PSIR Optional · Paper II · Section A: Comparative Politics and International Relations
Changing International Political Order Notes · PYQs · Solved Answers
Free notes, every previous year question and the solved answers for Changing International Political Order (Paper II, Section A: Comparative Politics and International Relations), arranged so you can read a topic and immediately see how UPSC has asked it. Syllabus: Rise of superpowers, Cold War, arms race, nuclear threat; non-aligned movement; collapse of the Soviet Union and unipolarity.
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Paper II · Unit 07
Changing International Political Order notes
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Achievements and Failures of the Non-Aligned Movement
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Arms Race and Cold War
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Cold War 2.0
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Cold War and USA – USSR Bipolarity
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Relevance of Non-Alignment in the Contemporary World
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Rise of the Superpowers: Strategic and Ideological Bipolarity
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The Arms Race and the Nuclear Threat
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The Cold War: Phases, Crises and Proxy Conflicts
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The Collapse of the Soviet Union and its Impact on International Politics
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The Global Nuclear Order: Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
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The Non-Aligned Movement: Origins, Aims and Principles
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The Rise of China and the Cold War 2.0 Debate
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Unipolarity and American Hegemony
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