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 1

Foreign Policy: Meaning, Elements, Relation with National Interest

Major Approaches- Analytical and Ideological

12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT 2

Foreign Policy of USA(Objectives and major issues)

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

 

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT 3

USA and the Middle East; USA and Europe;

USA and South East

12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT 4

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 5

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

Essential Readings: 
  • Dobson,A.P., Marsh,S.,(2000), U S Foreign Policy Since 1945,New York, Routledge
  •  Dutt, V.P, (2011), India’s Foreign Policy,New Delhi, Vikas
  • Dutt, V.P.,(1999), India’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World,New Delhi, Vikas
  • Goldstein, J.S., Pevehouse, J.C.,(2011), International Relations,New Delhi,Pearson
  • Ghai, U.R., Ghai, K.K.,(2007), International politics-Theory and Practice,Jalandhar, New Academic Publishing Company
  • Khanna, V.N.,(2015),Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House
  • N. Jayapalan., (2001), Foreign Policy of India, NewDelhi, Atlantic Publishers

 

References: 
  • Arora, P.,(2013), International Politics, New Delhi, Cosmos Bookhive Pvt. Ltd.
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  •  Abraham, I.(1998), The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb : Science, Secrecy and the Postcolonial State, New York , Zed Books
  •  Akbar,M..J.,(1998), Nehru : The Making of India ,London, Penguin
  • Bradnock, R.W. (1990), India’s Foreign Policy Since 1971, London, Pinter Publishers
  •   Dixit,J.N.(2001), Indian Foreign Policy and its Neighbours,New Delhi, Gyan Books
  •  Dixit,J.N.,(1998), Across Borders : Fifty Years of India’s Foreign Policy,New Delhi, Picus Books
  • Johari, J.C.,(1996),International Relations and Politics,Sterling Publishers
  • Kapur, H., (1994), India’s Foreign Policy, 1947-1992: Shadows and Substance, New Delhi, Sage Publications
  • Kumar, M., Theoretical Aspects of International Politics, Agra, Shiva Lal Agrawala and Co
  • LaFeber,W.F.,(1994), The American Age: United States Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad 1970 to the Present, New York,W W Norton & company
  • Mansingh,S.(1984),India’s Search for Power, Indira Gandhi’s Foreign Policy, 1966-1982 ,Delhi, Sage Publications
  • Mohan,C.R.(2004), Crossing the Rubicon : The Shaping of India’s Foreign Policy ,Palgrave, Macmillan
  • Palmer & Perkins,(2004), International Relations, Delhi, AITBS Publishers and Distributors
  • Khanna, V.N., &  Kumar, L.K.,(2018),Foreign Policy of India,New Delhi, Paperback
Academic Year: 
2019-20
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