foreign policy.[200words, 15marks] [2014]
13. Identify the major changes in the international political economy in the post Cold War period. [200words, 15marks] [2013]
14. Highlight the major features of the 'Non Alignment 2.0' document. [200words, 15marks] [2013]
15. Identify the challenges to American hegemony in the post Soviet world. [150words, 10marks] [2013]
16. Explain the meaning and application of the concept of ‘strategic engagement’. [200words, 20marks] [2010]
17. Plausible aims of the Non-Aligned Movement in the post-Cold War period. Discuss. [200words, 20marks] [2010]
18. 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 Globalisation trajectory? [60marks] [2009]
19. The Afghanistan Civil War gave the US a long awaited upper hand in south Asia. Discuss. [200words, 20marks] [2007]
20. How would you differentiate the post cold war global order from its predecessor?[60marks] [2007]
21. Discuss the relevance of Non-Alignment in the Post-Cold war era. [200words, 20marks] [2005]
22. Discuss the impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union on international politics.[200words, 20marks] [2004]
23. Analyse critically the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 as an instance of superpower relations during the Cold War. [60marks] [2004]
24. Do you think the Cold War still exists after the disintegration of the Soviet Union [60marks] [2003]
25. Critically examine the roots of Afghan Civil War. What role the Soviet Union and the United States played in it? [60marks] [2002]
26. Discuss Cuban Missile as a factor in the US relationship with the USSR. [200words, 20marks] [2001]
27. The Arab-Israeli conflict is basically a conflict between two resurgent nationalism. Discuss. [60marks] [2001]
28. Comment: Pan-Americanism. [200words, 20marks] [2000]
29. Do you agree with the stand that the Non-Alignment Movement needs to be reinvented?[60marks] [2000]
30. In a unipolar world, non-alignment has lost its relevance. Do you agree with this view? Give arguments in support of your answer. [60marks] [1999]
31. Comment: Conventional Arm Trade. [200words, 20marks] [1998]
32. 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. [60marks] [1997]
33. Comment: Agenda before NAM. [200words, 20marks] [1995]
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