Indian Foreign Policy

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

This paper acquaints the students with the complex strategic and political interactions between India and its neighbours and their impact upon the South Asian Region as a whole

The objectives of this course are to:

  1. Introduce students to the mechanics of foreign policy making.
  2. Identify the issues that influence the policy in order for them to develop a perspective on the emerging trends in Indian foreign policy
  3. 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.
  4. Introduce the student genre to the changing contours of Indian foreign policy through the 21st century

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper 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 I

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
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

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

12.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

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

 

Essential Readings: 

Ø      Atish Sinha, Madhup Mohta, Indian Foreign Policy: Challenges and Oppertunities, Foreign Service Institute, Academic Foundation, 2007

Ø      J.N. Dixit, India’s Foreign Policy and its Neighbours, Gyan Books, 2001

Ø      Sumit Ganguly, India’s Foreign Policy: Retrospect and Prospect, Oxford University Press, 2010

Ø      VP Dutt, India’s Foreign Policy, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House

Ø      UC Jain and Jeevan Nair, Foreign Policy of India, Jaipur, Pointer Publishers

Ø      VN Khanna, Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House

 

References: 

Ø      C. Raja Mohan, Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of  India’s New Foreign Policy, Viking, 2003

Ø      NS Gehlot and Anu Satsangi, Indo –Pak Relations, New Delhi, Deep and Deep Publications

Ø      Ram Sharma, Indo- US Relations, New Delhi, Discovery Publishing House

Ø      SR Sharma, Indo- China Relations

Academic Year: 
2018-19
  • Printer-friendly version
  • PDF version