HP-S4+History+2010+Topics

- A brief survey of the world since the Cold War: New Order & Old Chaos
 * 1: Causes of global conflicts and tensions: A Macro Study**
 * 2a: Causes of Arab-Israeli Conflict in the Middle-east**
 * 2b:Reconciliation of Arab-Israeli Conflict in the Middle-east- Myth or reality?**

- Reasons for the formation of Asean - Success & failure of ASEAN - Reasons for limited success 4b: **The role of the United Nations in global affairs**: Achievements & limitations
 * 3: Domestic tensions and conflicts in Indonesia: A Historical Analysis**
 * 4a: An appraisal of ASEAN in South-east Asian politics**

5: **Ways of resolving conflicts**: Use of Diplomacy and deterrence in the world today and Singapore

6. Indo-Pakistani relations in South Asian Indian-Sub-continent ** a: The partition of India in 1947 into India and Pakistan: Causes b: Causes of strained Indo-Pakistani tensions & conflicts (1947-2000) c: Resolving the Indo-Pakistani conflict: Grounds for Optimism or Pessimism? a) **Sino-Japanese relations** 1945-2005 -Causes & implications
 * Contemporary India
 * Armed conflicts (eg 1947,65,71), nuclear arms race, the Kashmiri Issue and the role of leaders
 * Contemporary China **
 * 7. China’s Foreign Relations **(1945- 2000)
 * b) **** The Cold War legacies: The Cross-straits tensions between Mainland China & Taiwan* **