Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice, terrorism, nuclear proliferation.

Comment: Human Rights in the US foreign policy. (1992)
Comment: Sovereign Nation State and International concern for Human Rights. (1994)
Comment: Technology and state sovereignty over water resources. (1996)
People are concerned about the degradation of the environment and the problems that go with it. Discuss the international response. (1998)
Comment: Agenda 21 and after. (1999)
“Moral claims of today become the human rights of tomorrow.” Trace the efforts in the international protection of human rights in the twentieth century. (2001)
Comment: Human rights and humanitarian intervention. (2002)
Critically examine the protection and enforcement of Human Rights under the U.N. system. (2003)
Comment: The need for, and the hindrances to the development of a common global approach to ecological concerns. (2004)
Comment: Sustainable Development. (2005)
Comment: Basic issues in movements for Gender Justice. (2005)
Comment: In what sense has gender justice’ become an urgent global concern today? (2007)
“Development in contemporary discourse has dimensions larger than just economic.” Bring out the significance of this statement. (2007)
What is the significance of the increasing global diffusion of nuclear and long-range delivery vehicle technology? (2009)
Comment on the contribution of global feminism to the consolidation of global civil society. (2009)
Discuss the different perspective on global environment that have emerged in the context of the Copenhagen Summit. (2010)
Answer the following: “Either terrorism triumphs or civilization triumphs.” (2011)
How far have the UN reform efforts of 2004-5, transformed the concept of ‘Sovereignty’ as a fundamental principle of International Law? Do you think that UN reforms discourse represents a ‘biopolitical reprogramming’ of contemporary sovereignty and global governance? (250 words) (2012)
“Human Rights constitute the Third Generation of Rights.” Analyse the range and complex dimension of Human Rights in the globalised era. (150 words) (2012)
Bring out linkages between environmental degradation and neo -corporatism in the globalised era. (200 words) (2012)
Identify the role and place of Gender in the global economy. (200 words) (2013)
Compare and contrast Sino-India approaches to global Environmental concerns. (200 words) (2013)
What roles do norms, taboos and epistemic communities play in the context of nuclear proliferation? (200 words) (2013)
State the place of Gender Justice in global political agenda. (150 words) (2013)
‘Global commons belong to global society and requires global attention/ Comment. (150 words) (2013)
“The Feminist approach to international politics is biased.” Comment. (2014)
Critically evaluate the approaches of global south towards addressing environment concerns. (2014)
‘The struggle for democracy has been marked by bitter strife and tribulations.’ Examine the statement, illustrating the cases of Pakistan, Nepal and Myanmar. (2015)
Do you endorse that the conventional discourse on human rights has failed to include women’s rights? Explain in the context of feminist theories. (2015)
Why does global human security need to be emphasized along with economic security? Explain with examples. (2016)
Examine the main problems and challenges involved in looking after environmental concerns in world politics. (2016)
Give an assessment of the Feminist critique of contemporary global issues. (2017)
The recent move of 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 prospective on climate control. (2017)
Would you agree that the on-going 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. (2018)
Critically examine the notion of “Asian Values” in the context of the on-going debates on human rights. (2018)
Discuss the implications of the Trump-Kirn Singapore Summit on the prospects of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. (2018)
Discuss the importance of personal data protection in the context of human rights. (2019)
Is democracy promotion in developing countries a feasible idea? (2019)
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. (2020)
Discuss the efficacy of global conventions to combat international terrorism. (2022)
Narrate the various ways in which rapid environmental degradation is posing a serious threat to human security. Illustrate your answer with suitable examples. (2023)
Discuss the major recent social movements related to the physical rights of women in various countries of the world. (2024)
Explain the non-traditional security threats in the context of food and environmental crises. (2025)
Comment on the Red Lipstick Movement in the context of feminist rights. (2025)
The world currently has been in the throes of a twin process of ‘democratic backsliding’ and ‘democratic backlash’. How would you explain this paradox? (2025)

Intermitants of foreign policy/Foreign policy of different countries, Role of Ideology

Discuss with reference to the USA, how domestic factors influence the foreign policy of the country. (1991)
Comment: Ideological basis of Chinese foreign policy in the post Mao period. (1993)
Comment: Role of Ideology in International Relations. (1995)
Comment: Economic determinants of Chinese foreign policy. (1995)
Comment: Role of idiosyncratic factors in foreign policy. (1996)
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. (1996)
Examine the changing perspective of the US foreign policy towards South Asia in recent times and its implications for prospects of peace in the region. (1999)
Comment: National interest and national peculiarities: A guide to foreign policy. (2001)
Describe and assess the role and importance of Geo-political and Geo-economic factors in the determination of foreign policy of a country. (2005)
Comment: Define geopolitics and account for its prevalence even in the modem nuclear age. (2007)
Comment on the recent trends in Russia’s foreign policy. (2010)
Who was Mr. ‘X’ in international politics? Elaborate his approach to foreign policy. (2014)