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Subjects Hrs/Wk

1 INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY HC 4

2 INTERNATIONAL LAW & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HC 4

3 WEST ASIA IN WORLD AFFAIRS HC 4

4 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OR SC 4

5 RUSSIA IN WORLD AFFAIRS

6 HUMAN RIGHTS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OE 4

Total 20

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Subjects Hrs/Wk

1 CHINA IN WORLD AFFAIRS HC 4

2 INTERNATIONAL ORDER IN ASIA PACIFIC HC 4

3 INTERNSHIP HC 4

4 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN SOUTH ASIA OR SC 4

5 AFRICA IN WORLD AFFAIRS

6 INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM OE 4

Total 20

SEMESTER-II

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Subjects Hrs/Wk

1 INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY HC 4

2 INTERNATIONAL LAW & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HC 4

3 WEST ASIA IN WORLD AFFAIRS HC 4

4 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OR SC 4

5 RUSSIA IN WORLD AFFAIRS

6 HUMAN RIGHTS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OE 4

Total 20

Paper 1: INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY

1. Determinants of India’s Foreign Policy

2. India's Nuclear and Security Policies (Arms Control, Disarmament, NPT, NTBT, CTBT)

3. India's Interface with its neighbours (SAARC, ASEAN- India’s Look East Policy and Gulf

Region

4. India's Relations with Global and Regional Powers (China, Japan, Russia, EU and US)

5. India's Economic Diplomacy (IMF, ADB (ASEAN Development Bank) WB, WTO,

BRICS, GCC.)

Reading List

J. Bandyopadhyaya, The Making of India's Foreign Policy: Determinants, Institutions, Processes,

And Personalities, Bombay: Allied Publishers, 1970.

A. Kapoor and A. J. Wison, The Foreign Policy of India and her Neighbours. 1995.

AchinVinayak, India in a Changing World: Problems, Limits and Successes of its Foreign Policy. 1995.

P. M. Kamat and K. D. Mathur, Conduct of India’s Foreign Policy, New Delhi: South Asia

Books, 1996.

C. Raja Mohan, Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy, New Delhi:

Penguin Books, 2005.

J. N. Dixit, Indian Foreign Policy and its Neighbours, New Delhi: Gyan Publishing, 2001.

Jawaharlal Nehru, India's Foreign Policy: Selected Speeches, September 1946-April 1961, New

Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India,

1961.

Nancy Jetly and Rajendra Prasad, India's Foreign Policy: Challenges And Prospects, New Delhi:

Vikas Pub. House, 1999.

Bimal Prasad, India's Foreign Policy: Studies In Continuity And Change, New Deklhi: Vikas

Publishers, 1979.

Anjali Ghosh, tridibChakrobroti, AnindyoJyotiMajumdar and ShibashisChatterjee, eds.,

India’s Foreign Policy, New Delhi: Pearson, 2009.

M S Rajan Rajan Harsha Mohanan Pillai Arun kumar Banargi.

Paper 2: INTERNATIONAL LAW & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

OBJECTIVES OF THE PAPER

To acquaint the students with core concepts in International Law

To explain the interaction between international law and International Relations

To emphasise the role and significance of the State and Statehood in international Law

Unit 1: Introduction

1. Evolution and development of International Law 2. Definitions, Concepts and basis of International Law 3. Sources of International Law 4. Municipal law and International law

5. Classification and Codification of International Law

Unit 2: State and International Law

1. Sovereignty

2. Territory and Jurisdiction

3. Recognition

4. Responsibility

5. Succession

Unit 3: Contemporary Issues in International Law

1. Human Rights Law and International Law

2. Terrorism and Piracy and International Law

3. Science, Technology and International Law

4. New Developments in International Law

5. ICJ

Unit 4: Maritime Law and Outer Space

1. Changing concepts of maritime frontiers

2. Laws of the sea – UNCLOS I, II & III

3. Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, Continental Shelf, High Seas, EEZ

4. Archipelagic and Landlocked States, Deep-Sea Bed and Mining, ITLOS

5. Laws of Outer Space

Unit 5: India and International Conventions

1. India and Treaty Compliance Mechanism 2. India and International Human Rights Conventions 3. India and International Environmental and Climate Conventions

4. India and International Conventions on Terrorism

5. India and Intellectual Property Rights

Paper 3: WEST ASIA IN WORLD AFFAIRS

OBJECTIVES OF THE PAPER

To familiarize the government and politics of West Asia. To create an awareness about the geo strategic and geo economic imperatives of the region. To provide an understanding about the West Asian peace processes.

Unit 1: State & Society in West Asia

1. Emergence of Modern States in West Asia

2. The Society and Religion in West Asia

3. Dynamics of the Economy in West Asia 4. Emergence of Arab Nationalism

5. Identity Politics & Political Culture in West Asia

Unit 2: State and Polity in West Asia

1. Egypt -Nationalization and Politics of Modernization

2. Iran and Theocracy

3. Iraq and Democratization

4. Saudi Arabia and Wahabbism

5. Modern Israel and Lebanon

Unit 3: Extra Regional Actors in West Asia

1 Interests in West Asia 2 US engagement in West Asia 3 Russian involvement in West Asia 4 India and West Asia 5 Oil Politics and West Asia (OPEC, OAPEC)

Unit 4: Conflict and Peace Process in West East

1 The Arab-Israeli Wars 2 Iran - Iraq War (2003) 3 Gulf War I & II 4 Role of Regional Organizations in peace process (Arab League, GCC) 5 UN and other countries in the West Asian Peace Process

Unit 5: Stability & Change in West Asia 1 Patriotism, Nationalism & Rise of Intifada 2 Democracy vs. Autocracy 3 Political Liberalization, Democratization and future of Monarchies 4 Challenges of economic development –Rentier Economics 5 Violence in West Asia

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

A.K.Pasha, “India and West Asia,” Delhi Gyan Sager Publishers,1999

A.K.Pasha, India, Iran and GCC States (New Delhi: 2000

Ali M Ansari, Confronting Iran: The failure of American Foreign Policy and the next great crisis in the Middle

East, New York ,A member of the Persen Book Group, 2006

Freeman O Robert), Soviet Policy towards the Middle Eat since 1970, USA, Praeger,, 1975

Goldberg H David, Paul Marantz, The Decline of the Soviet Union and the Transformation of the Middle

East, US, West View Press, 1994

Hamid Ansari, Travelling through conflict: Essay on the Politics of West Asia, New Delhi, Pearson Longman,

2008

Ivon Daalder, Nicole Gresotto, Philip Gordon (ed), Crescent of Crisis: US-European Strategy for the Greater

Middle East, Washington DC, Brookings Institution Press, 2006.

Lesch W David, The Middle East and the United States: A Historical & Political Reassessment, USA, West

View Press, 1999

Wells Jr., F Samuel, Mark A Bruzonsky, Security in the Middle East: Regional Change and Great Power

Strategies USA, West View Press, 1987.

PAPER 4: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

Unit I. International Political Economy:

1. Definition and Approaches;

2. Traditional Approaches—Mercantilist, Marxian and Dependencia;

3. Contemporary Mainstream Approaches—Institutionalist and Critical approaches.

4. Current discourse on Globalization in International Political Economy.

Unit II. International Economic Institutions and Problems:

1. Birth and Breakdown of Bretton Woods System

2. From General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) to World Trade Organization (WTO)

3. Multilateral Institutions (MEI) and Developing Countries, G-77.

Unit III. Political Economy of Regionalism:

1. Evolution of EU

2. North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA)

3. Asia Pacific Economic Community (APEC)

4. South American Common Market (MERCOSUR) and other related issues.

Unit IV. Non-State Actors in International Political Economy:

1. Transnational Corporations (TNCs)

2. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)—National and International

3. Protest Movements

4. World Economic Forum

Unit V. Environmental and Gender issues:

1. Global Environmental Concerns(Earth Summit)

2. International Migration of Labour

3. Gender and Global Economy

4. Global movement for gender justice

Reading List

Global movement for gender issues

Adams, N.B. (1993), Worlds Apart: The North-South Divide and the International System

(London: Zed).

Baldwin, D. (ed.) (1993), Neorealism and Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Debate (New

York: Columbia University Press).

Barker, D. and Mander J. (1996), Invisible Government: The World Trade Organisation: Global

Government for the Millennium (San Francisco, Cal.: International Forum on Globalisation).

Manoj parth- WTO.

PAPER 5: RUSSIA IN WORLD AFFAIRS

1. Rise and decline of USSR

2. Emergence of Russia and CIS

3. Russian Foreign Policy Making

4. Russian Policy towards global and regional issues

5. Resurgent Russia's Global Projection in the 21st Century: Putin and Beyond

Reading List

Robert Donaldson and Joseph Nogee. The Foreign Policy of Russia.Third edition 2005.

Gabriel Gorodetsky. Russia between East and West. 2003.

Andrei and PavelTsygankov, ―New Directions in Russian International Studies‖, Communist

and Post communist Studies. March 2004, pp. 1-17.

Eduard Solovyev, ―Geopolitics in Russia: Science or Vocation?‖ Communist and Post

communist Studies, March 2004, pp. 85-96.

Roy Macridis, Contemporary Political Ideologies, 6th edition, 1996.

Anuradha Chenoi

Ajaykumar Patnayak

PAPER 6: HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Unit 1: Historical development of Human Rights 1. Meaning and nature of Human Rights and International Relations 2. Importance of Human Rights 3. Global contributions to promote Human Rights(America, France and India)

Unit 2: UN Declaration of Human Rights

1. Enforcement and Implementation of Human rights

Unit 3: Challenges of Human Rights

1. Crimes against women and children

2. Refugees

3. Racial discrimination , Genocide and Ethnic cleansing

Unit 4: Development of Human Rights 1. Poverty and illiteracy

2. Impact of globalization on Human Rights

3. Internally Displaced People

Unit 5: Human Rights in India

1. Constitutional Provisions

2. Human Rights Commission

3. Judiciary and Human Rights

Books:

-AP Vijapur, Arshi Khan; Pearson Publications.

SEMESTER-III

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Subjects Hrs/Wk

1 CHINA IN WORLD AFFAIRS HC 4

2 INTERNATIONAL ORDER IN ASIA PACIFIC HC 4

3 INTERNSHIP HC 4

4 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS IN SOUTH ASIA SC 4

5 AFRICA IN WORLD AFFAIRS

6 INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM OE 4

Total 20

Paper 1 : CHINA IN WORLD AFFAIRS

1. Introduction to Contemporary China

2. China's Rise to Prominence in Asia

3. Contemporary Chinese Foreign Policy since WWII

4. China's Opening to the World: Deng Xiaoping's Policies, Rise as an Economic

Power, Strategic Concordance with the US

5. China's Disputes: Japan, Taiwan, India, the South China Sea and Russia

6. China: Responsible Power or a Potential Threat

Paper 2: INTERNATIONAL ORDER IN ASIA PACIFIC

OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE

To create an awareness about the emerging issues in Asia Pacific region

To familiarize the students with the geopolitics and geo economics of the

region

To understand the emerging security dynamics of the region

Unit 1

Asia-Pacific in the International System

1.1 The contemporary historical profile of the Asia-Pacific

1.2 The Political-Geographical Profile of the Asia-Pacific

1.3 The Conflict spectrum of the Asia-Pacific

1.4 The Global Impact of the Asia-Pacific

1.5 Cold War and Asia Pacific

Unit 2

Theoretical approaches in the Asia Pacific Region

2.1 Balance of Power,

2.2 Hegemonic Stability

2.3 Power Transition Theory

2.4 Regional Security Complex theory

2.5 Constructivism and Constructivist Agenda

Unit 3

Systemic Issues in the Asia-Pacific 3.1 Traditional and Non Traditional issues in the Asia pacific

3.2 Territorial & Boundary Disputes

3.3 Ethnic conflicts and Minority Issues

3.4 Environment and Energy Security issues in Asia Pacific

3.5 Challenges to democratisation in the region

Unit 4

Security of the Asia Pacific in the twenty first century

4.1 Security Dilemma in the Asia Pacific

4.2 Nuclear Weapons and the Asia-Pacific- The Second Nuclear Age

4.3 Maritime security issues in the Asia Pacific-Sea Lanes of Communication,

Maritime Piracy & terrorism

4.4 US and Asia Pacific

4.5 China and Asia Pacific

Unit 5

Geo-Economic Issues, Globalisation in the Asia-Pacific

5.1. The Asia-Pacific Economic System: Issues and Challenges

5.2. Globalisation, Regional economic cooperation

5.3. ASEAN-ARF

5.4 East Asia Initiative, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

5.5. Trans-regional economic linkages: EU, Americas

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

Alagappa Muthiah Asian Security Order, Stanford, California, Stanford University

Press, 1998.

Acharya Amitav, Constructing a Security Community in South East Asia: ASEAN &

The Problem of Regional Order, UK, Oxford University Press, 2001.

Abdollahian Mark, Carole Alsharabati, Brian Efird, Jacek Kugler, Douglas Lemke, A.

F.K. Organski, Allan C. Stam III, Ronald L. Tammen, Power Transition Strategies for

the 21st Century, UK, Chatham House Publishers, 2000.

Buzan Barry & Ole Waever, Regions and Powers: The Structure of International

Security, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2003

Blackwill Robert D, Dibb Paul, ―America’s Asian Alliances‖, USA,MIT Press

Massachusetts, 2000

Connors K. Michael, Remy Davison & Jorn Dosch, The New Global Politics of the

Asia-Pacific, UK, Routledge Curzon, 2004.

Gilpin Robert, Global Political Economy, Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton

University Press, 2001.

Keohane Robert O, After Hegemony, Princeton, Princeton University, 1984.

Paul T.V., James J Writz and Michel Fortmann, Balance of Power: Theory and

Practice in the 21st Century, Stanford, California, Stanford University Press,2004

Waltz N Kenneth, Man, State and War: A Theoretical Analysis, New York, Columbia

University Press, 1954

Paul Bracken, Fire in the East: The Rise of Asian Military Power and the Second

Nuclear Age, New York, Harper Collins,2000

John Ikenberry G. and Michael Mastanduno, International Relations Theory and the

Asia-Pacific, Columbia, Columbia University Press, 2003

William T. Tow, Asia-Pacific Strategic Relations: Seeking Convergent Security

Cambridge, Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies, Cambridge University, 2001

Paul Dibb, Towards a New Balance of Power in Asia Adelphi Pape No.295, London,

.International Institute of Strategic Studies, 1995

Joshua Ho & C.Z. Raymond, The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Maritime

Security in the Asia-Pacific, World Scientific Publishers, Singapore, 2005

Lawrence Prabhakar, Joshua Ho & Sam Bateman, The Maritime Balance of Power in

the Asia-Pacific: Maritime Doctrines and Nuclear Weapons At Sea, Singapore, World

Scientific Publishers, 2006

Yahuda Michael, The International Politics of the Asia Pacific, UK, Routledge,

Curzon, 2006

Databases

Strategic Asia Database (National Bureau of Asian Research Seattle. WA)

http://strategicasia.nbr.org/Data/Cview/

Columbia International Affairs Online http://www.ciaonet.org/

Journals

Pacific Review

Asian Survey

International Security

World Politics

Contemporary South East Asia

Adelphi Paper

Paper 3: INTERNSHIP

Paper 4 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL SYSTEM IN SOUTH ASIA

(OR) (SC)

1. Land and its People; Colonialism and Nationalism

2. Political Systems & Political Processes

3. Local Governments

4. Challenges of Economic Development

5. Regional Cooperation in South Asia

Reading List

Ayesha Jalal, The State of Martial Rule: The Origin of Pakistan’s Political Economy of

Defense. Cambridge, UK, 1990.

K.K. Aziz, The Making of Pakistan. Karachi, 1989.

Stanley J. Jambiah, Sri Lanka: Ethnic Practise and its Minting of Democracy. Chicago, 1986.

H. James and Robert Worden, eds., Bangladesh: A Country Study. Washington, D.C., 1989.

Ashok Kapur, Indian Ocean: Regional and International Power Politics. New York, 1983.

Robert N. Kearney, The Politics of Ceylon. London, 1974.

Richard L. Parik, ed., South Asian Political System. London and New York, 1970.

Rajni Kothari, ed., State and Nation-Building in the Third World.New Delhi, 1983.

Paper 5: AFRICA IN WORLD AFFAIRS (SC)

1. Introduction to Africa

2. Political Structures

3. Foreign Policies of African Countries

4. Role of Major Powers in Africa

5. Africa and Global Governance in the 21st Century

Reading List

David E. Albright, Africa and International Communism.London, 1980.

Helen Desfosses Cohn, Soviet Policy Towards Black Africa: The Focus of National Integration.

Thomas Hovel, Africa in the United Nations. London, 1963.

Bruce D. Larkin, China and Africa 1949-197: The Foreign Policy of the Peoples’ Republic of China.

Colin Legum, Pan-Africanism: A Short Political Guide. New York, 1962.

Waldemar A. Nielsen, The Great Powers and Africa. London, 1969.

Immanuel Wallerstein, ed., Political Economy of Contemporary Africa. Beverley Hills, 1985.

Z.M. Khan, Politics of Regional Integration in East Africa. Eaglewood Cliffs, 1966.

T.M. Shaw and K.A. Heard, eds., Politics of Africa–Dependence and Development. London, 1979.

Paper 6: GLOBAL TERRORISM (OE- Open Elective)

1. Meaning and definition

2. Sources and genesis of Terrorism

3. UN Debates

4. NLMS

5. US War on Terrorism

6. International Law in Terrorism