Indian Foreign Policy

Paper Code: 
POL323(A)
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will introduce students to the traditions and mechanics in Indian foreign policy which have defined the nation’s strategic approaches to myriad themes and shaped and conditioned its perspectives in terms of national interest.

Course Outcomes: 

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Learning outcomes

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Learning and teaching strategies

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Course Title

25POL 323-A

Indian Foreign Policy

(Theory)

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

CO85: Understand the influences on the basic features of Indian foreign policy that have evolved over seven decades of nationhood.

CO86: After completing this unit, students will be able to evaluate India's stance on economic and nuclear policies, and assess its approach to environmental issues.

 CO87: Gain an understanding of the history and current India’s policy with regards to our relations with important world players

CO88: Know the challenges that India faces in its neighborhood the reasons behind the policy stances.

CO89: Interrogate the emerging aspects embodying India’s interface with global and regional players and also multilateral organisations and forums

CO90: Contribute effectively in Course specific interaction.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 
12.00
Unit I: 
Evolution of Indian Foreign Policy

                                                            

Introduction- objectives, principles, determinants

Evolution of Indian foreign policy from Nehru to present day

12.00
Unit II: 
Major Issues

                                                                                   

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: 
India and Major Powers

                                                                  

India’s interaction with the world powers-

United States, Russia, European Union, United Kingdom

12.00
Unit IV: 
India and Neighbours

                                                                               

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

12.00
Unit V: 
India and International Organisations

 

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

Essential Readings: 

Ø  Khanna,V N (2018), Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House

Ø  Dutt V.P.,(2011), India’s Foreign Policy,New Delhi, Vikas

Ø  Ghai,UR , Ghai,KK ,(2017),International Politics: Theory and Practice, Jalandhar,New Academic Publishing Company

Ø  Goldstein J .S., and Pevehouse J. C,(2014) International Relations(X Edn)  New Delhi,Pearson

Ø  Jayapalan ,N,(2011), Foreign Policy of India,Delhi, Atlantic

 

 

 

References: 

Ø  Kumar,M, (2020), Theoretical Aspects of International Politics, Agra, Shiva Lal Agrawala and Co.

Ø  Palmer and Perkins,(2019), International Relations, Delhi, AITBS Publishers and Distributors

Ø  Khanna, V.N.,and Kumar, L,(2018), Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Paperback

Ø  Johri J.C.,(2014), International Relations and Politics,Jaipur, Sterling Publishers

Ø  Dixit,J.N.,(2012),India’s Foreign Policy Challenge of terrorism: fashioning  interstate equations,New Delhi, Paperback

Ø  Dixit, J.N.,(2010),Indian Foreign Policy and its Neighbours,New Delhi, Gyan Books

Ø  Abraham ,I,(1998), The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb : Science, Secrecy and the Postcolonial State,New York ,Zed Books

Ø  Akbar,M.J.,(1988), Nehru : The Making of India ,London, Penguin

Ø  Dixit,J.N,(1998), Across Borders : Fifty Years of India’s Foreign Policy,New Delhi, Picus Books

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