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Question 116
Appeared in Year: 2014
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Essay▾Who was Mr X in international politics? Elaborate his efforts in foreign policy.
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Mr X in International Politics
- Mr X was the name of US diplomat George F Kennan. He was active during the time of the Cold War.
- He was one of the most influential diplomats and foreign policy experts in the world at that time.
- Right from the early 1940՚s, saw the rise of the Soviet Union as a threat to American interests.
- His policies heavily inspired …
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Question 117
Appeared in Year: 2014
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Essay▾Ukraine crisis is a product of power politics and geopolitics. Explain.
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Ukraine Crisis a Product of Power Politics and Geopolitics
- Ukraine is a strategically located European country which lies at the Eurasian-European-Asian axis.
- It is situated right between Russia and the Western European NATO countries.
- Its location is very strategic as it acts as a buffer between the two opposing sides.
- Its demographic is divided funda…
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Question 118
Appeared in Year: 2014
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Essay▾Critically assess the changing nature of the concept of national security.
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Changing Nature of the Concept of National Security
- A nation state is an administrative entity that governs over a nation, i.e.. a group of people with a common identity bound by culture, language or history.
- National security is the capacity of a nation state to secure its long term and short term interests in the international arena.
- The earliest fo…
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Question 119
Appeared in Year: 2014
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Essay▾Critically evaluate the concerns of the global south towards addressing environment concerns.
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Concerns of the Global South Towards Addressing Environment Concerns
- Modern history of the world has divided the world into two camps: North and South.
- The global North comprises countries that are highly industrialized and developed countries.
- The global south are those that are either developing or least developed countries.
- The north comprises of th…
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Question 120
Appeared in Year: 2014
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Essay▾Do you agree the UN has failed to contain transnational terrorism? Elaborate with examples.
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UN and Transnational Terrorism
- Terrorism is often defined as the use of violence to fulfil political objectives.
- Terrorism is deployed as a tactic by non state actors against governments or their citizenry.
- It is the hallmark of asymmetrical warfare, which means that two sides locked in battle have a massive gap in war fighting capabilities.
- As a strat…
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Question 121
Appeared in Year: 2014
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Essay▾Argue a case for UN reform in the context of changing global milieu.
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UN Reform and Changing Global Milieu
- United Nations is an international organisation created to usher in an era of international cooperation.
- It was created in the aftermath of the destruction caused by the Second World War.
- League of Nations was created in the aftermath of the first world war but that failed for several reasons.
- It didn՚t have the cap…
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Question 122
Appeared in Year: 2014
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Essay▾Party system in India is neither western nor indigenous. Explain.
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Party System in India Neither Western nor Indigenous
- Political parties are organisations that seek to reach positions of power.
- In a democracy, these parties assimilate the views of certain groups of people and contest elections on that platform.
- In an authoritarian system, the party functions as the vanguard of the all powerful sovereign.
- The party se…
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Question 123
Appeared in Year: 2014
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Essay▾In what respect is the new social movement new in nature? Discuss.
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Social Movements
- Social movements started emerging in the west after 1960՚s and 70՚s.
- These movements were fundamentally different from those movements that led to the ushering in of democracy and rights.
- Certain socio-economic conditions that led to the change have to be studied in depth.
- Firstly, it was the Cold War era. US and USSR were secretly bat…
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Question 124
Appeared in Year: 2014
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Essay▾What is global village? Elaborate its main characteristics and also the factors that contributed to its growth?
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Global Village and Its Main Characteristics
- Since the 1980՚s, the phenomenon of globalisation has taken off rapidly.
- Globalisation refers to the phenomenon which involves intense sharing of cultures, ideas and technology throughout the world.
- It also brings with it large amounts of trade which involves sharing of goods and services.
- Political scientist…
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