Global Issues
40 marks — security, political economy, human rights, environment, terrorism, nuclear politics, Kashmir, Palestine.
Syllabus sub-points
Verbatim from the official FPSC syllabus — what an examiner can ask under this topic.
- International Security
- International Political Economy
- Human Rights
- Environment: Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen Accord
- Population: world population trends and policies
- Terrorism and Counter Terrorism
- Global Energy Politics
- Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Security
- Nuclear Politics in South Asia
- International Trade (Doha Development Round and Bali Package)
- Cooperation and Competition in Arabian Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans
- Millennium Development Goals — current status
- Globalization
- Middle East Crisis
- Kashmir Issue
- Palestine Issue
Lessons
- 18 minGlobal Security, Political Economy and the New Order
How great-power competition, the Russia-Ukraine war, the China-US rivalry and a shifting global economy are reshaping international order.
- 29 minHuman Rights, Climate, Terrorism and Unresolved Conflicts
A survey of contemporary human rights debates, climate governance, terrorism, and the long-running Kashmir and Palestine questions — with Pakistan's stakes in each.
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Quiz on Global Issues