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Indian Foreign Policy [1]

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.

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Unit I: 
UNIT 1

Introduction- objectives, principles, determinants

Evolution of Indian foreign policy from Nehru to present da

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Unit II: 
UNIT 2

Introduction- objectives, principles, determinants

Evolution of Indian foreign policy from Nehru to present day

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Unit III: 
UNIT 3

Major issues in Indian foreign policy- economic policies and liberalization,

nuclear policy- stand on non- proliferation , disarmament

Environmental issues, India and NAM

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Unit IV: 
UNIT 4

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

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Unit V: 
UNIT 5

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

Essential Readings: 
  • Dutt V.P.,(2011), India’s Foreign Policy,New Delhi, Vikas
  •  Dutt V.P.(1999), India’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World,New Delhi, Vikas
  • Dobson,A. P,Marsh, S.,(2000), U S Foreign Policy Since 1945, New Delhi,Routledge
  •  Goldstein J .S., and Pevehouse J. C,(2011) International Relations(VIII Edn)  New Delhi,PearsonGhai,UR , Ghai,KK ,(2007),International Politics: Theory and Practice,
  • Jayapalan ,N,(2011), Foreign Policy of India,Delhi, Atlantic
  • Khanna,V N, Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House

 

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  • Dixit,J.N.,(2012),India’s Foreign Policy Challenge of terrorism: fashioning  interstae equations,New Delhi, Paperback
  • Khanna, V.N.,and Kumar, L,(2018), Foreign Policy of India, New Delhi, Paperback
Academic Year: 
2019-20 [2]

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