PMS International Affairs
A complete, exam-focused course on international affairs for PMS. It covers the global events, regional conflicts, and foreign policy issues that appear in the paper, and it teaches you to turn them into structured, analytical answers. You learn how Pakistan’s external relationships work, why the global order is shifting, and how to support your arguments with current data, maps, and theory instead of generic cause-and-effect writing.
Sections
4
Lectures
25
Access
Paid
What You Will Learn
CEPI's PMS International Affairs Experience
Regional geopolitics and conflicts
Pakistan’s neighbourhood, regional alignments, and global flashpoints.
Pakistan’s foreign policy
Its determinants, evolution, and 2026 direction, plus relations with the US, China, and Russia.
Global order, institutions and Emerging issues
Indo-Pacific geopolitics, US foreign policy under Trump, and the Palestine crisis.
Ability to Answer all Aspects
Answer-writing skills to breaking down what the examiner is asking, and using think-tank reports, indices, maps, and treaties to lift low marks.
Instructors
Learn from CEPI faculty
Sir Sanan Hassan
Veteran CSS PMS mentor, Political Analyst with M.Phil in International Relations
Course Content
Sections and lecture breakdown.
Evolution of Global Geopolitical Order and Changing Power Structures
Contemporary Global Order, Multipolarity & Great Power Competition
International Political & Economic Institutions and their Reform (IMF)
International Political & Economic Institutions and their Reform (WTO)
International Political & Economic Institutions and their Reform (World Bank)
Geopolitical and Geostrategic Dynamics of South Asia (SAARC)
Geopolitical and Geostrategic Dynamics of South Asia (Structural Failures of SAARC)
ECO: Origins and Limitations
Geopolitics of Energy, Maritime Chokepoints & Global Strategic Resources (part 1)
Geopolitics of Energy, Maritime Chokepoints & Global Strategic Resources (part 2)
International Political Economy
Globslization
Digital Diplomacy
Foreign Policy and its Determinants and objectives
Pakistan's Foreign Policy Evolution
Pakistan's Foreign Policy in 2026
Future Prospects & Emerging Challenges for Pakistan’s Foreign Policy
Pakistan’s Relations with Major Global Powers & Emerging Power Centres (US 1)
Pakistan’s Relations with Major Global Powers & Emerging Power Centres (US 2)
Pakistan’s Relations with Major Global Powers & Emerging Power Centres (Russia 1)
Pakistan’s Relations with Major Global Powers & Emerging Power Centres (Russia 2)
Pakistan’s Relations with Neighbouring & Regional Countries (China)
Internal Security terrorism (Pak Afghan relations)
Internal Security Terrorism (Resurgence in terrorism)
Nuclear Weapons in IR