Indian Foreign Policy

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

The objectives of this course are to:  Introduce students to the mechanics of foreign policy making.  Identify the issues that influence the policy in order for them to develop a perspective on the emerging trends in Indian foreign policy  The object of the course is to introduce the students to the traditions 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.  Introduce the student genre to the changing contours of Indian foreign policy through the 21st century

12.00

Introduction- objectives, principles, determinants Evolution of Indian foreign policy from Nehru to present day

12.00

Major issues in Indian foreign policy- economic policies and liberalization, nuclear policy- stand on non- proliferation , disarmament Environmental issues, India and NAM

12.00

India’s interaction with the world powersUnited States, Russia, European Union, United Kingdom

12.00

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

12.00

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

Essential Readings: 

Books Recommended: Essential Readings:  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  Dobson,A. P,Marsh, S.,(2000), U S Foreign Policy Since 1945, New Delhi,Routledge  Goldstein J .S., and Pevehouse J. C,(2011) International Relations(VIII Edn) New Delhi,Pearson  Ghai,UR , Ghai,KK ,(2007),International Politics: Theory and Practice, Jalandhar,New Academic Publishing Company  Jayapalan ,N,(2011), Foreign Policy of India,Delhi, Atlantic  Khanna,V N, Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House

References: 

Reference Books:  Abraham ,I,(1998), The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb : Science, Secrecy and the Postcolonial State,New York ,Zed Books  Akbar,M.J.,(1988), Nehru : The Making of India ,London, Penguin  Bradnock,R.W.,(1990), India’s Foreign Policy Since 1971,London, Pinter Publishers  Dixit, J.N.,(2010),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  Johri J.C.,(2014), International Relations and Politics,Jaipur, Sterling Publishers  Kapur ,H, (1994),India’s Foreign Policy, 1947-1992: Shadows and Substance,New Delhi, Sage 190  Kumar,M, (2017), Theoretical Aspe7cts of International Politics, Agra, Shiva Lal Agrawala and Co.  Mansingh,S. ,(1984),India’s Search for Power, Indira Gandhi’s Foreign Policy, 1966-1982 Delhi, Sage  Mohan, R.C.,(2004) ,Crossing the Rubicon : The Shaping of India’s Foreign Policy ,Palgrave, Macmillan  Mansingh.L.,(1997), et al. (eds.), Indian Foreign Policy : Agenda for the 21stCentury,New Delhi: Konark Publishers  Palmer and Perkins,(2004), International Relations, Delhi, AITBS Publishers and Distributors  Dixit,J.N.,(2012),India’s Foreign Policy Challenge of terrorism: fashioning interstae equations,New Delhi, Paperback  Khanna, V.N.,and Kumar, L,(2018), Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Paperback

Academic Year: 
2021-22
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