Unit - 6 : India’s Foreign Policy

Unit - 6 : India’s Foreign Policy

Perspectives on India’s Foreign Policy: India’s Identity as postcolonial, development, rising power and as emerging political economy

 Continuity and change in India’s Foreign Policy: Principles and determinants;

Non-Alignment movement: historical background and relevance of Non Aligned Movement; India’s Nuclear Policy

 India’s relations with major powers: USA, USSR/Russia, People’s Republic of China
India’s Engagement with multipolar world: India’s relations with European Union, BRICS, ASEAN, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, African Union, Southern African Development Community, Gulf Cooperation Council

 India’s relations with neighbourhood: SAARC, Gujaral doctrine, Look Eas t/ Act East, Look West.

India’s Negotiation Strategies in International Regimes: The United Nations, World Trade Organisation, International Monetary Fund, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Contemporary challenges: maritime security, energy security, environmental security, migrants and refugees, water resources, international terrorism, cybersecurity