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2023
Q. No. 2. John Mearsheimer blames the United States for the ongoing Ukraine Crisis. How
do you assess this crisis? Support your argument by drawing empirical evidence
from the conflict scenarios.
Q. No. 3. What are the various strands of the Indo-Pacific construct of the U.S. and its allies?
What are the options for Pakistan to deal with the significance assigned to India in the Indo-pacific region?
Q. No. 4. Write a detailed note on evolving domestic political dynamics of Afghanistan in the wake of U.S. withdrawal from the country. Discuss key constraints to Pakistan’s foreign policy towards Afghanistan.
Q. No. 5. Pakistan is reckoned among the top 10 most vulnerable countries to climate change. What urgent policy measures Pakistan need to initiate to mitigate the climate effects?
Q. No. 6. Pakistan has affirmed its commitment to the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How modest is Pakistan’s progress on SDGs and what are the challenges that Pakistan faces in realizing these goals?
Q. No. 7. How has India’s scrapping of its constitutional law (articles 370 and 35A) that grants special status to the Indian-administered Kashmir impacted the legal standing of Kashmir dispute?
Q. No. 8. How are international financial institutions i.e., FATF, IMF and multilateral organizations used as tool of coercion and what are options for countries like Pakistan to safeguard their interests?
2022
Q2. What are the key features of the US new Indo-Pacific strategy under Joe Biden’s administration? How does it treat China?
Q3. What are the Russian objectives behind the military intervention in Ukraine? Discuss whether western sanctions can prove effective as an instrument to counter the Russian act.
Q4. Why does South Asia remain the least integrated region in the world? What lessons can SAARC draw from the EU and ASEAN experience in regional integration?
Q5. How have the nuclear doctrines of India and Pakistan evolved? What do their current doctrines imply for deterrence stability in South Asia?
Q6. Define the “Balancing Act” in International Relations. What are Pakistan’s imperatives and constraints with regard to maintaining balance in relations with the major powers?
Q7. Examine the achievements and challenges in EU-Pakistan relations from the perspective of International political economy.
Q8. What are China’s interests in Afghanistan? Discuss its role and options in the country following the US exit.
2021
Q. No. 2. Examine China Strategic Vision behind ‘The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)’, also known as the One Belt One Road (OBOR).
Q. No. 3. Give a critical appraisal of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy in perspective of Climate Change.
Q. No. 4. What could be the reasons of emerging water conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Q. No. 5. Discuss National Energy Policy of Pakistan in the context of CPEC signed in 2015.
Q. No. 6. What is pandemic? How can the pandemic management strategy be made part of the governance systems of Pakistan?
Q. No. 7. Why and when was the BRICS established? Which countries are part of BRICS? (20)
Q. No. 8. How can Pakistan develop credible capabilities to deter ‘Hybrid’ warfare?
2020
Q. 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
Q. 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.
Q. 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
Q. No. 5. Differentiate between Washington consensus and Beijing consensus. Is Beijing consensus a challenge to the Washington consensus?
Q. No. 6. Comment in detail on mechanism of conflict resolution between Pakistan and Afghanistan and on Durand line issue.
Q. No. 7. Discuss Russia’s return to South Asia and United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy. (20)
Q. No. 8. Explain the following diagram in the light of multi-track diplomacy. Which is the most important track of diplomacy and why?
2019
Q. No. 2. What were the foundational principles of Nazism using which Hitler raised to power in Germany?
Q. No. 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?
Q. No. 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?
Q. No. 5. SAARC is facing an existential crisis. How do functionalists explain the failure of SAARC as a regional organization?
Q. No. 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.
Q. No. 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.
Q. No. 8. What are the major policy prescriptions of structural adjustment and stabilization of the World Bank and IMF vis-à-vis Pakistan?
2018
Q. No. 2. To what extent did the regime established in Russia by the Bolsheviks represent it’s revolutionary ideology for consumerism, political stability, law and order and social progress?
Q. No. 3. Evaluate the strength and liabilities of “containment of world revolution policy” during the cold war.
Q. No. 4. The manner in which a nation’s ideology dominates its foreign policy is constantly in confusion. Explore the relationship between capitalist democracy and foreign policy of United States of America.
Q. No. 5. An analysis of the anatomy of foreign policy is an essential pre-requisite to an understanding of the dynamics of International Relations. Analyze the central theme of Pakistan’s foreign policy in the war against terrorism?
Q. No. 6. One of the most serious dilemmas of the South-Asian politics is the contentious relations between Pakistan and India. What measures would you consider for normalization between the two neighbors?
Q. No. 7. Prepare a study in which you assess the possibility of settlement of the Kashmir conflict such as in the case of East Timor or Bosnian crisis?
Q. No. 8. The most compelling challenge facing Afghanistan today is, dealing with Afghan Taliban. What do you think of a political engagement and accommodation between Afghan government and Taliban giving way to stability in the region?
2017
Q. No. 2. Evaluate the significance of conflict between India and Pakistan in global perspective of terrorism.
Q. No. 3. Elaborate Systems Thinking Theory in view of Pakistan and Globalization.
Q. No. 4. Determine the factors in emergence of Neoliberal Institutionalism; highlight your discussion with practices of International Financial Institutions and Pakistan.
Q. No. 5. How can the energy Crisis of Pakistan be resolved? Emphasize your discussion vis-a-vis China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Q. No. 6. Evaluate the significance of water conflict between India and Pakistan in perspective of Indus Water Treaty.
Q. No. 7. Discuss “Nuclear Factor” as one of the major determinants of International politics with reference to USA, India and Pakistan.
Q. No. 8. Pakistan is one of the top 10 countries hit by global climate change trends: what can be the ways and means to manage climate change trends?

2016
Q. No. 2. Discuss the core causes of “Bolshevik Revolution” in Russia and explain its fundamental political and socio-economic impact on the Western European politics.
Q. No. 3. Critically analyze Samuel P. Huntington’s concept of “Clash of Civilizations”. Define its main characteristics and explain its devastating consequences on the different leading civilizations of the nations.
Q. No. 4. Discuss the moral imperatives of “Indian Foreign Policy” with the contending spirit of “Panchsheel” and evaluate how much it helps to strengthen diplomatic objectives of the country’s foreign policy?
Q. No. 5. Critically discuss main political, socio-economic and strategic hurdles between “Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations” and how can both countries come out from the Cold War scenario?
Q. No. 6. Discuss the “Moral Dimensions of Pakistan’s Nuclear Programme”. Explain its essential features and justify its offensive gesture which maintained the national and regional strategic balance.
Q. No. 7. Critically discuss the fundamental factors of “Greece Economic Crisis” which need huge financial assistance from European Union and IMF as a debt relief to create “a breathing space” to stabilize economy and explain out-of-the-box solution for the crisis-ridden country.
Q. No. 8. Pakistan has formally joined Saudi Arabia’s led 34-state Islamic military alliance to contain terrorism and extremism in Southwest Asia. Critically discuss whether or not Pakistan participates in the newly formed military alliance against terrorism and explain its political, socio-cultural and strategic implications on the country.
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