Indian Foreign Policy

Paper Code: 
DPOL803
Credits: 
06
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The objectives of this course are to introduce students to the mechanics of foreign policy making.The students will 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.

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

25DPOL 803

Indian Foreign Policy

(Theory)

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

CO109: Know the challenges that India faces in its neighborhood the reasons behind the policy stances.

CO110: Gain an understanding of the history and current India’s policy with regards to our relations with important world players.

CO111: Interrogate the emerging aspects embodying India’s interface with global and regional players and also multilateral organisations and forums

CO112: Understand India relations with multilateral organisations and forums

CO113: Examine and analyse the core priniples of Indian Policy

CO114: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
 
18.00
Unit I: 
Introduction

                                                                                    

Historical background principles, determinants, Constitutional and Institutional Framework: Role of President , PM , Ministry of External Affairs and Parliament

18.00
Unit II: 
Phases of Indian foreign Policy

                                                                              

Nehruvian Era(1947-64), Indira Gandhi and Cold war dynamics(1966-84), LPG and Post Cold War shift(1991-2014), Modi Era (2014-present)

18.00
Unit III: 
India’s interaction with the major powers

                                                                                                 

United States, Russia, European Union

18.00
Unit IV: 
India and its neighbours

 Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives 

18.00
Unit V: 
Contemporary Issues and Challenges

                                                                                                           

     

Cross border Terrorism, Defence Modernisation, Energy Security, Climate Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific strategy, Role in Global South                 

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

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

 

Academic Year: 
2025-26
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