Subject Name 6.

International Relations

Subject Code NLAW133

Subject Credits 4

This module facilitates you to understand the approaches to

the study of Comparative Politics in vogue in an informed
Summary/Overview and efficient manner. The module helps you to acquire the
knowledge that is vital in understanding the concepts of
International Politics and approaches to foreign policy

To help you in understanding various approaches to the

study of Global Politics
Aims
To help you in interpreting the ideologies and foreign
policy determinants in designing the foreign policies.

Core Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes Assessment Criteria

On completion of this unit you should be To achieve the learning outcome you must
able to: demonstrate the ability to:

To develop conceptual knowledge of the Understanding of the nuts and bolts of concepts
1
anatomy of Global Politics and concepts discussed in the class

To evaluate the foreign policy Development and understanding of concepts

determinants of the countries across the and applying them to day to day practices in
2
globe. foreign policy decision making as evidenced
from case studies and research articles.

The teaching methods will consist of formal lectures, case

Approach to Learning
study analysis, practical workshops and discussion groups.
Experts and practitioners will be invited to participate in the
course as guest lecturers. Students will work at their own
to identify and assess cases relating the subject matter with
an object to develop a thorough knowledge.

Students will also be expected to read beyond texts

assigned, and to identify on their own further sources of
information for complementing their studies.
 Participants will develop objectivity in outlook and
demonstrate it by contributing research articles in Indian
and international journals. They will also produce literature
Assessment Strategy review (in pairs) which will allow them to dig into the
necessary text and it will develop their academic diligence
and critical analysis in putting together an original review
of contemporary and emerging knowledge of a specialized
area in Political Science.

Learning Outcomes Submission

Assessment Description of Weight Assessed day/week
No
Method* Assessment Method % (assignments) or
1 2 3 4 5 6 length (exam)

CS Case Study X X X

PF Preparation of cases X X X
for class discussion

RE Analysis of foreign X X X X X X
policies of major
countries and
presenting the ideas as
a sort of assignment

*The following codes for assessment methods apply:-

LR literature review PC practical

CB computer-based PF performance

CS case study PL placement

DI dissertation or project PO portfolio

EX exam PR presentation

GR group report RE individual report

DTA during term test OR oral

OT other
Outline Teaching Schedule

Topics Contents

Approaches to the study of Traditional approaches; political economy, political sociology or

comparative politics political system approaches; Nature of political process in the
Third World

The Modern Nation State Evolution, the contemporary trends in the advanced industrial
countries and the Third World.

Concepts of International politics Power, national interest, balance of power, national security,
collective security and peace- Theories of International politics,
Marxist, Realist, Systems, Decision-making and Game Theory.

Determinants of foreign policy Domestic compulsions, geopolitics, geo-economics and global

order. Origin and contemporary relevance of the Cold War, nature
of the post-cold war global order

Major issues of world politics Cuban Missile Crisis; Vietnam War, Oil Crisis, Afghan Civil War,
Gulf War, Collapse of the Soviet Union, Yugoslav Crisis, War on
terrorism, Bin-Laden. Fall of dictatorship in Syria, Libia, Egypt
and Iraq and global political equations.

International organizations UN and Organs of UNO and their powers, General Assembly, Security
its specialized agencies Council, International Court of Justice; ILO, UNICEF, WHO
UNESCO.

Regional, organizations ASEAN, APEC, EU, SAARC, NAFTA

13. Contemporary Global Concerns : Democracy, Human Rights,
Ecology, Gender Justice, Global commons, Communication

Indian Foreign Policy Non Aligned Movement, Indo- China, Indo- Russia and Indo- Pak
relations, India and other countries. India's relation with Africa and
Latin America. India and South East Asia; ASEAN. India and the
major powers: USA, EU, China, Japan and Russia.

India and the UN System: India's role in UN Peace Keeping and

global disarmament. India and the emerging international
economic order; multilateral agencies-WTO, IMF, IBRD, ADB.
India and the question of nuclear weapons : NPT and CTBT
Recommended Resources

Essential Textbook

1. Robert H. Jackson, Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches

2. Joshua S. Goldstein , International Relations (5th Edition)

Other books you may want to consider are:

1. John Baylis, The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations