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POL 2
INTERNATIONAL HIERARCHY
‘Although the international system is anarchic, it is still characterised by multiple hierarchies.’ Assess the validity of this statement.
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Must international politics always be defined by hierarchies, whether social, economic, political or otherwise?
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Are we undergoing systemic change now? If so, is it a matter of changing great powers (or a number of great powers), or are there other changes that could be considered systemic as well?
Will the rise of China and other non-Western countries lead to the creation of a more egalitarian international order?
Can the exercise of power produce positive outcomes in international relations, or is it always a means of dominating weaker groups and states?
“A state that wants to promote economic development should get out of the way”. Assess the validity of this statement.
NATION STATES
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If the nation-state were to wither away as the dominant form of political organization, what would replace it?
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Which of the following is a greater challenge to the nation-state sovereignty principle: capitalist globalisation, international organizations (such as the EU) oralternative visions of sovereignty (such as those espoused by ISIS or al-Qaeda)?
Is the state a unitary, rational actor?
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ECOCIDE
‘To be properly understood, all politics must be seen in its ecological context.’ Assess the validity of this statement.
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‘To solve climate change, we need to unite behind the science’. Is this correct?
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Is it true that climate change “changes everything”, when it comes to international politics?
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WAR LEGAL & MORAL
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Is the killing of a military commander of a rogue state a legally permissible act of preemptive self-defense?
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Would the 2003 Iraq War have been just, had it been authorized by the UN Security Council?
DECOLONISATION
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‘The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line’ (W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, 1903). Did Du Bois turn out to be correct?
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NATURE OF IR
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“A country that demands moral perfection of itself as a test of its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security” (Henry Kissinger). Do you agree with Kissinger’s assessment of international politics?
How does avoiding Eurocentrism in the study of international relations change our understanding of contemporary international order?
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GLOBAL JUSTICE
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Since established democracies do not fight each other, promoting democracy abroad offers the surest path to perpetual peace. Do you agree with this statement?
WESTPHALIA
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Are the most important defining features of the Westphalian system being undermined by contemporary developments?
Do twenty-first century examples of military intervention and their reception by the international community indicate the weakening of the Westphalian state sovereignty norm?
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ICC
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‘The issue is emphatically not whether one favors “justice” for international wrongdoers, but whether the ICC—with its inherent illegitimacy—could everbe the right vehicle for the job.’ (John Bolton, Former United States Ambassador to the UN) Do you agree with Bolton’s assessment of the ICC?
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SOVEREIGNTY
‘Sovereignty is the necessary foundation for international peace and justice.’ Assess the validity of this statement.
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HISTORY & FUTURE OF IR
‘We cannot study international relations today without understanding yesterday’s international relations.’ Assess the validity of this statement.
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NEOLIBERALISM
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Is the liberal international order in decline? If so, what is the primary factor driving that decline?
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ANSWER THREE Qs SECTION A: 1, SECTION B: 2, 1500 EACH