Code and Name of Course: GT 12A-INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Date and Time: Wednesday December 15, 1999 (4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: This paper has 2 page(s) and 7 questions

Answer TWO questions.

Duration: 2 HOURS

Questions

1. Collective security is fine in theory but difficult, if not impossible to operate in practice. Discuss this view with reference to the United Nations and its work in the sphere of international peace and security.
2. Liberal theory speaks, amongst other things, to the shortcomings of employing the state as the primary unit of analysis in the study of International Relations. Outline the main arguments proposed by Liberal theory in defense of this position and discuss the concepts that are central to the multi-centric view of the world that Liberal theory postulates.
3. To describe the relations between states as an exercise in "power politics" is to suggest that Justice and order have no place in international relations. How far do you agree with this statement and why?
4. What is meant by the term foreign policy? Outline the main factors in the domestic and international environments that are said to influence the formulation of foreign policy by states.
5. What are the principal changes that have occurred in the nature and operation of the global economy in the Twentieth Century?
6. Assess the impact of three of the following on the evolution and development of the international system:

[a] the rise of non-state actors;

[b] the establishment of the USSR [Soviet Union] in 1917;

[c] the dissolution of the USSR in 1991;

[d] the emergence of the Third World.

7. It is possible to argue that the discipline of International Relations today bears little resemblance to its original form and character. Assess the merits and demerits of this argument with reference to the factors that have influenced the discipline's growth and development.

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