BA 5TH SEMESTER POLITICAL SCIENCE SYLLABUS

 Four year Undergraduate Programme 

Subject: Political Science

Semester : 5th Semester 

Course Name : POL050504: Introduction to India's Foreign Policy ( Optional) 

Unit - I : Making of India's foreign policy.

a. Evolution of India's foreign policy - Nehruvian tradition and India in the new world order 

b. Domestic and External determinants. 

c. Policy formulation process - the Institutional structure ( MEA, PMO and Parliament) 

Unit - II : India and major powers 

India's relations with 

a. USA ,

b. Russia 

c. China 

Unit -III : India and its neighbours

a. Pakistan 

b. Bangladesh 

c. Sri Lanka 

d. Concept of ' Extended Neighbourhood ' and India's Look ( Act) East Policy.

Unit- IV: India's multilateral diplomacy 

a. India and the United Nations 

b. India and International financial Institutions 

c. India and Climate Change