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  • Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice, terrorism, nuclear proliferation.

    • “One of the truisms in world politics is that nothing is distributed equally on the face of the globe – not people or their talents, not resources, not even climate, geographic feature, technology or air quality.” Elucidate.
    • Democracy
      • How does democratic politics construct citizenship?
      • How has the electoral democracy augmented the participation of people in the democratic process?
      • The modernization thesis asserts that affluence breeds stable democracy. How do you explain the success of India being the world's largest democracy as an exceptional case?
      • Is democracy promotion in developing countries a feasible idea?
      • ‘The struggle for democracy has been marked by bitter strife and tribulations.’ Examine the statement, illustrating the cases of Pakistan, Nepal and Myanmar.
    • Human rights
      • Discuss the importance of personal data protection in the context of human rights.
      • Critically examine the notion of “Asian Values” in the context of the on-going debates on human rights.
      • “Human Rights constitute the Third Generation of Rights.” Analyse the range and complex dimension of Human Rights in the globalised era. (150 words)
      • Critically examine the protection and enforcement of Human Rights under the U.N. system.
      • Comment: Human rights and humanitarian intervention
      • “Moral claims of today become the human rights of tomorrow.” Trace the efforts in the international protection of human rights in the twentieth century.
      • Comment: Sovereign Nation State and International concern for Human Rights
      • Comment: Human Rights in the US foreign policy
    • Environment
      • Narrate the various ways in which rapid environmental degradation is posing a serious threat to human security. Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.
      • Discuss the five proposals made by India in the recent COP-26 conference held in Glasgow.
      • Examine the role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other major efforts by the UN to address the global environmental crisis.
      • The recent move of USA to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement is a setback in the consensus achieved on protecting the world environment. In this context, assess the future prospectives on climate control.
      • Examine the main problems and challenges involved in looking after environmental concerns in world politics.
      • Critically evaluate the approaches of global south towards addressing environment concerns.
      • ‘Global commons belong to global society and requires global attention.’ Comment. (150 words)
      • Compare and contrast Sino-India approaches to global Environmental concerns. (200 words)
      • Discuss the different perspectives on global environment that have emerged in the context of the Copenhagen Summit.
      • Comment: Sustainable Development
      • Comment: The need for, and the hindrances to the development of a common global approach to ecological concerns.
      • Comment: Agenda 21 and after
      • People are concerned about the degradation of the environment and the problems that go with it. Discuss the international response.
    • Gender justice
      • Discuss the major recent social movements related to the physical rights of women in various countries of the world.
      • Give an assessment of the Feminist critique of contemporary global issues.
      • Do you endorse that the conventional discourse on human rights has failed to include women’s rights? Explain in the context of feminist theories.
      • “The Feminist approach to international politics is biased.” Comment.
      • State the place of Gender Justice in global political agenda.
      • Identify the role and place of Gender in the global economy.
      • Comment on the contribution of global feminism to the consolidation of global civil society.
      • Comment: In what sense has gender justice’ become an urgent global concern today?
      • Comment: Basic issues in movements for Gender Justice
    • Terrorism
      • Discuss the efficacy of global conventions to combat international terrorism.
      • Do you agree that the U.N. has failed to contain transnational terrorism? Elaborate your answer with examples.
      • Is ‘terrorism’ an essentially ‘contested’ concept? What are the different manifestations of ‘terrorism’ as a concept, and as practice? (250 words)
      • Answer the following: “Either terrorism triumphs or civilization triumphs.”
      • Analyze the basic causes of insurgency and terrorism in two major areas that are affected in the country. In this regard, to what extent have state policies to counter terrorism been effective in these areas?
    • Nuclear proliferation
      • Discuss the implications of the Trump-Kim Singapore Summit on the prospects of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
      • What roles do norms, taboos and epistemic communities play in the context of nuclear proliferation?
  1. PYQs and Practice Questions
  2. UPSC Optionals
  3. PSIR Optional
  4. Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice, terrorism, nuclear proliferation.
  5. Gender justice

Discuss the major recent social movements related to the physical rights of women in various countries of the world. (UPSC 2024, 20 Marks, )

विश्व के विभिन्न देशों में महिलाओं के दैहिक अधिकारों के संबंध में हाल ही के प्रमुख सामाजिक आंदोलनों की चर्चा कीजिए।
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Give an assessment of the Feminist critique of contemporary global issues. (UPSC 2017, 10 Marks, )

समकालीन वैश्विक मुद्दों की नारीवादी समालोचना का मूल्यांकन कीजिए।
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Do you endorse that the conventional discourse on human rights has failed to include women’s rights? Explain in the context of feminist theories. (UPSC 2015, 20 Marks, )

क्या आप इस बात का समर्थन करते हैं कि मानव अधिकारों पर पारंपरिक चर्चा महिलाओं के अधिकारों को शामिल करने में विफल रही है? नारीवादी सिद्धांतों के संदर्भ में व्याख्या कीजिए।
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“The Feminist approach to international politics is biased.” Comment. (UPSC 2014, 10 Marks, )

"अंतर्राष्ट्रीय राजनीति के लिए नारीवादी दृष्टिकोण पक्षपाती है।" टिप्पणी करें।
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State the place of Gender Justice in global political agenda. (UPSC 2013, 10 Marks, )

वैश्विक राजनीतिक कार्यसूची में जेंडर न्याय के स्थान का उल्लेख कीजिए।
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Identify the role and place of Gender in the global economy. (UPSC 2013, 15 Marks, )

वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था में लिंग की भूमिका और स्थान की पहचान करें।
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Comment on the contribution of global feminism to the consolidation of global civil society. (UPSC 2009, 20 Marks, )

वैश्विक नागरिक समाज के सुदृढ़ीकरण में वैश्विक नारीवाद के योगदान पर टिप्पणी कीजिए।
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Comment: In what sense has gender justice’ become an urgent global concern today? (UPSC 2007, 20 Marks, )

टिप्पणी करें: किस अर्थ में 'लैंगिक न्याय' आज एक तत्काल वैश्विक चिंता बन गया है?
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Comment: Basic issues in movements for Gender Justice (UPSC 2005, 20 Marks, )

टिप्पणी करें: लैंगिक न्याय के लिए आंदोलनों में बुनियादी मुद्दे
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