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International Relations

285 questions · 25 years (2001–2026) · average 20 marks · 111 debates, 60 asked more than once
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International Relations DebatesIs IMF lending a debt trap or a path to recovery for Pakistan?7Will the US–China power transition be peaceful or end in conflict?3Does economic liberalism create dependency and neo-imperialism in developing states?3Can SAARC become an effective regional organisation?3Have the UN, great powers and Arab states failed the Palestinians?3Is US Indo-Pacific strategy aimed at containing China?3Does nuclear deterrence prevent war between nuclear-armed states?3
+5 moreHave nuclear weapons stabilised or destabilised India–Pakistan relations?3Has rising non-state power made state-centric security thinking obsolete?3Can conventional military deterrence counter hybrid and asymmetric threats?3Does China's rise make great-power conflict with the United States inevitable?3Has the United Nations been sidelined as guarantor of international peace and security?2

The debates it returns to

  1. Is IMF lending a debt trap or a path to recovery for Pakistan?asked 7 times in this subject since 2016 · 13 years in all
  2. Will the US–China power transition be peaceful or end in conflict?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 7 years in all
  3. Does economic liberalism create dependency and neo-imperialism in developing states?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 7 years in all
  4. Can SAARC become an effective regional organisation?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 6 years in all
  5. Have the UN, great powers and Arab states failed the Palestinians?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 5 years in all
  6. Is US Indo-Pacific strategy aimed at containing China?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 5 years in all
  7. Does nuclear deterrence prevent war between nuclear-armed states?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 4 years in all
  8. Have nuclear weapons stabilised or destabilised India–Pakistan relations?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 3 years in all
  9. Has rising non-state power made state-centric security thinking obsolete?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 3 years in all
  10. Can conventional military deterrence counter hybrid and asymmetric threats?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 3 years in all
  11. Does China's rise make great-power conflict with the United States inevitable?asked 3 times in this subject since 2016 · 3 years in all
  12. Has the United Nations been sidelined as guarantor of international peace and security?asked 2 times in this subject since 2016 · 8 years in all

How examiners ask

  • Discuss20%
  • Explain16%
  • Question13%
  • Critically analyse10%
  • Take a position10%
  • Analyse8%
  • Evaluate7%

What answers must contain

impact · 26%Pakistan link · 25%causes · 14%define · 14%your position · 13%both sides · 12%give evidence · 10%a way forward · 10%outlook · 9%background · 7%

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