Indian Foreign Policy

Paper Code: 
25POL323-A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will introduce students to the traditions and mechanics 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.

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Evolution of Indian Foreign Policy

Introduction- objectives, principles, determinants

Evolution of Indian foreign policy from Nehru to present day

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Major Issues

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: 
India and Major Powers

India’s interaction with the world powers-

United States, Russia, European Union, United Kingdom

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
India and Neighbours

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

 

12.00
Unit V: 
India and International Organisations

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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