Pols 2401: Global Issues
SI Leader: Clarissa F. Dias
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Chapter 1: International System and Actors
1. What is globalization?
2. What are the four actors in the International System?
3. Define them and give four examples for each actor.
4. Explain the differences among them.
5. What are their roles in the international system and how do they interact with each other?
6. What is sovereignty?
7. What is sovereignty equality?
8. What is the principle of non-intervention?
9. What is the relationship between the principles of sovereignty and non-intervention?
10. In the context of the international system, what is anarchy?
Chapter 4: The State and Its Institutions
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What is a state?
What is the difference between state and government?
What does a state consist of?
Does a state always consist of one nation? Why? Explain and illustrate your answer.
Does a nation always have a state? Explain and illustrate your answer.
What is supranationalism?
What are the positive and negative aspects of nationalism?
Chapter 5: Intergovernmental Organization: The United Nations
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What are IGOs?
What IGO replaced the League of Nations? Why? Explain.
What are the main purposes of the UN?
What are the main principles of the UN?
What are the six main organs of the United Nations? Explain their functions.
What is the position of the UN on the use of force?
Peacekeeping
a. Traditional
b. Multidimensional
Chapter 1 and Chapter 2: Historical Context
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What is the Peace of Westphalia?
Explain the historical context in which the World War I occurred.
What was/were the purpose(s) of the Treaty of Versailles?
Under what conditions did the World War II happen?
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5. What was the containment policy/strategy? Explain the historical context during that
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6. Explain the historical context of the Cold War.
7. Explain the historical context of the Post-Cold War.
Rwanda (Video and Outline)
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When was Rwanda independence?
What are the Arusha Accords and when did they occur?
When did the genocide happen and why did it happen?
What was the UN’s role in Rwanda?
What, if anything, did this mean for the UN’s ability to prevent violence?
Chapter 5: International Law
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What is international law?
Why do we have it?
Who makes international law?
What are the sources of international law?
What are the types of enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance with the
international law?
What is the ICJ? What does it do? What is the extent of its jurisdiction?
What is the ICC? What does it do? What is the extent of its jurisdiction?
What is the ICTR? What does it do? What is the extent of its jurisdiction?
What are the differences among those courts?
Miscellaneous questions
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What is soft power?
What is hard power?
What are cash crops?
What are the effects of decolonization?
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