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B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 4 Political Science (International Relations and Organisation) 2022 Apr (70 marks) Question Paper with Solutions
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Q1Discuss the reasons for the growth of Internationalism.[10]
Answer
For full marks, cover: internationalism in one line; the reasons for its growth, traced in five waves: (1) the nineteenth-century technical unions and humanitarian law (the Telegraph Union, 1865; the Postal Union, Bern 1874; the Red Cross, 1863; the Hague Conferences); (2) the First World War and the League and the ILO (1919 to 1920); (3) the Second World War, nuclear weapons and the UN system (1945; Bretton Woods; the Universal Declaration, 1948); (4) decolonisation and the demands of the South (resolution 1514, 1960; the Group of 77, 1964; the NIEO, 1974); (5) globalisation and global problems (the WTO, 1995; the SDGs and the Paris Agreement, 2015; COVID-19, 2020); the ideas behind the waves (Kant, Wilson, Tagore, Nehru); the forces that hold internationalism back; a conclusion.
Internationalism in one line
Internationalism is the belief and practice of co-operation among nations for their common good, while each keeps its own identity. It has grown in waves, each driven by new needs.
Reasons for its growth: five waves
1. The nineteenth century: technical needs and humanitarian ideals
The telegraph, railways and steamships carried messages and goods across borders, and states needed common rules for them. The International Telegraph Union was founded in 1865. The Treaty of Bern of 9 October 1874 created the General Postal Union, later the Universal Postal Union. These "public international unions" showed that states could co-operate on practical matters without giving up sovereignty.
Humanitarian ideals grew at the same time. The International Committee of the Red Cross was founded in Geneva in 1863 at the initiative of Henry Dunant. The Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907 created the Permanent Court of Arbitration and wrote rules for the conduct of war.
2. The First World War: the League and the ILO
The war of 1914 to 1918 killed millions and showed what unchecked nationalism could do. President Wilson's fourteenth point called for "A general association of nations". The League of Nations came into existence on 10 January 1920. The International Labour Organisation was set up under the peace treaty of 1919 to improve conditions of work. For the first time, states built standing organisations for peace and social justice.
3. The Second World War, nuclear weapons and the UN system
The second world war and the atomic bombs of 1945 made co-operation a matter of survival. The UN Charter, in force from 24 October 1945, opens with the resolve "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". The Bretton Woods conference of July 1944 created the IMF and the World Bank to manage the world economy. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 set common standards for all peoples. Specialised agencies such as the WHO followed.
4. Decolonisation and the demands of the South
As colonies became free, the number of states multiplied and the UN grew from 51 members to 193. The General Assembly declared in resolution 1514 of 1960 that "All peoples have the right to self-determination". Developing countries organised themselves: the Group of 77 issued its Joint Declaration at Geneva on 15 June 1964. In 1974 the General Assembly called for a New International Economic Order based on "interdependence, common interest and co-operation among all States". Internationalism now meant justice between rich and poor as well as peace.
5. Globalisation and global problems
From the 1990s trade, finance, technology and travel bound the world more tightly. The World Trade Organization began on 1 January 1995. Problems no state can solve alone came to the fore. In 2015 states adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change, which aims to hold warming "well below 2°C". The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 showed again that disease ignores borders.
The ideas behind the waves
Each wave drew on ideas. Immanuel Kant's Perpetual Peace (1795) proposed a federation of free states. Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points gave the idea of a league its political form. In India, Rabindranath Tagore warned against narrow nationalism in his lectures of 1916 and 1917. Jawaharlal Nehru's foreign policy aimed, as he told the US Congress in 1949, at preserving peace and enlarging human freedom. India's ancient ideal, "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" (the world is one family), expresses the same spirit.
Forces that hold it back
Internationalism has not replaced nationalism. Great powers still put their interests first, the Security Council veto can block action, and some states withdraw from agreements when it suits them. Its growth has been real but uneven.
Conclusion. Internationalism grew because new needs kept arising: practical co-operation and humanitarian ideals in the nineteenth century, and the horror of two world wars. Nuclear danger and the UN system, decolonisation and the demands of the South, and globalisation and global problems added to it. Ideas from Kant and Wilson to Tagore and Nehru guided each wave. National interest still limits it, but the reasons for its growth have only become stronger.
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