Quick questions on Global crisis case study: VCE Politics

Linking causes to the concepts of national interest and power shows examiners you can apply theory, not just narrate events.

Organise consequences by type and scale.

Evaluate responses actor by actor.

The decisive skill is judgement. Responses were effective at sustaining Ukraine, mobilising condemnation and imposing economic cost, and at relieving humanitarian need. They were limited in ending the conflict, holding Russia legally accountable, and overcoming the structural weakness of a Security Council that a major power can block. A defensible conclusion is that global responses managed and contained the crisis more than they resolved it.

Responses contained and managed the crisis but did not resolve it.

Western military and financial support sustained Ukraine; sanctions imposed long-term cost; the General Assembly condemned the invasion; UN agencies and NGOs relieved suffering.

The Security Council was vetoed by Russia; sanctions were evaded as some states kept trading; the occupation and war continued; accountability stalled.

Weighing both, responses were effective at managing and containing the crisis and at imposing cost, but limited in resolving it, because the structure of the system lets a major power block collective action.

Identify one long-term and one short-term cause of your chosen global crisis. [4 marks]

Explain two consequences of your chosen global crisis. [6 marks]

Evaluate the effectiveness of global actors' responses to your chosen crisis. [10 marks]