Indian Foreign Policy

Paper Code: 
– POL 323-A
Credits: 
4
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

 

Course Objectives (CO)

 

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

POL 323-A

Indian Foreign Policy

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

CO59: Know the challenges that India faces in its neighborhood the reasons behind the policy stances.

CO60: Gain an understanding of the history and current India’s policy with regards to our relations with important world players.

CO61: Interrogate the emerging aspects embodying India’s interface with global and regional players and also multilateral organisations and forums

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: 
Unit -1

Introduction- objectives, principles, determinants

Evolution of Indian foreign policy from Nehru to present day

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit-II

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-III

India’s interaction with the world powers-

United States, Russia, European Union, United Kingdom

12.00

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

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit-V

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

Essential Readings: 
  • Khanna,V N (2018), Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House
  • Dutt V.P.,(2011), India’s Foreign Policy,New Delhi, Vikas
ØGhai,UR , Ghai,KK ,(2017),International Politics: Theory and Practice, Jalandhar,New Academic Publishing Company
  • Goldstein J .S., and Pevehouse J. C,(2014) International Relations(X Edn)  New Delhi,Pearson
  • Jayapalan ,N,(2011), Foreign Policy of India,Delhi, Atlantic
References: 
  • Kumar,M, (2020), Theoretical Aspects of International Politics, Agra, Shiva Lal Agrawala and Co.
  • Palmer and Perkins,(2019), International Relations, Delhi, AITBS Publishers and Distributors
ØKhanna, V.N.,and Kumar, L,(2018), Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Paperback
ØJohri J.C.,(2014), International Relations and Politics,Jaipur, Sterling Publishers
  • Dixit,J.N.,(2012),India’s Foreign Policy Challenge of terrorism: fashioning  interstate equations,New Delhi, Paperback
  • Dixit, J.N.,(2010),Indian Foreign Policy and its Neighbours,New Delhi, Gyan 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
  • Dixit,J.N,(1998), Across Borders : Fifty Years of India’s Foreign Policy,New Delhi, Picus Books

 

 

E-Resources:

 

 

 

Journals

  • Indian Foreign Affairs Journal
  • ICWA Journal
  • Asian Affairs
  • Economic & Political Weekly
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Policy Analysis

 

 

Academic Year: 
2022-23
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