Topic: Contemporary Global Concerns
International Human Rights frameworks are hostage to politics among nations. Comment.
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Discuss the five proposals made by India in the recent COP-26 conference held in Glasgow. (150 words)
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How does the regime change and political crisis in Myanmar threaten regional security and peace?
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Do you think that sustainable development goals are really attainable by 2030? (150 words)
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Explain the non-traditional security threats in the context of food and environmental crises.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 security once state-centred / military → non-traditional turn → welfare threatened by non-military, transnational sources (Caballero-Anthony) → food + environment as…
Comment on the Red Lipstick Movement in the context of feminist rights.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 red lipstick as agency → contests gendered policing → appearance tied to political powerRoute 2 everyday adornment → becomes a feminist…
The world currently has been in the throes of a twin process of ‘democratic backsliding’ and ‘democratic backlash. How would you explain this paradox?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 democracy more championed than ever, yet more eroding than in decades → the paradox statedRoute 2 Held: nations embrace democracy just…
Do you endorse that the conventional discourse on human rights has failed to include women’s rights? Explain in the context of feminist theories.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 universalism only apparent → Okin: rights of “man and male household heads” → endorse the failureRoute 2 the neutral human subject…
Why does global human security need to be emphasised along with economic security? Explain with examples.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 security once state + military → Buzan: environment + human welfare now core → referent shifts state → individualRoute 2 human…
Critically evaluate the notion of “Asian Values” in the context of the ongoing debates on human rights.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Asian Values = sharpest cultural-relativist challenge to universal rights → tiger economies + Bangkok Declaration (1993)Route 2 not a rejection but…
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