How to prepare notes?
 

Please someone help me in making notes for IR by mentioning proper procedure to be followed. Also mention the required sources.
I will be thankful

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[QUOTE=burnhal;903753]Please someone help me in making notes for IR by mentioning proper procedure to be followed. Also mention the required sources.
I will be thankful

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The general method adopted for making notes is, at least that's what I do:

1. Decide which books you need to study.
2. Once you have decided, mark important things using a high-lighter while you study them.
3. Write down the high-lighted material in the form of bullets or points.
4. Revise them whenever you take the exam.
5. Emphasis should be on references and the sequence of events.
6. Keep in mind that this is the basic skeleton on which you have to base your discussion or answers.

PS. You can merge points of the same topic from different resources.

[QUOTE=Saamboy;903768]The general method adopted for making notes is, at least that's what I do:

1. Decide which books you need to study.
2. Once you have decided, mark important things using a high-lighter while you study them.
3. Write down the high-lighted material in the form of bullets or points.
4. Revise them whenever you take the exam.
5. Emphasis should be on references and the sequence of events.
6. Keep in mind that this is the basic skeleton on which you have to base your discussion or answers.

PS. You can merge points of the same topic from different resources.[/QUOTE]
For a person new to IR, is it enough to study the mentioned topics of the syllabus from different books and make notes or is it necessary to study complete books for understanding?

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[QUOTE=Saamboy;903768]The general method adopted for making notes is, at least that's what I do:

1. Decide which books you need to study.
2. Once you have decided, mark important things using a high-lighter while you study them.
3. Write down the high-lighted material in the form of bullets or points.
4. Revise them whenever you take the exam.
5. Emphasis should be on references and the sequence of events.
6. Keep in mind that this is the basic skeleton on which you have to base your discussion or answers.

PS. You can merge points of the same topic from different resources.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=burnhal;906484]Waiting for reply?

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Dear dont dare to make notes now; critically clear your concepts only. Learn Essay writing from a good book; you will learn to make notes.

[QUOTE=burnhal;903830]For a person new to IR, is it enough to study the mentioned topics of the syllabus from different books and make notes or is it necessary to study complete books for understanding?

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Hello buddy,I would like to mention one thing for you that don't take Ir as forsaken subject.Its been too vast one.My suggestion,which even worked best for me,is to divide it into distinctive portions.Some of aportionments are as follow.

1.conceptualize all the theories and perspectives of IR.
2.Study some notes related to History of USA(it will clear the concept of federalsim,modern democracy and how world economy works.
Note:especially helpful for those who have no background of International laws and MNC's.Globalization,capitalism,socialism,bolshavism and terms like Counter narration,R2p,counter insurgency and first strike nuclear capability and Obama's pivot to Asia,Bush doctrine and All strategies from roll back or McCarthysim to deterrence. The compelled schemes has fixed the bolts of mine and;hence,we're shooting many birds with single fire.
2.Those who didn't opt USA history can take another path,and that is bit vigorous and time consuming:Depending on the available time;first of all conceptualize the terms like nation states,strong vs weak federation,democracy,imperialsim,neofacism,dictatorship and other forms of government.Than move to international protocols and conventions and how UN genreal assembly works
3.Move on the division of chronological events:WW-1,than world war-ll, cold war era
Collapse of soviet union through NATO and its Sister allies like CETO &CENTO +AZNUS.
4.Post cold war era,Concept of fused economy and integrated regionalism like SAARC,ASEAN &EU.
5.war on terror and globalization of war.
6.Last but not least,pay special attention on Developing south,it will enhance your critical thinking and notch you some harsh realities.I.e.you can comfortably wind up your passage according to your terms with facts and figure.
6.Lastly it wouldn't be a bad idea to draw some maps and generalized the region with hot dog situation and importance. For example I have generalized the region of SAARC as
a.Most populated region b.Failed organization c.complex ethno sectarian complex model d.Hegemony of India a cofactor countered by Pakistan e.Most dangerous region. In terms of nuclear offense(proximity or more appropriately convergence of four nuclear vectors.I.e. India,Pakistan ,Russia and china) f.Cpec and game changer or enigma of x factor And lastly Centcom and Asia pacific regionalism.
P.s. Now come to your question: is single book enough as those ascribed by Fpsc? My answer is absolutely NO,since,its the dilemma of Fpsc's copy and pasting.MY GOOOD SUGGESTION IS TRY TO REAX ARTICLES AND NEWSPAPERS along with books. if somebody has disagreement than find me amongst those who are ready for correction. Lastly kept this thing in your mind that there is quite expected that! questions related to ir will be asked in General Science and ability,because some books of If such as Joshua s.Goldstein is recommended in GSA as well.
Thanks

[QUOTE=ursula;906596]Hello buddy,I would like to mention one thing for you that don't take Ir as forsaken subject.Its been too vast one.My suggestion,which even worked best for me,is to divide it into distinctive portions.Some of aportionments are as follow.

1.conceptualize all the theories and perspectives of IR.
2.Study some notes related to History of USA(it will clear the concept of federalsim,modern democracy and how world economy works.
Note:especially helpful for those who have no background of International laws and MNC's.Globalization,capitalism,socialism,bolshavism and terms like Counter narration,R2p,counter insurgency and first strike nuclear capability and Obama's pivot to Asia,Bush doctrine and All strategies from roll back or McCarthysim to deterrence. The compelled schemes has fixed the bolts of mine and;hence,we're shooting many birds with single fire.
2.Those who didn't opt USA history can take another path,and that is bit vigorous and time consuming:Depending on the available time;first of all conceptualize the terms like nation states,strong vs weak federation,democracy,imperialsim,neofacism,dictatorship and other forms of government.Than move to international protocols and conventions and how UN genreal assembly works
3.Move on the division of chronological events:WW-1,than world war-ll, cold war era
Collapse of soviet union through NATO and its Sister allies like CETO &CENTO +AZNUS.
4.Post cold war era,Concept of fused economy and integrated regionalism like SAARC,ASEAN &EU.
5.war on terror and globalization of war.
6.Last but not least,pay special attention on Developing south,it will enhance your critical thinking and notch you some harsh realities.I.e.you can comfortably wind up your passage according to your terms with facts and figure.
6.Lastly it wouldn't be a bad idea to draw some maps and generalized the region with hot dog situation and importance. For example I have generalized the region of SAARC as
a.Most populated region b.Failed organization c.complex ethno sectarian complex model d.Hegemony of India a cofactor countered by Pakistan e.Most dangerous region. In terms of nuclear offense(proximity or more appropriately convergence of four nuclear vectors.I.e. India,Pakistan ,Russia and china) f.Cpec and game changer or enigma of x factor And lastly Centcom and Asia pacific regionalism.
P.s. Now come to your question: is single book enough as those ascribed by Fpsc? My answer is absolutely NO,since,its the dilemma of Fpsc's copy and pasting.MY GOOOD SUGGESTION IS TRY TO REAX ARTICLES AND NEWSPAPERS along with books. if somebody has disagreement than find me amongst those who are ready for correction. Lastly kept this thing in your mind that there is quite expected that! questions related to ir will be asked in General Science and ability,because some books of If such as Joshua s.Goldstein is recommended in GSA as well.
Thanks[/QUOTE]
Thanks for such elaborated answer . Please clear the point number 6. I didn't get it

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[QUOTE=burnhal;906702]Thanks for such elaborated answer . Please clear the point number 6. I didn't get it

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Stupidity of mine who didn’t mention the no’s correctly. Are you talking about developing south or maps?

[QUOTE=ursula;906771]Stupidity of mine who didn’t mention the no’s correctly. Are you talking about developing south or maps?[/QUOTE]
About developing south?

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Buddy!
Developing south and developed north is a key term in ir, where world poverty and status of any country is proportioned to their contribution in international affairs.i.e.core or central states are enjoying power and economic hegemony at global sphere.These countries are mostly located in North of globe.These regions include Europe,North America,Australia {3 continent}+japan.Ironically Russia and China is not included in developed north,though they are contended to have been.Pakistan is located in developing South.Some other regions are Whole Africa, MENA, Balkans, Caucacsus, Far east Asia, Asean, Latin America, South America and carribean states like Dominican Republics, Cuba and Haiti. Bretton woods self sponsored programs of long term economica reforms, combined with indigenous problems of corruption and mismanagement of resources have exacerbated the crisis in the respective regions. Take the case of pakistan[imf extended loan facility started in 80’s , but with each passing day inflation is heightened]Former colonial states are political subservient of developed south,hence concluded.Hope this time it works.:vic

What book did you studied for I.R? Kindly share

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[QUOTE=burnhal;906786]What book did you studied for I.R? Kindly share

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no of books, unnnnn,even i didnt remember how many they actually were.But i had told you my mechanism of making my own notes.Believe me,i worked on the same pattern i.e. i just cleared my concepts and studied articles and always tried to reproduce the material in simple worlds.Take, for example,cold war ,it is started at the time when Truman informed Stalin that Americans were getting successful in making atom bomb.Later on a tug of war started ,forwarded by war mongering and counter offensive initiations from both sides;even america intimidated china by making nexus with japan in 50 Dwight eisenhower initiated nuclear first strike capability and dominos proposed to halt the communist insurgency, but domino theory was halted in vietnam war;while, in Atlantis it successfully achieved its objective.
The best i can recommend you is to study and make notes from wikipedia,owing to the fact that it uses non technical jargons and has substantial linkages.For example, ive discussed domino theory and just going to wiki you can get further informations.
Lastly your subject selection matters alot.in case of pshchology, sociology or geology and many others ,you will have more difficulty in grasping the main theme of international relations,since if a person doesnt know what realism is, will definitely know nothing in ir.Some of the best books that i've studied are berziznskis grand strategy and american primacy,Kaplans monsoon and revenge of geography.These books have helped me in geography as well,for theories just rely on wiki,for cold war;Rockets and People, Hot days of the cold war is a good book.
Boris Chertok, Asif Siddiqi, National Aeronautics and Space Administration is also a good one.
Take out a single topic and study enough until you get the whole picture.For example,Globalization:think about it from different angels such as economy,politics, sociological point of view and its pros and cons,since i've also opted environmental sciences so i will have to analyse the impact of globalization on global climate as well.Lastly,is it good enough at regional level such as Saarc ,whether it is bridging the gap between north and south. and so on.....

Remember, if you follow my ascribed sequence and even take out a sigle pdf file from google than i'm betting, you will have good command in the subject.Ir is not book oriented field of study, but it is conceptual in origin.Even i have found many discrepancies among the historians about the starting and termination of cold war.Similarly one theory explains that 'world order' is in 'anarchy ';while, other explains that it is exploitative.
Some contend for democracy and other views the capital neofacism as ultimate objective of modern globalism.In short,just clear your concept and generalized your idea.

P.S.it doesn't matter how many books i've studied, but it definitely does matter how much i have retained.

[QUOTE=ursula;906826]no of books, unnnnn,even i didnt remember how many they actually were.But i had told you my mechanism of making my own notes.Believe me,i worked on the same pattern i.e. i just cleared my concepts and studied articles and always tried to reproduce the material in simple worlds.Take, for example,cold war ,it is started at the time when Truman informed Stalin that Americans were getting successful in making atom bomb.Later on a tug of war started ,forwarded by war mongering and counter offensive initiations from both sides;even america intimidated china by making nexus with japan in 50 Dwight eisenhower initiated nuclear first strike capability and dominos proposed to halt the communist insurgency, but domino theory was halted in vietnam war;while, in Atlantis it successfully achieved its objective.
The best i can recommend you is to study and make notes from wikipedia,owing to the fact that it uses non technical jargons and has substantial linkages.For example, ive discussed domino theory and just going to wiki you can get further informations.
Lastly your subject selection matters alot.in case of pshchology, sociology or geology and many others ,you will have more difficulty in grasping the main theme of international relations,since if a person doesnt know what realism is, will definitely know nothing in ir.Some of the best books that i've studied are berziznskis grand strategy and american primacy,Kaplans monsoon and revenge of geography.These books have helped me in geography as well,for theories just rely on wiki,for cold war;Rockets and People, Hot days of the cold war is a good book.
Boris Chertok, Asif Siddiqi, National Aeronautics and Space Administration is also a good one.
Take out a single topic and study enough until you get the whole picture.For example,Globalization:think about it from different angels such as economy,politics, sociological point of view and its pros and cons,since i've also opted environmental sciences so i will have to analyse the impact of globalization on global climate as well.Lastly,is it good enough at regional level such as Saarc ,whether it is bridging the gap between north and south. and so on.....

Remember, if you follow my ascribed sequence and even take out a sigle pdf file from google than i'm betting, you will have good command in the subject.Ir is not book oriented field of study, but it is conceptual in origin.Even i have found many discrepancies among the historians about the starting and termination of cold war.Similarly one theory explains that 'world order' is in 'anarchy ';while, other explains that it is exploitative.
Some contend for democracy and other views the capital neofacism as ultimate objective of modern globalism.In short,just clear your concept and generalized your idea.

P.S.it doesn't matter how many books i've studied, but it definitely does matter how much i have retained.[/QUOTE]
So what you are trying to say is that I study the topics from the syllabus from different sources instead of reading books of I.R?

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[QUOTE=burnhal;906837]So what you are trying to say is that I study the topics from the syllabus from different sources instead of reading books of I.R?

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Buddy,I studied a lot of books and its not possible to clear the concept without studying books.Some of the sites from where i've downloaded books are bookzz.org,Take out a topic and read and read until an idea is cleared.If you have any problem still now than you can discuss with others in the relevant section.By the way its not compulsory that my methodology work in css exam.Because i've seen such a brilliant minds who were unsuccessful in the exam Hope this will work.

[QUOTE=ursula;906847]Buddy,I studied a lot of books and its not possible to clear the concept without studying books.Some of the sites from where i've downloaded books are bookzz.org,Take out a topic and read and read until an idea is cleared.If you have any problem still now than you can discuss with others in the relevant section.By the way its not compulsory that my methodology work in css exam.Because i've seen such a brilliant minds who were unsuccessful in the exam Hope this will work.[/QUOTE]
Thanks brother for your time

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Buddy,i am a your sis.

[QUOTE=ursula;906857]Buddy,i am a your sis.[/QUOTE]
I apologize for I couldn't figure out your name.

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[QUOTE=burnhal;906862]I apologize for I couldn't figure out your name.

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No worries!could you like to start a topic of discussion with me.
If yes, then let me explain the topic[B][U] Realism and international arena of politics:a myth or reality[/U][/B]
Thats our topic of discussion.
Come up with arguments and with good thesis,in this way we can learn. i'm giving you 30 minutes to gather material and present here with arguments. i'm encouraging others as well to discuss their opinions as well.
i expect that it will definitely work.eeeeee

I am not sure if I would be able to do anything good about the topic but will try to gather points.

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Since I am a beginner, so I would like you to take headstart.I have no idea about this topic but definitely want to know.

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[QUOTE=burnhal;906890]Since I am a beginner, so I would like you to take headstart.I have no idea about this topic but definitely want to know.

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No problem, but i feel uncomfortable while moving in a unilateral discussion.
But any way rough sketch is as follow.
Since at the international arena there is no concept of rationality and morality.Everything hovers around a single point and that is [B]power[/B],since power is in absolutism.Realism moves around the same idea and its not a myth but reality.From international institutions to state authority realism is found as extortionist factor.Concept of p5+1, veto politics in general assembly,Natos obbssessive interfarence in worlds different region,supremecy of westernization or more appropiately Americanization,petropolitics and monolithics ideas of dictatorial democracy,is nothing except neorealism.Globalization itself is a form of modern slavery and from media to international politics everything is controlled by big allies and corporate.
It was Henry kessinger who said:
He who controls food control masses ,and he who controls world resources control world geography.From ww-i to GWot everything is intended to realism.Furthermore impact of zero sum game is quite visible in developing countries,take the case of cuba,a small islandic state located at the shore of miami,its independent stance has made it vunerable to american export sanctions and in 50s when fiedel castro tried to nationalized the cuban wealth was shot dead by cia under the operation codename,operation mongoose.

and story goes on....
Henrys quote wasnt remembered accurately so theme was presented.

Sister, what is your qualification ? Have you studied I.R by yourself?

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[QUOTE=burnhal;906904]Sister, what is your qualification ? Have you studied I.R by yourself?

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There is no place for me to answer such questions, but i never studied ir ever since before.i studied all by my ownself.I would feel proud in helping hand and i've displayed an pledge in my image displayed in green that i am just intended to learn here and to help those,who are desperate to learn.Hope you got it.

[QUOTE=ursula;906906]There is no place for me to answer such questions, but i never studied ir ever since before.i studied all by my ownself.I would feel proud in helping hand and i've displayed an pledge in my image displayed in green that i am just intended to learn here and to help those,who are desperate to learn.Hope you got it.[/QUOTE]
I just wanted to know if it is possible to study I.R by oneself or not, that's why I asked . Pardon me but I couldn't understand your reply.

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[QUOTE=burnhal;903753]Please someone help me in making notes for IR by mentioning proper procedure to be followed. Also mention the required sources.
I will be thankful

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best way to make notes is search nd research ..
get a book or two , combine the points , don't halt here , rather google the topic , you'll find different aspects nd points regarding topic .. compile it .. never fail to be coherent nd chronologically accurate ..

[QUOTE=ursula;906906]There is no place for me to answer such questions, but i never studied ir ever since before.i studied all by my ownself.I would feel proud in helping hand and i've displayed an pledge in my image displayed in green that i am just intended to learn here and to help those,who are desperate to learn.Hope you got it.[/QUOTE]

Ursula also share your essay, precis and composition's strategy too.:))

[QUOTE=anabiya mughal;915471]Ursula also share your essay, precis and composition's strategy too.:))[/QUOTE]

inshallah i will do it.:))

[QUOTE=anabiya mughal;915471]Ursula also share your essay, precis and composition's strategy too.:))[/QUOTE]

Slowly but surely, I am posting my all stuff, research material, and notes on CSS forum, I hope you people are checking them out as well.:waiting
Kindly provide me necessary feed back as well, inshallah, I'm committed with my pledge.
Do make some responses as well(because learning is a two way process)

This thread still alive? Anyway, I have studied IR on my own and I find it one interesting subject.

The Scientific Revolution-Behavioral Theory
 

I have a Question regarding the topic The Scientific Revolution-Behavioral Theory. Is this a single topic or 2 different topics because as per Parkash Chandar book it seems to be a single topic but as per VU IR PSC201_Lecture 3 these are 2 different topics. Please help to kill this confusion. Thanks

[QUOTE=sdanishm;920334]I have a Question regarding the topic The Scientific Revolution-Behavioral Theory. Is this a single topic or 2 different topics because as per Parkash Chandar book it seems to be a single topic but as per VU IR PSC201_Lecture 3 these are 2 different topics. Please help to kill this confusion. Thanks[/QUOTE]

I didn't understand what are you asking for?Elaborate a lil bit, please!

[QUOTE=ursula;919104]Slowly but surely, I am posting my all stuff, research material, and notes on CSS forum, I hope you people are checking them out as well.:waiting
Kindly provide me necessary feed back as well, inshallah, I'm committed with my pledge.
Do make some responses as well(because learning is a two way process)[/QUOTE]

Hey Ursula I want to ask someQs please help me out
1- how do you prepare a topic of Ir for example : Realism or Deterrence, How will you prepare this topic and do you make your own notes? Or highlight the important points in the book. What aspects will you cover from these topics?
2- I read from different sources and study from Goldstein and prakash Chandar but still can not solve tricky qs of Ir from past papers, what should i do? Can you please solve a qs here so that I can have an example
3-please suggest some IR related books or links that can make my concept clear
4-please share your strategy of Essay and precis

Ursula, i am waiting for your reply.:blink:

[QUOTE=anabiya mughal;938631]Ursula, i am waiting for your reply.:blink:[/QUOTE]
Apology for giving you long time to wait for my reply; actually, I didn't see your nice questions thats why I remained indifferent.

[QUOTE=anabiya mughal;936369]Hey Ursula I want to ask someQs please help me out
1- how do you prepare a topic of Ir for example [/QUOTE]
I already shared my strategy:since, I told naaa that ir is not an easy nut to be cracked with little effort:you need to first study international organizations or history of USA.
I adopted US history as a weapon of my first choice, and alhamdollilah it did work.
Like you won't understand cold war unless you have no command on pay of pig crisis, kennedys assessination, role of big brothers and pactomaniacs such as Dulles brother.(since i have strong inclination towards history thats why it saved my precious hours)
Either opt US history or international law-in case of both-- its a wonderful selection.
Lastly, I also opted geography, and again thanks to my Allah it really made my day.
[QUOTE] Realism or Deterrence[/QUOTE],
Again history of realism though started at the sun tzu or nicholas Machiavelli, yet demo begins with mcCRthyism: cold war doctrine. if you didn't understand, go to Wikipedia.It uses very simple and understandable jargons.
Refer to deterrance, nuclear deterrence is my favourite topic, since I did mention in my essay that how peace is staked and we have created foes under the guise of such non-sensical expenditures, yeah no need to mention big cartels and multinational industrial complexes--even Dwight eisenhower was being fed up by such advance weaponry system, just merely to intimidate the world and to establish the American vast imperial empire.
Best strategy is to read, read and than write your own notes.
[QUOTE] How will you prepare this topic and do you make your own notes? Or highlight the important points in the book. What aspects will you cover from these topics?[/QUOTE]
Already told that I make my own notes, since for one topic, I study from book+some PDF+some sites+and even I watch TV shows(to sum up these and drawing your own analysis without making notes is like spreading the whole mosaic in a chaotic order)that's why its must to make your own notes, though it is time consuming but it will help you in papers.

[B]Conclusion from Realism and deterrence[/B]

Right my conclusion (though you may disagree)

1.International arena of politics work on realism and anarchy is reigning supreme because of the concept of multipoper world order, yet imperialism of America has competitive advantage in terms of nuclear, military, power, and geostrategic deterrence.In realism propaganda campaigns have some influential bases, that's why we see international bogy man which was communism in cold war era and in contemporary politics replaced with fanatics and obscurtanatist.
2.For developing state like Pakistan, its almost impossible to survive, since we have our own geographical, economical and sociocultural vulnerabilities. I mean, proxies, obssessive sheikhdoms in our politics and having a great game at western border.(list is infinite and I hope its more than enough to get the main idea)
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2- I read from different sources and study from Goldstein and prakash Chandar but still can not solve tricky qs of Ir from past papers, what should i do? Can you please solve a qs here so that I can have an example[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Goldstein is good, go to fpscs recommended books, they will definitely serve the purpose.
Related to question,
Drop in yaraaa, inshallah I will try my level best.
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3-please suggest some IR related books or links that can make my concept clear
4-please share your strategy of Essay and precis[/QUOTE]
Already told and even mention some books, for cold war I study Devils chessboard by David Talbot, but again you won't understand it until you know the history of USA in detail.
P.S.That's my own personal opinion and I hope other seniors would love to guide you as well.
For essay and composition, I took ESL classes, I believe clear your concepts and write as much as you can, rest place your question where you have difficulty inshalah I will try.

Aoa Ursula
Could you kindly share the whole books list you read for IR...i read devil's chessboard and found it very interesting...thanks.