Unit 5: HL extension · Global political challenges
Topic 5.1: Borders Questions
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Analyse why border disputes are so difficult to resolve.
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Analyse the causes of a contested territorial border.
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Explain the tension between state sovereignty and human rights in migration.
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Analyse how a border case study can be used to answer a Paper 3 question.
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Explain why maritime borders have become a growing source of international tension.
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Discuss the view that the same tensions run through every kind of border challenge.
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Discuss the view that most border disputes are better left frozen than forced to a resolution.
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Discuss the view that existing borders should never be changed by force.
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Discuss the view that international law is the best way to resolve maritime border disputes.
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Discuss the view that states should prioritise controlling their borders over protecting migrants' rights.
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To what extent is a strong case study more important than a strong argument in Paper 3? (synthesise across the challenge)
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To what extent can migration be managed by individual states acting alone? (synthesise across the challenge)
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Recommend how the international community should respond to a contested territorial border.
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To what extent are contested borders best understood as a problem of power rather than of identity? (synthesise across the challenge)
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Recommend how states should resolve a maritime border dispute over a resource-rich sea.
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Recommend how a long-frozen border dispute could be resolved.
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To what extent are border disputes better understood as conflicts over identity than over resources? (synthesise across the challenge)
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Recommend how states should respond to large mixed flows of migrants and refugees.
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Using a case study you have studied, recommend how a borders challenge should be addressed.
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To what extent do maritime border disputes show that international law is only as strong as the states that back it? (synthesise across the challenge)
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