Topic: Key Concepts in International Relations
Discuss various methods of Balance of Power. (150 words)
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Diplomacy has always rested on two pillars: Institutional memory and individual craft. Elaborate.
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National Interest is an essentially contested concept. Comment. (150 words)
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Collective security and responsibility to protect (R2P) are similar but different in scope, goals and methods. Explain.
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What is ‘complex interdependence’? Discuss the role of transnational actors in the international system.
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Enumerate the challenges in the operation of the principles related to collective security in the UN Charter.
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Explain the concept of balance of power. What are the various techniques of maintaining balance of power?
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Why does global human security need to be emphasized along with economic security? Explain with examples.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 traditional/economic security is state- and income-centred → human security shifts the referent to the individual (freedom from fear, want, indignity) →…
“The notion of balance of power is notoriously full of confusion.’ In the light of this quotation, do you think that the concept of balance of power is relevant?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 realist device against domination, works in multipolarity → Wight’s “confusion” conceded, but located in definition, not useRoute 2 concept notoriously confused…
“A combination of internal pressures (ethnic and regional forces) and external threats (EU, UN, TNC, global market, etc.) has produced what is commonly 999 referred to as a ‘crisis of the nation-state.” Elaborate.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 nation-state as long-central actor → now squeezed from three directions at once → subnational + transnational + supranationalRoute 2 the ‘crisis’…
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