Foreign Policies of Major Powers

Paper Code: 
POL 413
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper provides an insight into the foreign policies of the US and China as well as an in-depth study of the policy India has pursued in her dealings with other nations of the world. The paper will enable the students to analyze some of the issues related with security and development concerns of India- particularly with reference to the impediments and opportunities in achieving national interest.

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I

Foreign Policy: Meaning, Elements, Relation with National Interest

Major Approaches- Analytical and Ideological

 

12.00
Unit II: 
II

Foreign Policy of USA (Objectives and major issues)

USA and the Third world (with special reference to Asian and African nations)

USA and the Middle East; USA and Europe;

USA and South East

 

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III

USA and the Middle East; USA and Europe;

USA and South East

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

Foreign Policy of India; India’s relations with her neighbours;

India’ relations with major powers- USA, Russia, UK, E.U & Japan;

India’s Security Concerns

 India and the question of nuclear weapons- NPT & CTBT

 

12.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

Foreign Policy of China; China’s relations with her neighbours; China’s role in the Indian sub-continent

 

Essential Readings: 
 
  • VN Khanna, Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House
  • N. Jayapalan, Foreign Policy of India(Delhi, Atlantic, 2001). .
  •  V. P. Dutt, India’s Foreign Policy(New Delhi, Vikas, 1984).
  • V. P. Dutt, India’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World(New Delhi, Vikas, 1999).
  • Joshua.S.Goldstein, and Jon.C.Pevehouse, International Relations (VIII Edn) Pearson, New Delhi,  2011,
  • UR Ghai, KK Ghai,International Politics: Theory and Practice, New Academic Publishing Company, Jalandhar, 2007
  • Alan P Dobson, Steve Marsh, U S Foreign Policy Since 1945, Routledge, New York, 2000

 

     
    References: 
    • Taylor, Trevor (ed.), Approaches and Theories in International Relations, Longman, New York, 1978.
    • Walter F LaFeber, The American Age: United States Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad 1970 to the Present, W W Norton & company, New York, 1994
    • Mahendra Kumar, Theoretical Aspects of International Politics, Agra, Shiva Lal Agrawala and Co.
    • Palmer and Perkins, International Relations, Delhi, AITBS Publishers and Distributors, 2004
    • JC Johri, International Relations and Politics, Sterling Publishers, 1996
    • Prem Arora, International Politics, New Delhi, Cosmos Bookhive Pvt. Ltd.
    • A. Appadorai and M. S. Rajan, India’s Foreign Policy and Relations(New Delhi : South Asian Publishers, 1985).
    • Itty Abraham, The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb : Science, Secrecy and the Postcolonial State, (New York : Zed Books, 1998).
    • M.J. Akbar, Nehru : The Making of India (London, Penguin, 1988).
    • C. Raja Mohan, Crossing the Rubicon : The Shaping of India’s Foreign Policy (Palgrave, Macmillan, 2004).
    • Harish Kapur, India’s Foreign Policy, 1947-1992: Shadows and Substance(New Delhi, Sage, 1994).
    •  J. N. Dixit,Indian Foreign Policy and its Neighbours(New Delhi, Gyan Books, 2001).
    • J.N. Dixit, Across Borders : Fifty Years of India’s Foreign Policy(New Delhi, Picus Books, 1998).
    • Robert W.Bradnock, India’s Foreign Policy Since 1971(London, Pinter Publishers, 1990).
    • Surjit Mansingh, India’s Search for Power, Indira Gandhi’s Foreign Policy, 1966-1982 (Delhi, Sage, 1984)
    • Lalit Mansingh et al. (eds.), Indian Foreign Policy : Agenda for the 21stCentury(New Delhi: Konark Publishers, 1997).

     

    Academic Year: 
    2015-16
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