10: Assessment: Can global interactions improve the world?

Activity 1 - What was our inquiry?

Activity Tasks

Mind-Map - Create a concept-map using Padlet, Mindmup or any other similar mind-mapping tool (or create a sketchnote by hand!) to unpack and brainstorm the statement of inquiry for this unit:

Globalisation encourages greater interdependence amongst states, which can lead to new forms of positive and negative interaction

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Concepts - Make sure you include the following concepts for this unit as sub-headings:
1. Key Concept - Global Interactions
2. Related Global Politics Concepts - Interdependence
3. Global Context - Globalisation and Sustainability (Commonality, diversity and interconnection)
Define - For each concept/global context, try to research and formulate your own definitions.
Link - Link connected concepts/ideas with arrows.

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Recall - Now fill in your mind-map with key real world examples and facts about the main concepts and ideas of the topic. Be sure to include details and examples of the following forms of cooperation/conflict to illustrate:
1. Global Governance - Global Governance Regimes, Bretton Woods (World Bank, IMF, WTO), Washington Consensus (Neoliberalism), Paris Climate Agreement
2. Cooperation - Treaties (UNCLOS), Collective Security (NATO), Strategic Alliances (China/Africa), Economic Cooperation (China & RCEP), Informal Cooperation (Extraordinary Rendition)
3. Conflict - Interstate vs Intrastate, Modern Conflicts, Post-Modern Conflicts (Syrian Civil War), Terrorism: Insurrectionary, Loner, Nationalist, Global, New Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism (IRA, Al Qaeda)

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Reflect - Examine the statement of inquiry for the unit again. With a partner, brainstorm how each of the following theoretical foundations might interpret the statement of inquiry: realism, liberalism, critical
Discuss - Can global interactions improve the world? Take a minute to review your ideas, before discussing with the class.
Revise - Using this Lesson Presentation and your revision notes so far, revise for a Paper 1 test on the topic of global interactions.
Essay Plan - Try practicing for your Paper 1 test by essay planning previous questions on this topic. Use the essay mark-scheme to help:
1. Evaluate the effectiveness of collective security in responding to threats from state and non-state actors - May 2019
2. To what extent do you agree with the claim that economic cooperation hinders state sovereignty? - November 2018
3. Examine the claim that economically powerful states are able to manipulate global governance institutions to their advantage - May 2017
4. Examine the claim that increased interactions and interconnectedness in global politics have fundamentally changed the nature of state sovereignty - May 2015
5. “Global politics is characterized more by cooperation than by conflict.” Discuss. - Specimen Paper

Globalisation encourages greater interdependence amongst states, which can lead to new forms of positive and negative interaction

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