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Unit 3: Global actors

11 dot points across 11 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How has China risen as a power in the Asia-Pacific, what national interests drive it, and how effectively does it use its instruments of power?

What instruments of foreign policy do states use to pursue their national interests, and how do they choose between diplomacy, economic tools and force?

Who are the key global actors and what aims, roles and power do they bring to contemporary global politics?

What are national interests, how are they categorised, and how do states pursue them in contemporary global politics?

What are non-government organisations, what aims, roles and power do they hold, and how effectively do they influence states and other global actors?

Who are the major actors in the Asia-Pacific, what national interests drive them, and how do their pursuits of power create cooperation and conflict?

What is a state, why is sovereignty central to it, and how is state sovereignty challenged in contemporary global politics?

What is the United Nations, what are its purposes and principal organs, and how effective is it as a global actor in contemporary global politics?

What national interests drive the United States in the Asia-Pacific, what instruments of power does it use, and how effectively does it sustain its regional position against a rising China?

What are transnational corporations, what aims, roles and power do they hold, and how far do they rival states as global actors?

What are the different types of power that global actors use, and how effective is each as an instrument for pursuing national interests?