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  • Rise of super powers; Strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and cold war; Nuclear threat;

    • Rise of super powers
      • Critically examine the rise of People’s Republic of China (PRC) as a great power and its implications on Asian Political order.
      • Discuss the consequences of Trump’s “America First” and Xi’s “Chinese Dream” on World Politics.
      • Comment: China’s Middle Kingdom Complex.
      • Comment: Pax Americana
    • Imperialism/Colonialism/Neo-colonialism
      • Eurocentrism is both the target and the motive force of the post-colonial political theory. Discuss.
      • Do you subscribe to the view that the modern constructs of the State and politics are pre-eminently Eurocentric and not indigenous and appropriate for the analysis of non-western societies?
      • Do you agree that liberal international theories are essentially ‘Eurocentric’ and not necessarily imperialist? (150 words)
      • What are the major critiques of liberal internationalism?
      • Comment: Neo-Colonialism
      • Comment: Cultural Imperialism
      • Comment: Cultural Imperialism.
      • Comment: Neo-colonialism
    • Strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and cold war
      • Bipolar structure of the world is more stable than the multipolar one. Comment.
      • Explain the meaning and application of the concept of ‘strategic engagement’.
      • Comment: Role of Ideology in International Relations
    • Foreign Policy
      • The expansionist tendencies of the current Russian regime indicate its intentions for the realisation of a Greater Russia on the lines of the Soviet era. Comment.
      • How has geo-economics replaced geo-politics in the present International scenario?
      • Comment: Role of idiosyncratic factors in foreign policy.
      • What are the external determinants of the Foreign Policy of a State?
      • Who was Mr. ‘X’ in international politics? Elaborate his approach to foreign policy.
      • Comment on the recent trends in Russia’s foreign policy.
      • Describe and assess the role and importance of Geo-political and Geo-economic factors in the determination of foreign policy of a country.
      • Russian foreign policy is described as the “tyranny of the weak”. Explain how judiciously Russia has made use of her weakness vis-a-vis the West and USA.
      • Comment: Economic determinants of Chinese foreign policy.
      • Comment: Ideological basis of Chinese foreign policy in the post Mao period.
    • Origin and Contemporary relevance of the Cold War, nature of the post-cold war global order
      • Discuss the evolution of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in the post-Cold War Period.
      • Examine in brief the rise and fall of the Cold War.
      • Identify the major changes in the International Political Economy in the post-Cold War period.
      • What does the pace of nuclear proliferation in post-Cold War suggest?
      • Explain and elucidate the implication of the statement: “India’s policy in post-Cold War era is tilted towards pragmatism and wisdom.”
      • How would you differentiate the post-Cold War global order from its predecessor?
      • Analyse critically the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 as an instance of super-power relations during the Cold War period.
      • Do you think Cold War still exists after the disintegration of the Soviet Union?
      • Assess the role of the rim countries of the Indian Ocean in taking it a peace zone in the post-Cold War era.
    • The growth and possession of WMD has seriously undermined international security. Discuss.
    • Russia-Ukraine Crisis
      • Russian-Ukraine crisis has cast a dark shadow on the energy needs of the member states of the European Union (EU). Comment.
      • “Ukraine crisis is a product of power politics and geo-politics.” Comment.
    • Comment: Cuban Missile as a factor in U.S. relationship with the U.S.S.R.
    • Afghan Civil War
      • “The Afghan Civil War gave the US a long awaited upper hand in South Asia”. Elaborate.
      • Critically examine the roots of Afghan Civil War. What role the Soviet Union and the United States played in it?
    • Gulf War
      • Comment: The Gulf Crisis 1991-92.
      • Comment: Iraq after the Gulf War.
    • Nuclear threat
      • Discuss the utility of Nuclear Deterrence Theory in the context of the recent stand-off between India and Pakistan.
      • “The development of advanced missile technology and nuclear threat by North Korea has challenged the American hegemony in South-East Asia.” Evaluate the above statement in the context of recent developments in the region.
      • Discuss the theory of Nuclear Deterrence. Did Nuclear Deterrence prevent a superpower war?
      • Comment: Define geopolitics and account for its prevalence even in the modern nuclear age.
      • What is the significance of the increasing global diffusion of nuclear and long-range delivery vehicle technology?
      • How would you explain the future of ‘Nuclear Deterrence’? Do you think that ‘preventive war’ is a good substitute for Nuclear Deterrence? (250 words)
      • Assess in detail the prospects of the emergence of a nuclear-weapons-free world.
      • Comment: Relevance of Diplomacy in the Nuclear Age
  1. PYQs and Practice Questions
  2. UPSC Optionals
  3. PSIR Optional
  4. Rise of super powers; Strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and cold war; Nuclear threat;
  5. Foreign Policy

Who was Mr. ‘X’ in international politics? Elaborate his approach to foreign policy. (UPSC 2014, 15 Marks, )

  1. Posted by: Synopsis IAS
  2. Posted on:21 July 2025
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