Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice, terrorism, nuclear proliferation.
1. Discuss the five proposals made by India in the recent COP-26 conference held in Glasgow. [150words, 10marks] [2021]
2. Examine the role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other major efforts by the UN to address the global environmental crisis. [200words, 15marks] [2020]
3. Discuss the importance of personal data protection in the context of human rights. [200words, 15marks] [2019]
4. Critically examine the notion of Asian values in the context of the ongoing debates on human rights. [250words, 20marks] [2018]
5. Would you agree that the ongoing debates on international environmental politics continue to be marred by a new North-South ideological divide over historical responsibility and developmental model? Illustrate your answer with suitable examples. [200words, 15marks] [2018]
6. Discuss the implications of the Trump Kim Singapore summit on the prospects of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. [200words, 15marks] [2018]
7. Development of advanced missile technology and nuclear threat by North Korea is a challenge to the American hegemony in South East Asia. Evaluate the above statements in the context of recent developments in the region. [250words, 20marks] [2017]
8. Give an assessment of the feminist critique of contemporary global issues. [150words, 10marks] [2017]
9. Recent move of the USA to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement is a setback in the consensus achieved on protecting the world environment. In this context, assess the future prospects on climate control. [250words, 20marks] [2017]
10. Examine the main problems and challenges involved in looking after environmental concerns in world politics. [250words, 20marks] [2016]
11. Why does global human security need to be emphasised along with economic security? Explain with examples. [250words, 20marks] [2016]
12. Discuss the evolution of non proliferation of nuclear weapons in the post Cold War period. [200words, 15marks] [2016]
13. Do you endorse that the conventional discourse on human rights has failed to include women's rights? Explain in the context of feminist theories. [250words, 20marks] [2015]
14. 'The feminist approach to international politics is biased'. Comment. [150words, 10marks] [2014]
15. Critically evaluate the approaches of the global south towards addressing environmental concerns. [200words, 15marks] [2014]
16. Do you agree that the UN has failed to contain transnational terrorism? Elaborate your answer with examples. [150words, 10marks] [2014]
17. Compare and contrast Sino-India approaches to global environmental concerns. [200words, 15marks] [2013]
18. Global commons belong to global society and requires global attention. Comment. [150words, 10marks] [2013]
19. Identify the role and place of gender in the global economy. [200words, 15marks] [2013]
20. What rules do norms, taboos and epistemic communities play in the context of nuclear proliferation? [250words, 20marks] [2013]
21. State the place of gender justice in global political agenda. [150words, 10marks] [2013]
22. Bring out linkages between environmental degradation and neocorporatism in the globalised era. [200words, 15marks] [2012]
23. “Human Rights constitute the Third Generation of Rights.” Analyse the range and complex dimension of Human Rights in the globalised era. [150words, 12marks] [2012]
24. Is ‘terrorism’ an essentially ‘contested’ concept ? What are the different manifestations of ‘terrorism’ as a concept, and as practice ? [250words, 20marks] [2012]
25. “Either terrorism triumphs or civilisation triumphs.” Comment on the above statement. [20marks] [2011]
26. Discuss the different perspectives on global environment that have emerged in the context of the Copenhagen Summit. [200words, 20marks] [2010]
27. Assess in detail the prospects of the emergence of a nuclear-weapons-free world. [40marks] [2010]
28. Comment on the contribution of global feminism to the consolidation of global society. [200words, 20marks] [2009]
29. What is the significance of the increasing global diffusion of nuclear and long range delivery vehicle technology? [200words, 20marks] [2009]
30. Development in contemporary discourse has dimensions larger than just economics. Bring out the significance of the statement. [60marks] [2007]
31. In What sense has gender justice become an urgent global concern today? [200words, 20marks] [2007]
32. Sustainable Development. Comment. [200words, 20marks] [2005]
33. Discuss the basic issues in movements for Gender Justice. [200words, 20marks] [2005]
34. The need for, and the hindrances to the development of a common global approach to ecological concerns. [200words, 20marks] [2004]
35. Critically examine the protection and enforcement of Human Rights under the UN System. [60marks] [2003]
36. Discuss human rights and humanitarian intervention. [200words, 20marks] [2002]
37. Moral claims of today become the human rights of tomorrow. Trace the efforts in the international protection of human rights in the twentieth century. [60marks] [2001]
38. Identify some of the major issues challenging the North-South countries. [60marks] [2001]
39. Agenda 21 and after. Comment. [200words, 20marks] [1999]
40. People are concerned about the degradation of the environment and the problems that go with it. Discuss the international response. [60marks] [1998]
41. Technology and state sovereignty over water resources. Discuss. [200words, 20marks] [1996]
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