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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Part-II
Marks: 100
1.A. Evolution of International Relations since 1914,
The First World War and the Second World War
Birth & Demise of the Cold War-Sino Soviet Conflict and Cooperation
European Imperialism and its Consequences.
B. Global Security Issues
Future World Order Questions
Global Arms Trade
Internatinal Terrorism
Ethnic Conflict and Territorial Fragmentantion
Peace Research and Future Perception of Security.
2. A New World Order -post-cold war US foreign policy and impact of 9/11. The End of History and
'The Clash of Civilizations', Resurgence of Russia in the New Millennium, Chinese preparedness to
play global role, Japanese nuclear ambition.
3. World - Ethnic conflicts in the post-cold Warthe cases of Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Chechnya,
Tamil Crisis, Moro Problem, Darfur Crisis.
4. Changing Role of the UNO
Implications
The UN and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
The UN and Regional Arrangement
The UN Charter and Regionalism: Functionalism and Neo-Functionalism
The question of restructuring the UN.
5. WTO and regional trading blocks:
BIRD, IMF, ASEAN, SAARC, GCC, APEC.
Role of the MNCs
Role of NGOs
6. Non-Aligned Movement and Commonwealth.
7. Major international Flashpoints: Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea and Kashmir, South
Africa's transition to multiracial democracy.
8. Enlargement of NATO and EU and its consequences.
9. Feminism and Post-Feminism.
10. Policy Issues and International Politics:
Bangladesh, India Japan, UK, USA.