PSIR Optional · Paper II · Section A: Comparative Politics and International Relations
Regionalisation of World Politics Notes · PYQs · Solved Answers
Free notes, every previous year question and the solved answers for Regionalisation of World Politics (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: EU, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC, NAFTA.
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1991–2026
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Paper II · Unit 10
Regionalisation of World Politics notes
Topic-wise notes for this unit in syllabus order. Read a topic, then open its previous year questions below.
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APEC and Asia-Pacific Economic Regionalism
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ASEAN and Southeast Asian Regionalism
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NAFTA and the USMCA
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Regionalisation of World Politics: Concepts, Theories and Debates
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Regionalism in Eurasia and West Asia
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Regionalism in the Americas and Africa
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SAARC, BIMSTEC and South Asian Regionalism
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The European Union
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Previous year questions: Regionalisation of World Politics
Every question UPSC has asked from this unit, year-wise, with a link to its solved answer.
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UPSC PSIR Optional Question Paper 2026
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2025
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2024
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2023
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2022
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2016
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2015
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2014
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PSIR Optional Question Paper 2013
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Solved PYQ answers: Regionalisation of World Politics
Model answers to the previous year questions of this unit, newest exam year first.
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QUAD requires more robust architecture than the summit driven mode to tide over the current challenges. Elaborate.
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Latin America has made moderate success in countering US-led global economic order by forming various organizations emphasizing regional sovereignty, economic integration and alternative development. Discuss.
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“Trump’s return to the White House is a jolt to push the European Union to invest in its own defence and economic and technological revival.” Comment.
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How successful has the ‘ASEAN Plus Three’ been in addressing regional problems? Support your answer with specific examples.
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What were the limitations of NAFTA? How did its replacement by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement counter them? Explain.
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Do you agree with the view that the EU has thus far proved to be the most successful experiment in the regional integration processes? Account for its successes and also some of the recent challenges that it is faced with.
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Account for the rise of European Union as a highly influential regional organisation.
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How does the regime change and political crisis in Myanmar threaten regional security and peace?
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Russian-Ukraine crisis has cast a dark shadow on the energy needs of the member states of the European Union (EU). Comment.
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Explain the success of ASEAN as a regional organisation.
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Explain India’s relations with the European Union in the context of Brexit.
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Critically analyze the role of ASEAN in the promotion of regional peace and security through economic cooperation and trade.
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Evaluate the role of BIMSTEC in multisectoral technical and economic cooperation.
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“Since its inception the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has failed to deliver on its promises.” What initiatives should be taken to reinvigorate the organization.
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American President Donald Trump’s proposal to withdraw from the ‘NAFTA’ would bring unforeseen consequences to the regionalisation of world politics. Elaborate.
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How has ‘ BREXIT’ affected the regionalisation process initiated by European Union and what could be its likely impacts in the regionalisation process of world politics?
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How does the regionalism shape the world politics? Explain with examples.
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‘The European Union has become the most politically influential, economically powerful and demographically diverse regional entity in the world.’ Discuss.
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“Despite so many agreed areas of cooperation, innumerable institutional mechanisms and a permanent secretariat, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has not taken off as a meaningful regional grouping.” Discuss.
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Give reasons for Regionalisation of world politics. (200 words)
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Substantiate APEC as a regional economic and trade arrangement. (200 words)
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The effort in restricting illegal migration from Mexico to U.S.A. and Canada has been one major gain for the United States through NAFTA. Comment. (200 words)
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Outline the constraints SAARC is facing to emerge as an effective regional organisation.
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How did the European Union emerge as a successful case of regional organization? Is it replicable in other regions?
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Comment: ‘ASEAN’ as third world model of regional cooperation.
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Comment: The European Union.
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Comment: Maastricht Treaty.
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Comment: West Asian Peace Conference at Madrid, 1991.
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Comment: SAPTA and SAFTA.
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Comment: US role in the OAS.
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Comment: OAU and conflicts in Africa.
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Comment: Russia and NATO.
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Comment: Political and legal status of C.I.S.
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Comment: G–77.
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Other units in Paper II · Section A: Comparative Politics and International Relations
- Comparative Politics
- State in Comparative Perspective
- Politics of Representation and Participation
- Globalisation
- Approaches to the Study of International Relations
- Key Concepts in International Relations
- Changing International Political Order
- Evolution of the International Economic System
- United Nations
- Contemporary Global Concerns