psir-optional-ii 2013

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each:

(a) Identify the elements of change in India's foreign policy. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) Sketch the leadership role of India in WTO negotiations. (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) Examine the recent developments in India-Japan relationship. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) Bring out the objectives of India seeking permanent seat in Security Council. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Is India's Nuclear doctrine a viable one ? (10 marks, 150 words)

Answer the following questions in about 200 words each :—

(a) Compare and contrast social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies. (20 marks, 200 words)

(b) Give reasons for Regionalisation of world politics. (15 marks, 200 words)

(c) Compare and contrast Sino-India approaches to global Environmental concerns. (15 marks, 200 words)

Answer the following questions in about 200 words each:

(a) What roles do norms, taboos and epistemic communities play in the context of nuclear proliferation? (20 marks, 200 words)

(b) Substantiate APEC as a regional economic and trade arrangement. (15 marks, 200 words)

(c) Identify the major changes in the International Political economy in post Cold War period. (15 marks, 200 words)

Answer the following questions in about 200 words each:

(a) Is the rise of social movement a sign of opening up of popular space in political process or decline of representative politics? Examine. (20 marks, 200 words)

(b) Highlight the major features of Non-alignment 2.0 document. (15 marks, 200 words)

(c) Identify the role and place of Gender in the global economy. (15 marks, 200 words)

Answer the following questions in about 150 words each :— 10x5=50

(a) Identify the challenges to American hegemony in post Soviet world. (10 marks, 150 words)

(b) What does the pace of nuclear proliferation in post Cold War suggest ? (10 marks, 150 words)

(c) State the place of Gender Justice in global political agenda. (10 marks, 150 words)

(d) ‘Global commons belong to global society and requires global attention.’ Comment. (10 marks, 150 words)

(e) Sketch the journey of global political economy from Washington consensus to the present. (10 marks, 150 words)

Answer the following questions (50 marks)

(a) Examine major principles of State centric world views. (20 marks, 200 words)

(b) How does Marxist approach explain contemporary International Relations ? (15 marks, 200 words)

(c) ‘National Interests are Dynamic’. Identify the dynamic nature of National Interests in the contemporary world politics with suitable examples. (15 marks, 200 words)

Answer the following questions in about 200 words each : (20+15+15=50)

(a) 'The economic content of India's foreign trade is increasingly growing.' Substantiate the statement with economic diplomatic engagements of India in the last decade. (20 marks, 200 words)

(b) Write a note on Intellectual precursors of Realism. (15 marks, 200 words)

(c) 'Building 'peace by pieces' is the basis of functionalism.' Elaborate. (15 marks, 200 words)

Answer the following questions in about 250 words each:

(a) ‘Transnational actors have become driving forces of global politics.’ Elaborate. (20 marks, 250 words)

(b) ‘A minimal State ensures maximum of Individual Liberty.’ Examine the concept of Minimal State. (15 marks, 250 words)

(c) ‘Collective Security and Collective Defence are the institutional and State mechanisms to sustain the domination of powers that be in International politics.’ Elaborate. (15 marks, 250 words)