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PSIR Optional at ForumIAS by Amit Pratap Singh

Topic: Regionalisation of World Politics

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

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?

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 EU as deepest integration → Haas’s spillover expectation → Britain’s 2016 vote moves the other way → cost without refutation; terms…

9 August 2026

“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?

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 South Asia a region economically/culturally, never politically or on security → SAARC (Dhaka 1985) built on consensus → revival must begin…

9 August 2026

Evaluate the role of BIMSTEC in multi-sectoral technical and economic cooperation.

Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 mandate written into the name → Bangkok Declaration 1997, South + Southeast Asia → verdict staked: works as a technical body,…

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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