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PSIR Optional at ForumIAS by Amit Pratap Singh

Topic: Regionalisation of World Politics

6 October 2026

QUAD requires more robust architecture than the summit driven mode to tide over the current challenges. Elaborate.

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6 October 2026

American President Donald Trump’s proposal to withdraw from the ‘NAFTA’ would bring unforeseen consequences to the regionalisation of world politics. Elaborate. (150 words)

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6 October 2026

Explain the success of ASEAN as a regional organisation.

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9 August 2026

“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.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 regionalism = condition + process → common sense of threat = the condition; political will = the process → Trump’s return…

9 August 2026

Critically analyse the role of ASEAN in the promotion of regional peace and security through economic cooperation and trade.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Mitrany’s “philosophy of peace” = the premise the question tests → ASEAN reverses it → politics settled before economics /Route 2…

9 August 2026

Russian-Ukraine crisis has cast a dark shadow on the energy needs of the member states of the European Union (EU). Comment.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 EU born from energy → Treaty of Paris 1951, coal + steel, war “materially impossible” → Mitrany’s functional interdependence → 2022…

9 August 2026

Account for the rise of European Union as a highly influential regional organisation.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 EU as “gold standard” → post-war pact grows into supranational entity → rise followed a method /Route 2 problem of war…

9 August 2026

What were the limitations of NAFTA? How did its replacement by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement counter them? Explain.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 NAFTA 1994, first pact of two developed states with an emerging-market economy → as trade policy it worked ($290 bn 1993…

9 August 2026

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.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 EU as the “gold standard” → travelled furthest, from economic pact to supranational order → that depth explains both success and…

9 August 2026

How successful has the ‘ASEAN Plus Three’ been in addressing regional problems? Support your answer with Specific examples.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 APT = ASEAN 10 + China, Japan, South Korea → born of the 1997–98 Asian financial crisis → record has followed…

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