Indian Foreign Policy (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24DPOL 813
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. This course helps the students to identify the issues that influence the policy in order for them to develop a perspective on the emerging trends in Indian foreign policy. T24his 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

24DPOL 813

Indian Foreign Policy

(Theory)

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

CO160: assess the challenges that India faces in its neighborhood the reasons behind the policy stances.

CO161: develop an understanding of the history and current India’s policy with regards to our relations with important world players.

CO162: analyse the emerging aspects embodying India’s interface with global and regional players and also multilateral organisations and forums

CO163: evaluate India relations with multilateral organisations and forums

CO164: examine and analyse the core priniples of Indian Policy

CO165: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 of Indian Foreign Policy

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: 
  • Khanna,V N (2018), Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House
  • Dutt V.P.,(2011), India’s Foreign Policy,New Delhi, Vikas
  • Ghai,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
  • 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: 
2024-25
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