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2023
Q. No. 2. John Mearsheimer blames the United States for the
ongoing Ukraine Crisis. How
do you assess this crisis? Support your argument by drawing
empirical evidence
from the conflict scenarios.
Q. No. 3. What are the various strands of the Indo-Pacific
construct of the U.S. and its allies?
What are the options for Pakistan to deal with the
significance assigned to India in the Indo-pacific region?
Q. No. 4. Write a detailed note on evolving domestic
political dynamics of Afghanistan in the wake of U.S. withdrawal from the
country. Discuss key constraints to Pakistan’s foreign policy towards
Afghanistan.
Q. No. 5. Pakistan is reckoned among the top 10 most
vulnerable countries to climate change. What urgent policy measures Pakistan
need to initiate to mitigate the climate effects?
Q. No. 6. Pakistan has affirmed its commitment to the 2030
Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How modest is Pakistan’s
progress on SDGs and what are the challenges that Pakistan faces in realizing
these goals?
Q. No. 7. How has India’s scrapping of its constitutional
law (articles 370 and 35A) that grants special status to the
Indian-administered Kashmir impacted the legal standing of Kashmir dispute?
Q. No. 8. How are international financial institutions i.e.,
FATF, IMF and multilateral organizations used as tool of coercion and what are
options for countries like Pakistan to safeguard their interests?
2022
Q2. What are the key features of the US new Indo-Pacific
strategy under Joe Biden’s administration? How does it treat China?
Q3. What are the Russian objectives behind the military
intervention in Ukraine? Discuss whether western sanctions can prove effective
as an instrument to counter the Russian act.
Q4. Why does South Asia remain the least integrated region
in the world? What lessons can SAARC draw from the EU and ASEAN experience in
regional integration?
Q5. How have the nuclear doctrines of India and Pakistan
evolved? What do their current doctrines imply for deterrence stability in
South Asia?
Q6. Define the “Balancing Act” in International Relations.
What are Pakistan’s imperatives and constraints with regard to maintaining
balance in relations with the major powers?
Q7. Examine the achievements and challenges in EU-Pakistan
relations from the perspective of International political economy.
Q8. What are China’s interests in Afghanistan? Discuss its
role and options in the country following the US exit.
2021
Q. No. 2. Examine China Strategic Vision behind ‘The Belt
and Road Initiative (BRI)’, also known as the One Belt One Road (OBOR).
Q. No. 3. Give a critical appraisal of Pakistan’s Foreign
Policy in perspective of Climate Change.
Q. No. 4. What could be the reasons of emerging water
conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Q. No. 5. Discuss National Energy Policy of Pakistan in the
context of CPEC signed in 2015.
Q. No. 6. What is pandemic? How can the pandemic management
strategy be made part of the governance systems of Pakistan?
Q. No. 7. Why and when was the BRICS established? Which
countries are part of BRICS? (20)
Q. No. 8. How can Pakistan develop credible capabilities to
deter ‘Hybrid’ warfare?
2020
Q. No. 2. What are the multidimensional and multifaceted
impacts of climate change on multiple dimensions of security? Identify each,
discuss and analyze under the theoretical framework of Security and
International Relations
Q. No. 3. What are the four essentials of Resource
Management? When does a resource become an element of power “OR” a resource
curse? Discuss the Reko-Diq case in this context.
Q. No. 4. Why is it difficult to define terrorism? Elaborate
upon the following:
(a) Feminization of terrorism (b) Criminalization of
terrorism
(c) Commercialization of terrorism (d) State-terrorism
Q. No. 5. Differentiate between Washington consensus and
Beijing consensus. Is Beijing consensus a challenge to the Washington
consensus?
Q. No. 6. Comment in detail on mechanism of conflict
resolution between Pakistan and Afghanistan and on Durand line issue.
Q. No. 7. Discuss Russia’s return to South Asia and United
States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy. (20)
Q. No. 8. Explain the following diagram in the light of
multi-track diplomacy. Which is the most important track of diplomacy and why?
2019
Q. No. 2. What were the foundational principles of Nazism
using which Hitler raised to power in Germany?
Q. No. 3. Cold war is considered as one of the longest peace
in great powers’ history. What deterministic factors ensured relative peace in
great powers’ relations during the Cold War?
Q. No. 4. World orders are established by great powers in
order to serve their interests. What are the foundations of existing world
order(s) and how do they serve the interests of great powers?
Q. No. 5. SAARC is facing an existential crisis. How do
functionalists explain the failure of SAARC as a regional organization?
Q. No. 6. How do rational theories of foreign policy explain
state decision making? Discuss the tenets of the theory in light of the
decision made by Pakistan in response to Saudi request of sending troops during
Yemen crisis in 2015.
Q. No. 7. What benefits India might have gained by joining
Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)? Highlight possible impacts it may
have upon strategic stability in South Asia.
Q. No. 8. What are the major policy prescriptions of structural
adjustment and stabilization of the World Bank and IMF vis-à-vis Pakistan?
2018
Q. No. 2. To what extent did the regime established in
Russia by the Bolsheviks represent it’s revolutionary ideology for consumerism,
political stability, law and order and social progress?
Q. No. 3. Evaluate the strength and liabilities of
“containment of world revolution policy” during the cold war.
Q. No. 4. The manner in which a nation’s ideology dominates
its foreign policy is constantly in confusion. Explore the relationship between
capitalist democracy and foreign policy of United States of America.
Q. No. 5. An analysis of the anatomy of foreign policy is an
essential pre-requisite to an understanding of the dynamics of International
Relations. Analyze the central theme of Pakistan’s foreign policy in the war
against terrorism?
Q. No. 6. One of the most serious dilemmas of the
South-Asian politics is the contentious relations between Pakistan and India.
What measures would you consider for normalization between the two neighbors?
Q. No. 7. Prepare a study in which you assess the
possibility of settlement of the Kashmir conflict such as in the case of East
Timor or Bosnian crisis?
Q. No. 8. The most compelling challenge facing Afghanistan
today is, dealing with Afghan Taliban. What do you think of a political
engagement and accommodation between Afghan government and Taliban giving way
to stability in the region?
2017
Q. No. 2. Evaluate the significance of conflict between
India and Pakistan in global perspective of terrorism.
Q. No. 3. Elaborate Systems Thinking Theory in view of Pakistan
and Globalization.
Q. No. 4. Determine the factors in emergence of Neoliberal
Institutionalism; highlight your discussion with practices of International
Financial Institutions and Pakistan.
Q. No. 5. How can the energy Crisis of Pakistan be resolved?
Emphasize your discussion vis-a-vis China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Q. No. 6. Evaluate the significance of water conflict
between India and Pakistan in perspective of Indus Water Treaty.
Q. No. 7. Discuss “Nuclear Factor” as one of the major
determinants of International politics with reference to USA, India and
Pakistan.
Q. No. 8. Pakistan is one of the top 10 countries hit by
global climate change trends: what can be the ways and means to manage climate
change trends?
2016
Q. No. 2. Discuss the core causes of “Bolshevik Revolution”
in Russia and explain its fundamental political and socio-economic impact on
the Western European politics.
Q. No. 3. Critically analyze Samuel P. Huntington’s concept
of “Clash of Civilizations”. Define its main characteristics and explain its
devastating consequences on the different leading civilizations of the nations.
Q. No. 4. Discuss the moral imperatives of “Indian Foreign
Policy” with the contending spirit of “Panchsheel” and evaluate how much it
helps to strengthen diplomatic objectives of the country’s foreign policy?
Q. No. 5. Critically discuss main political, socio-economic
and strategic hurdles between “Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations” and how can both
countries come out from the Cold War scenario?
Q. No. 6. Discuss the “Moral Dimensions of Pakistan’s
Nuclear Programme”. Explain its essential features and justify its offensive
gesture which maintained the national and regional strategic balance.
Q. No. 7. Critically discuss the fundamental factors of
“Greece Economic Crisis” which need huge financial assistance from European
Union and IMF as a debt relief to create “a breathing space” to stabilize
economy and explain out-of-the-box solution for the crisis-ridden country.
Q. No. 8. Pakistan has formally joined Saudi Arabia’s led
34-state Islamic military alliance to contain terrorism and extremism in
Southwest Asia. Critically discuss whether or not Pakistan participates in the
newly formed military alliance against terrorism and explain its political,
socio-cultural and strategic implications on the country.
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