Topic: Contemporary Global Concerns
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…
Discuss the Trump-Kim Singapore Summit on the prospects of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Korean denuclearisation sits at intersection of security model + deterrence + nuclear norms → summit must be judged against these logicsRoute…
Examine the main problems and challenges involved in looking after environmental concerns in world politics.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 environment once peripheral → now the archetypal borderless global issue → Buzan: central to the security agendaRoute 2 a borderless problem…
Give an assessment of the Feminist critique of contemporary global issues.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 “where do women stand?” in gender-neutral problems → feminism reveals the hidden gendered dimensionsRoute 2 contemporary global issues appear neutral →…
The recent move of USA to withdraw from the Paris
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Paris (2015) = rare voluntary consensus, bottom-up NDCs, <2°C → US exit a real setback (rests on collective commitment, not enforcement)Route…
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.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 agree → environmental politics = a new arena of the old North–South conflict → Dauvergne’s two goals (improve environment vs reform…
Is democracy promotion in developing countries a feasible idea?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 can democracy be exported? → the record is mixed → feasibility turns on method, not goal → feasible as facilitation from…
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.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 environmental crisis = archetypal global issue, crosses borders → collective UN governance the natural siteRoute 2 Eckersley: state-centric realism → ecocentric…
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