Federal Public Service Commission
International Relations I-II
Competitive Examination-2020
The 2020 International Relations papers provide a comprehensive evaluation of contemporary strategic and economic shifts. Paper I delves into theoretical contrasts between Neo-Realism and Constructivism, while addressing specialized topics such as International Political Economy, Strategic Culture, and the geo-strategic importance of the Indian Ocean for Pakistan’s maritime security. Paper II focuses on non-traditional security threats like climate change and multifaceted terrorism, while analyzing global power dynamics through the lens of the Washington versus Beijing consensus, Russia’s return to South Asia, and the application of multi-track diplomacy in conflict resolution.
PAPER-I PART-II
Question No. 2
How the Neo-Realist and Constructivist approaches differ over the study of state behavior in the contemporary international politics?
Question No. 3
Describe the concept of Pre-Emptive Self-Defense in the context of International Law and critically evaluate the legitimacy of US use of force against Iraq.
Question No. 4
What do you understand by International Political Economy? How it promotes economic dependency in the developing states?
Question No. 5
Define the concept of Strategic Culture and highlight the major determinants of Pakistan's Strategic Culture.
Question No. 6
Explain the concept of Economic Liberalism and relate its core interests with the concept of Neo-imperialism.
Question No. 7
Critically evaluate the US Indo-Pacific policy. Do you believe the current US strategies are aimed at containing growing economic super power China?
Question No. 8
Describe the geo-strategic importance of Indian Ocean and highlight its impacts on Pakistan's Maritime security.
Question No. 2
What are the multidimensional and multifaceted impacts of climate change on multiple dimensions of security? Identify each, discuss and analyze under the theoretical framework of Security and International Relations.
Question No. 3
What are the four essentials of Resource Management? When does a resource become an element of power "OR" a resource curse? Discuss the Reko-Diq case in this context.
Question No. 4
Why is it difficult to define terrorism? Elaborate upon the following:
(a) Feminization of terrorism (b) Criminalization of terrorism (c) Commercialization of terrorism (d) State-terrorism
Question No. 5
Differentiate between Washington consensus and Beijing consensus. Is Beijing consensus a challenge to the Washington consensus?
Question No. 6
Comment in detail on mechanism of conflict resolution between Pakistan and Afghanistan and on Durand line issue.
Question No. 7
Discuss Russia's return to South Asia and United States' Indo-Pacific Strategy.
Question No. 8
Explain the diagram of multi-track diplomacy. Which is the most important track of diplomacy and why?