(21/04/2023)

Japan
- Meiji Restoration and the Tokugawa Shogunate

China
- FP of the Imperial Regent

Philippine Action Plan

MDG vs SDG

3 Pillars of FP

Elections since 1987

Foreign Direct Investments and Protectionism

ASEAN Economic Integration

Monetary vs Fiscal Policy

Political economy affected by economic policies

2 PH Core Values

.5 or .7 ballpen

(22/04/2023)

I. English AM
- Summarize the contents of graphs/ tables/ charts
- Pick the most important parts of the data; Dont dwell on the stuff that
doesn't matter
- What is measured: how you articulate yourself and structure your arguments (Ex.
Questions: How to make the health system more inclusive?)
- Political event - use an IR framework in your analysis
II. International Relations PM
- Current events - reaction to it; answer a specific question
- Ukraine & NATO (specific: China's 12-point peace plan)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Taiwan
- North Korea
- Japan re-armament
- RCEP & CPTPP
- AUKUS
- Myanmar & Rohingya & 2020 coup
- India surpassing China
- US Elections
- Sudan
- COP 27 (Loss and Damages)
- BRICS
- QUAD
- Oil-producing countries and cartels
- Position of diff countries on issues
 - Kosovo and Taiwan: Should PH support their UN (?) membership bid? BE
PRAGMATIC
- Read up on Ukraine - Russo War - Don’t be biased, be careful with your word -
usage
- Should the PH join other countries in implementing sanctions against Russia? -
Think about the capacity of the PH and; Position of the PH in the international
system and its material capabilities (military and economic)
- What is ASEAN Centrality? - Study on concepts and IR jargon and international
agreements: Abraham Accords, Outer Space Treaty, Common Membership of
Mankind
- ASEAN Way/ASEAN Centrality
- Socialism with Chinese characteristics
- Russky Mir (Russian World)
- Manifest Destiny
- Liberal Peace Theory
- Diplomatic immunity
- Rules-based order
- Unipolarity/bipolarity/multipolarity
- Sovereignty/Sovereign Rights
- Realism/liberalism/constructivism/Marxism
- SDGs
- UDHR and HR covenants
- Labor migration interdependence
- Finlandization
- Balkanization
- One Country, Two Systems
- One China Policy
- Demographic Shift
- West PH Sea vs. South China Sea
- Dollar as reserve currency
- Study on IR Concepts - Sovereignty, Westphalian State, UNCLOS,
VIENNA Convention, Diplomatic Immunities
- Name a conflict that involves a body of water apart from SCS - Suez Canal and
Egypt; Mekong River in Mainland Asia
- Land disputes?
III. Filipino AM
- 10%
- Translation from eng - fil
- Relate a poem (literary piece) to current events - be creative in your interpretation
and analysis
- Answer in Filipino
- Analysis of a certain speech
- Learn about one or two cultural artifacts - music, literature, art
IV. PH political, economic, and cultural conditions PM
- Pros and cons of a parliamentary system
- Study on political, economic, and cultural affairs
- Identify a social trait and its pros and cons
- Present conditions of Aeta
- Is there merit in integrating Baybayin into the PH modern education
- Is family important to the PH society or how important is its role to PH society (?)
- Discuss the role of fake news in the recent PH election and its role in the return
of the Marcoses - again, be pragmatic; don’t be too biased
- PH issues
- Marcos restoration
- Fake News & Press Freedom
- Political dynasties
- Charter change
 - Mandanas ruling
- Bangsamoro
- EDCA
- Benham Rise
- ICC & War on Drugs & UNJP
- Interest rate hikes & Inflation
- 4Ps
- Military and civilian pension reform
V. World History AM
- Crazy questions
- Who was the desert fox?
- Discuss 13th-century trade and the rise of Islam in Africa. - Just show off as
much as you know (purpose of trade and the expansion of trade networks)
- What is the Louisiana Purchase and its role in the acquisition of the US
continental power
- Be smart about how you study - look for youtube videos
- straight explainers
- simple history
- extra history
- History Scope
- Politics with Paint
- Kraut
- crash course
- ted ed
- Caspian report
- vox
- real-life lore
- TLDR News Global
- Biographics
- The Armchair Historian

- funny explainers
- history matters
- oversimplified
- hoser

- news explainers
- Wall Street Journal
- The Telegraph
- South China Morning Post
- BBC
- The Economist
- Vice News
- AJ Start Here
- 60 Minutes

- PH-specific explainers
- TV5 news explained
- GMA News Digital Exclusives

VI. Foreign Language PM

- Spanish - write a letter to a friend explaining stuff: learn basic sentence
construction
- Instructions are written in the foreign language of your choice

- You’ll be given 3-4 hours per session

 - Read the instructions carefully
- BE PRAGMATIC CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS
- Ideal length: at least 1 whole page but be concise. Show off but arguments should be
structured - 1st sentence should be the thesis statement!
- Pick the question that you would have the capacity to show your writing skills (Eng and
Fil questions)
- Maayos na hand-writing
- Use a smudge-free ballpen and madaling hawakan - ballpoint pens
- As much as possible, lessen your erasure. Rewrite if you need to (be wary sa time)
- Bring both black and blue pens
- Wear government-building-appropriate clothing
- 75% in the written exam, 80% for overall FSOE
- Connect with your mentors (?)
- After the exam, keep studying but don’t stress about the results
- Dont learn anything new in the days leading to the exam - make a reviewer and stick to it
- Collate questions but don't post them in public

Sir Ronn’s Reading List (Downloadable in JSTOR and SCI-HUB):

- Richard Ned Lebow. 2013. “Classical Realism.” In International Relations

Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Chapter 3.

- John J. Mearsheimer. 2013. “Structural Realism.” In International Relations

Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Chapter 4.

- Stephen M. Walt. 1985. “Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power.”
International Security 9 (4): 3–43.

- Bruce Russett. 2013. “Liberalism.” In International Relations Theories:

Discipline and Diversity, Chapter 5.

- Jennifer Sterling-Folker. 2013. “Neoliberalism.” In International Relations

Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Chapter 6.

- Robert Axelrod and Robert O. Keohane. 1985. “Achieving Cooperation Under

Anarchy: Strategies and Institutions.” World Politics 38 (1): 226–254.

- Robert Putnam. 1988. “Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-
Level Games.” International Organization 42: 427-61.

- Alexander Wendt. 1992. “Anarchy Is What States Make of It.” International

Organization 46 (2): 391-425.

- Immanuel Wallerstein. 1996. “The Interstate Structure of the Modern World-

System.” In International Theory: Positivism and Beyond, Chapter 4.

- John Agnew, “The Territorial Trap: The Geographical Assumptions of

International Relations Theory,” Review of International Political Economy, Vol.
1, No. 1 (Spring, 1994): 53-80

- Zhengyu Wu, “ Classical geopolitics, realism and the balance of power

theory,” Journal of Strategic Studies, 41:6 (2018) 786-823

- Margaret Scott and Westenley Alcenat, “Revisiting the Pivot: The Influence of
Heartland Theory in Great Power Politics,” 9 May 2008.
- Michael P. Gerace, 'Between Mackinder and Spykman: Geopolitics,
containment, and after', Comparative Strategy, 10: 4 (1991): 347 — 364

- Baldwin, D. (1997). “The Concept of Security.” Review of International Studies

23, 5-26.

- Luttwak, E. (1999). “Give War a Chance.” Foreign Affairs (July/August), 36-44.

4. Blyth, L.R. (2004). “Rest in Peace, Major Conventional War.” Military Review
84, 78-81.

- Paris, R. (2001). “Human Security: Paradigm Shift or Hot Air?” International

Security 26 (2), 87-102.

- Chandler, D. (2004). “The Responsibility to Protect? Imposing the ‘Liberal

Peace.’”International Peacekeeping 11 (1), 59–81. - Taylor & Francis

- Paris, R. (2002). “International Peacebuilding and the ‘mission civilisatrice.’”

Review of International Studies, 28(04).

- Sagan, S. (1997). “Why Do States Build Nuclear Weapons? Three Models in

Search of a Bomb,” International Security 21 (3), 57-86.