Indian Foreign Policy

Paper Code: 
POL 323-A
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper acquaints the students with the complex strategic and political interactions between India and its neighbours and their impact upon the South Asian Region as a whole

12.00
Unit I: 
UNIT 1

Introduction- objectives, principles, determinants

Evolution of Indian foreign policy from Nehru to present day

12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT 2

Major issues in Indian foreign policy- economic policies and liberalization,

nuclear policy- stand on non- proliferation , disarmament

Environmental issues, India and NAM

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT 3

India’s interaction with the world powers-

United States, Russia, European Union, United Kingdom

12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT 4

India and its neighbours- Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar

12.00
Unit V: 
UNIT 5

India’s role in the international organizations- UN, SAARC, BRICS,ASEAN, BIMSTEC

Essential Readings: 
  • Atish Sinha, Madhup Mohta, Indian Foreign Policy: Challenges and Oppertunities, Foreign Service Institute, Academic Foundation, 2007
  • J.N. Dixit, India’s Foreign Policy and its Neighbours, Gyan Books, 2001
  • Sumit Ganguly, India’s Foreign Policy: Retrospect and Prospect, Oxford University Press, 2010
  • VP Dutt, India’s Foreign Policy, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House
  • UC Jain and Jeevan Nair, Foreign Policy of India, Jaipur, Pointer Publishers
  • VN Khanna, Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House
References: 
  • C. Raja Mohan, Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of  India’s New Foreign Policy, Viking, 2003
  • NS Gehlot and Anu Satsangi, Indo –Pak Relations, New Delhi, Deep and Deep Publications
  • Ram Sharma, Indo- US Relations, New Delhi, Discovery Publishing House
  • SR Sharma, Indo- China Relations
Academic Year: 
2017-18
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