Questions
Section A:
You must answer ONE question from this section.
- Select one of the following themes and discuss how it has influenced the development of international relations, comparing the contemporary era to one other period in history: decolonisation; bipolarity; economic crises; international crime and terrorism.
- Identify the driving forces of decolonisation and how they explain perceptions of power between the colonised and the colonising.
- What, if any, lasting impact, has the bipolar era of the Cold War had on the contemporary world order?
- ‘One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter’. Discuss with reference to two case studies from two different eras.
- Religion has, and continues to be, a force for change in international relations.
- Is migration a more contentious issue in the contemporary era or just the continuing historical pattern of the movement of peoples?
Section B:
You must answer ONE question from this section.
- Select one of the themes listed below and analyse its impact on power relations between actors in the contemporary era: civil wars; occupation; epidemics and famines, climate change; walls and fences; international justice,; development.
- How has global trade changed the relationship between states?
- Why is democracy considered to be so important in international relations?
- How can occupation be justified?
- What makes epidemics and famines a global security issue?
- Evaluate the effectiveness of international alliances following world wars.
