RI GP Global Issues Infopack

RI GP Y6 2023 / Global Issues Copyrighted: Knowledge Skills Department, for internal circulation only 1 RAFFLES INSTITUTION YEAR 6 GENERAL PAPER 2023 STUDENTS’ INFORMATION PACKAGE Unit: Global Issues EUs Page I Introduction 2 II Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions 3 III For Further Reading/Viewing 4 IV Related Past Year Exam Questions 5-8 Section A: Foundational Knowledge 1 Globalisation: An Explainer* 1-5 9-13 2 World Order and Challenges to It - Understanding the State of the World Today* 3 & 7 14-17 3 The Global Economy: Issues and Implications* 1-2 & 5 18-21 4 Commentary: Is it too late for the US to join the CPTPP 1-3 21-23 Section B: The State of the World Today 5 The Changing Nature of Globalisation in Our Hyperconnected, Knowledge- Intensive Economy* 1 24-26 6 Global Risks Report 2022 1, 4-5 & 7 27-30 Section C: The Global Politics of Sustainability 7 Are the SDGs Unsustainable?* *Refer to Supplementary Reading 1 on IVY for background of SDGs 4-5 31-33 8 Plenty of fish in the sea? Seafood-loving Singaporeans may not have its fill in the future 1, 3-4 33-35 9 Wildlife: The Underreported Illegal Trade 1, 3 & 8 36-39 10 One Planet, Divided under Global Warming* 2-4 & 7 40-41 11 What is in the Glasgow Climate Pact? 3-4 42-43 12 Climate Refugees – the world’s forgotten victims 1-3 44-46 Section D: World Poverty and Inequality 13 Does globalisation help or hurt the world’s poor?* 5 47-52 14 Globalisation, technology and inequality* 5 53-54 15 AI Is a Game-Changer in the Fight Against Hunger and Poverty 5 55-58 16 From the Great Resignation to Lying Flat, Workers are Opting Out 1, 5-6 58-63 17 Lost generation feared as COVID school closures fuels inequality 1-2 & 5 63-65 18 Why Foreign Aid is Hurting Africa* 5 65-69 19 The Case for Aid 5 69-73 Section E: Globalisation and the Movement of People 20 The Story of Migration Is More Positive Than We've Been Led to Believe* 1-3 & 6 74-75 21 The Other Pandemic: Human Trafficking 1-3 & 5 76-79 Section F: Changing Face of Conflict 22 Neither War Nor Peace* 7 80-82 23 Seven ways Russia’s war on Ukraine has changed the world 1, 3 & 7 83-90 24 The world is facing an upsurge of nuclear proliferation 7 91-92 25 Getting To Grips With Military Robotics 7 93-96 26 Don’t Forget About Water in 2023 4 & 7 97-99 Section G: The impact of Global Health Threats 27 The coronavirus is Killing Globalisation as We Know It 1, 3, 6 & 8 100-102 28 Why COVID-19 is likely to change globalisation, not reverse it 1, 3, 6 & 8 102-105 29 To Democratise Vaccine Access, Democratise Production 1, 3, 6 & 8 106-108 30 Key Global Health Trends to Watch in 2023* 1, 3, 6 & 8 109-112

RI GP Y6 2023 / Global Issues Copyrighted: Knowledge Skills Department, for internal circulation only 2 1. Introduction Global Issues aims to give a broad overview of recent issues that have significance on a global scale. A quick survey of international