VCE PoliticsPractice Examination 10

This paper covers

• Global economic instability as the committed AoS1 global issue: short-term causes since 2023 (the US 'Liberation Day' reciprocal tariffs of April 2025, the US-China trade war, and developing-economy debt distress), the role of interconnectedness in amplifying shocks through trade, finance and supply chains, and the effectiveness of state, IGO (WTO, IMF, G20) and TNC/NGO responses
• Armed conflict as the committed AoS2 contemporary crisis: the Sudanese civil war (April 2023-present) between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), its causes, competing actor interests (including UAE-RSF arms allegations, Egyptian backing for the SAF, and Chad's shifting role), humanitarian consequences (13+ million displaced, the October 2025 fall of El Fasher), and the effectiveness and limits of UN, African Union, IGAD and humanitarian responses
• Indonesia as the committed Unit 4 AoS1 Indo-Pacific state under President Prabowo Subianto: national interests (economic growth via Danantara and nickel downstreaming, strategic autonomy), hard/soft/sharp/smart power, BRICS accession (January 2025) and multi-alignment with China and the US, internal and external challenges (South China Sea tensions, resource-dependency risk, strained ASEAN centrality), and effectiveness in achieving national interests
• Australia in the Indo-Pacific (compulsory AoS2): Australia's national interests (security, economic prosperity, regional standing) applied through the Australia-Indonesia relationship, including the 2024 Defence Cooperation Agreement, the November 2025 bilateral security agreement, IA-CEPA trade growth to AUD18.2 billion, and the 2025-2029 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Plan of Action
• VCAA command-term calibration across describe/explain/discuss/analyse/contrast/evaluate, with study-score-A model answers anchored to named, dated evidence and explicit use of core concepts (power types, national interest, sovereignty, legitimacy, multilateralism/bilateralism, interconnectedness, stability and change)

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.