Indian Foreign Policy (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24DPOL803
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: 

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Learning outcomes

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Learning and teaching strategies

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Course Code

Course Title

24DPOL 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

objectives, principles, determinants

Evolution of Indian foreign policy from Nehru to present day

 

18.00
Unit II: 
Major issues in Indian foreign policy

economic policies and liberalization,

nuclear policy- stand on non- proliferation, disarmament

Environmental issues, India and NAM

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

United States, Russia, European Union, United Kingdom

18.00
Unit IV: 
India and its neighbours

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

 

18.00
Unit V: 
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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