{"id":1483,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/how-does-the-regionalism-shape-the-world-politics-explain-with-upsc-psir-2016-3601\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:56","slug":"how-does-the-regionalism-shape-the-world-politics-explain-with-upsc-psir-2016-3601","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/how-does-the-regionalism-shape-the-world-politics-explain-with-upsc-psir-2016-3601\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the regionalism shape the world politics? Explain with examples."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> regionalism = condition + process <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Inis Claude<\/b>: world too wide for world government <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> region is where the answers lie <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> since the 1990s, regions \u201cobjects <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> subjects\u201d \/<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> new regionalism, post-Cold War second coming <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> region stops being the arena of world politics, becomes an actor in it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> three arenas: power, peace, trade<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>pooled sovereignty <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> bloc weight no single member has <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> EU (third-largest economy, CETA, Iran deal, 27 members) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ASEAN\u2019s ten small states leading EAS + RCEP <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> collective bargaining <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> multipolarity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> peace function <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ECSC makes war \u201cmaterially impossible\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Fisher<\/b>: \u201cBalkans of Asia\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> zone of peace, no war since 1967 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> trade function <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> NAFTA makes North America see itself as a region <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> trade diversion <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Bhagwati<\/b>\u2019s question: building blocks or stumbling blocks?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>sovereignty backlash <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Brexit + US exit from TPP <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Helen Thompson<\/b>: \u201cregionalism is out, sovereignty back in\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> SAARC stalls, intra-regional trade below 5% <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but integration continued despite both exits<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> answer <b class=\"pq-sc\">Bhagwati<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> building blocks, not stumbling blocks \/<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> regionalism does not replace the global order <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> it supplies the level where competition and regulation are reconciled, in a world not ready for global authority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[42],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[79],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1483","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-42","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-regionalisation-of-world-politics","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4895,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1483\/revisions\/4895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}