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  • Regionalisation of World Politics: EU, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC, NAFTA

    • Regionalisation
      • How does the regionalism shape the world politics? Explain with examples.
      • Give reasons for Regionalisation of world politics.
    • Comment: G - 77
    • Comment: Political and legal status of C.I.S.
    • Comment: OAU and conflicts in Africa
    • NATO
      • Do you agree with the view that the USA uses NATO as a traditional tool of strategy to perpetuate its hegemony in the world?
      • Comment: Russia and NATO
    • Comment: US role in the OAS
    • EU
      • Do you agree with the view that the EU has thus far proved to be the most successful experiment in the regional integration processes? Account for its successes and also some of the recent challenges that it is faced with.
      • Account for the rise of European Union as a highly influential regional organisation.
      • Explain India's relations with the European Union in the context of Brexit.
      • How has ‘BREXIT’ affected the regionalisation process initiated by European Union and what could be its likely impacts in the regionalization process of world politics?
      • “The European Union has become the most politically influential, economically powerful and demographically diverse regional entity in the world.” Discuss.
      • How did the European Union emerge as a successful case of regional organisation? Is it replicable in other regions?
      • Comment: The European Union
      • Comment: Maastricht Treaty
    • Comment: West Asian Peace Conference at Madrid, 1991
    • ASEAN
      • Explain the success of ASEAN as a regional organisation.
      • Critically analyze the role of ASEAN in the promotion of regional peace and security through economic cooperation and trade.
      • Comment: India’s interest in ASEAN
      • Comment: ‘ASEAN’ as third world model of regional cooperation
    • NAFTA
      • What were the limitations of NAFTA? How did its replacement by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement counter them? Explain.
      • American President Donald Trump’s proposal to withdraw from the ‘NAFTA’ would bring unforeseen consequences to the regionalization of world politics. Elaborate.
      • The effort in restricting illegal migration from Mexico to U.S.A. and Canada has been one major gain for the United States through NAFTA. Comment
    • Substantiate APEC as a regional economic and trade arrangement.
    • SAARC
      • “Since its inception the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has failed to deliver on its promises.” What initiatives should be taken to reinvigorate the organization?
      • “Despite so many agreed areas of cooperation, innumerable institutional mechanisms and a permanent secretariat, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has not taken off as a meaningful regional grouping.” Discuss.
    • Evaluate the role of BIMSTEC in multi-sectoral technical and economic cooperation.
    • QUAD
      • Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) performs an important role in India's strategic balancing act to withstand the dominance of China in Asia. Discuss.
      • Write about the growing significance of QUAD.
  1. PYQs and Practice Questions
  2. UPSC Optionals
  3. PSIR Optional
  4. Regionalisation of World Politics: EU, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC, NAFTA
  5. SAARC

“Since its inception the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has failed to deliver on its promises.” What initiatives should be taken to reinvigorate the organization? (UPSC 2018, 15 Marks, )

  1. Posted by: Synopsis IAS
  2. Posted on:21 July 2025
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