CSS International Relations Past Paper 2020

Instructions specific to this paper

• Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
• Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Part-II questions

1. Q. 220 marks

   How the Neo-Realist and Constructivist approaches differ over the study of state behavior in the contemporary international politics?

2. Q. 320 marks

   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.

3. Q. 420 marks

   What do you understand by International Political Economy? How it promotes economic dependency in the developing states?

4. Q. 520 marks

   Define the concept of Strategic Culture and highlight the major determinants of Pakistan's Strategic Culture.

5. Q. 620 marks

   Explain the concept of Economic Liberalism and relate its core interests with the concept of Neo-imperialism.

6. Q. 720 marks

   Critically evaluate the US Indo-Pacific policy. Do you believe the current US strategies are aimed at containing growing economic super power China?

7. Q. 820 marks

   Describe the geo-strategic importance of Indian Ocean and highlight its impacts on Pakistan’s Maritime security.

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• Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
• All the parts (if any) of each question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
• Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the question paper.
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