International Relations Paper II Past Paper 2019

History and the great powers open the International Relations Paper II past paper 2019. Q.2 asks for the base principles of Nazism and Hitler’s road to power in Germany. Q.3 calls the Cold War one of the longest peaces among great powers and hunts the factors that held it. Q.4 states that great powers build world orders for their own gain and asks what the present order rests on. Q.5 gives SAARC an existential crisis and asks functionalists to explain its failure. Q.6 applies rational theories of foreign policy to Pakistan’s 2015 refusal of Saudi Arabia’s Yemen troop request. Q.7 weighs India’s gains from the Missile Technology Control Regime. Q.8 closes on structural adjustment, the World Bank and the IMF in Pakistan. This file holds the Part-II sheet only.

What this paper contains

  • This file carries Part-II (the descriptive part) of the paper.
  • Part-II — attempt four questions from Q.2–Q.8; each question carries 20 marks (Part-I holds the 20 MCQs, per the printed header)

Part-II questions

Q.2 — What were the foundational principles of Nazism using which Hitler raised to power in Germany? (20)

Q.3 — Cold war is considered as one of the longest peace in great powers’ history. What deterministic factors ensured relative peace in great powers’ relations during the Cold War? (20)

Q.4 — World orders are established by great powers in order to serve their interests. What are the foundations of existing world order(s) and how do they serve the interests of great powers? (20)

Q.5 — SAARC is facing an existential crisis. How do functionalists explain the failure of SAARC as a regional organisation? (20)

Q.6 — How do rational theories of foreign policy explain state decision making? Discuss the tenets of the theory in light of the decision made by Pakistan in response to Saudi request of sending troops during Yemen crisis in 2015. (20)

Q.7 — What benefits India might have gained by joining Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)? Highlight possible impacts it may have upon strategic stability in South Asia. (20)

Q.8 — What are the major policy prescriptions of structural adjustment and stabilisation of the World Bank and IMF vis-à-vis Pakistan? (20)

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