History of International Relations- I

Paper Code: 
MIR 122
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Although international relations has taken on a new significance because of our increasingly interconnected world, it is certainly not a new concept. Historically, conflicts among the countries of the world and the establishment of treaties between nations served as the earliest form of international relations. This paper deals with the dimensions of international relations and makes an analysis of international events highlighting the major debates and differences in the specificity of the long period of the post First World War phase.

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Unit I: 
UNIT 1

World War- I- causes and consequences, significance of Bolshevik Revolution, Rise of Nazism, Fascism

12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT 2

World War- II- causes and consequences; Peace treaties; emergence of Third World & NAM

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT 3

Rise of superpowers; Cold War- different phases,

12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT 4

Disarmament and arms control; Collapse of the USSR, end of Cold War

12.00
Unit V: 
UNIT 5

Transformation of international power structure: bipolarity into unipolarity and multipolarity

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Basu, R.(2017). International Politics: Concepts, Theories and Issues. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
  • Ghai, U.R. (2017). International Politics Theory & Practice. New Delhi: New Academic Publishing Co.
  • Khanna, V.N. and Kumar, L.K. (2018) Foreign Policy of India. New Delhi:  Vikas Publishing House
  • Chandra, P. Arora, P. (2012). International Politics. New Delhi: Cosmos Bookhive.
  • Kumar,M. (2017). Theoretical Aspects of International Politics. Agra: Shiva Lal Agrawala and Co.
References: 
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Academic Year: 
2019-20
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