Practice Questions

Propose one confidence-building measure (CBM) that India and Pakistan could implement to reduce military tensions.

Define 'alliance building' as a component of traditional security policy.

Contrast the status of 'migrants' and 'refugees' under international law.

Name the two disarmament conventions mentioned in the chapter that banned specific types of weapons of mass destruction.

List four new sources of threats discussed under non-traditional security.

Analyze the concept of 'deterrence' as a component of traditional security policy.

Examine the primary purpose of forming a military alliance from a traditional security perspective.

Define the term 'security' in its most basic sense as discussed in the chapter.

Propose a reason why internal conflicts now constitute the vast majority of armed conflicts worldwide.

Evaluate whether a nation should prioritize 'freedom from want' or 'freedom from fear' when formulating its human security policy.

Explain why internal security was not given as much importance by powerful countries after the Second World War.

Explain the idea of 'cooperative security' and identify the actors it may involve.

Demonstrate how international cooperation is essential for tackling health epidemics as a non-traditional security threat.

Apply the concept of 'Confidence Building Measures' (CBMs) to a hypothetical scenario of rising tensions between two neighboring nuclear-armed countries.

Examine how a state can maintain a 'balance of power' according to the traditional security perspective.

Summarize the key ideas of 'human security' and 'global security'.

Identify the referent of security in traditional and non-traditional conceptions.

Recall two reasons why the security challenges for newly-independent countries of Asia and Africa were different from those in Europe after the Second World War.

Summarize the difference between a migrant and a refugee according to international law.

Apply the 'broad' concept of human security to the issue of global warming.

Evaluate the role of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the framework of cooperative security.

Examine the role of the United Nations in addressing human rights violations, according to the text.

Critique the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) from the perspective of a newly developing nation.

List the three basic choices a government has when responding to the threat of war, according to the traditional security perspective.

Critique the argument that military alliances, a key component of traditional security, are becoming obsolete in the face of globalized threats.

Formulate an argument against the use of military intervention by the international community to stop human rights abuses, citing potential negative consequences.

Compare and contrast the primary referent of security in traditional and non-traditional notions.

Analyze the difference between 'arms control' and 'disarmament' as methods of cooperation in traditional security, using one example for each.

Explain the concept of 'balance of power' as a component of traditional security policy.

Compare and contrast the nature of internal and external threats as understood in the traditional security framework, explaining why powerful Western countries focused more on external threats after 1945.

Justify the argument that non-traditional security threats, such as pandemics and climate change, now pose a greater danger to state sovereignty than traditional military threats.

Evaluate the statement: 'In the traditional conception of security, military force is both the principal threat to security and the principal means of achieving it.'

Justify the expansion of the concept of security to include 'human security,' focusing on the idea that 'secure states do not automatically mean secure peoples.'

Compare and contrast the security challenges faced by newly-independent countries of Asia and Africa with those faced by the powerful European countries after the Second World War.

Critique the 'balance of power' approach as a primary strategy for ensuring national security in an era of global interdependence and non-state actors.

Justify the Indian government's decision to conduct nuclear tests in 1998 as a necessary component of its traditional security strategy, considering the international criticism it faced.

Design a national security policy for a small, coastal developing nation like the Maldives, prioritizing non-traditional threats such as climate change and economic instability.

Analyze why terrorism is considered a non-traditional threat to security, even though it involves violence.

Describe the main difference between 'disarmament' and 'arms control'.

Examine the argument that global poverty is a source of insecurity, connecting it to other threats like conflict and migration.

Describe the four broad components of India's security strategy.

Explain the concept of 'confidence building' as a means of cooperation in traditional security.

Formulate a cooperative security framework for the South Asian region to address the shared threats of terrorism and cross-border migration.

Analyze the four main components of India's security strategy, demonstrating how it addresses both traditional and non-traditional threats.

Evaluate the effectiveness of India's four-pronged security strategy in addressing both traditional and non-traditional threats in the 21st century.