What is the rationale of Non-aligned movement after the end of Cold War?
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Whmh core values keep non-alignment relevant even after Cold War has ended?
Non-aligned Movement was based on a recognition that decolonised states shared a historical affiliation and can become powerful force if they come together. It meant that very small and poor countries need not become followers of any big power, instead they could persue an independent foreign policy also. It was based on a resolve to democratise the international system to redress existing inequities also.
Why did the superpowers have military alliances with smaller countries? Give three reasons.
1. Why was the Soviet Union worried about America invading Cuba?
2. In response to the action taken by America, what did Nikita Khrushchev do?
3. Why were the two superpowers reluctant to start nuclear war?
What was India's foreign policy towards the USandUSSR during the Cold War era? Do you think that this policy helped India's interests?
Name any two foreign leaders alongwith the countries they belonged to, who are recognised as the founders of NAM.
What led to the emergence of bipolar world? What were the arenas of Cold War between the two power blocs?
1. Why is a war like situation called Cold War?
2. Identify one military pact each signed by each of the two super powers to balance the power rivalries.
3. Differentiate between the ideologies represented by the rival blocs.
Sometimes it is said that the Cold War was a simple struggle for power and that ideology had nothing to do with it. Do you agree with this? Give one example to support your position.
Name any two founders of Non-aligned Movement. The first NAM summit was the culmination of which three factors?
NAM was considered a third option' by third world countries! How did this option benefit their growth during the peak of the Cold War?
On the political map of world locate and level the following by giving symbols to them:
Study the given map of the world in which six different countries have been marked 1,2,3,4,5,6. Identify these countries with their names and classify them as first, second, third world countries.
1. Describe any six factors responsible for the disintegration of USSR.
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What is meant by New International Economic Order? Mention any four reforms of the global trading system proposed by UNCTAD in 1972.
" Non-alignment does not imply neutrality or equidistance."What does this statement mean?
What do you th nk about the statement that NAM has bdcoPie irrelevant today? Give reasons to support your opinion.
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What is the relevance of non-aligned movement after the end of Cold War?
What was the difference in the ideology of Western Alliances and that of Eastern Alliances?
The Cold War produced an arms race as well as arms control. What were the reasons for both these development?
Why did India distance itself from the two camps led by the U.S. and the Soviet Union? Explain.
"The drop of bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US was a political game."Justify the statement.
Why did India distance itself from the two camps led by the U.S. and the Soviet Union? Explain.
1. What does NATO stand for?
2. What was NATO's policy?
3. What was Warsaw Pact?
4. Mention the main function of Warsaw Pact.
Study the given map and identify these countries from each of rival blocs. Name and categorise them. These countries have been symbolised as A, B, C, D, E, F.