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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Foreign Policy of India Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Foreign Policy of India

Major · Politics · Semester 3 · SY BA · 2 credits · 50 marks · 30 hours

The University sets this paper under Scheme III only, so your college may not run it.

Module 1: Principles of India’s Foreign Policy and India’s Neighborhood

  • 1 Concept, Principles and Development of India’s Foreign Policy
  • 2 India and Neighborhood: China, Pakistan
  • 3 India and Neighborhood: Bangladesh, Nepal, SriLanka

Module 2: Indiaand International Organizations

  • 1 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
  • 2 Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  • 3 BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, Chinaand South Africa)

Reading List

  • 1 Aryal,S.K.,& Bharti,S.S.(2023).Evolution of‘ India’s Neighborhood First Policy’ Since Independence. Society, 60(2), 224– 232.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-023-00819-y
  • 2 Bajpai, S. (2023, February23). For Now, India Has a Limited Appetite for DiplomacyWithPakistan.https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/for-now- india-has-a-limited-appetite-for-diplomacy-with-pakistan/
  • 3 Chenioy K.M. and Chenioy A.M., India’s Foreign Policy Shifts and The Calculus of Power, Economic and Political Weekly,42(35):3547:53,2007.
  • 4 DavidM.Malon, Does the Elephant Dance?, Oxford, 2011.
  • 5 Ganaie, R. A., & Ganaie, M. A. India’s Afghanistan policy: A quest for strategic space post the US withdrawal. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications,9(1),2022.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01489-
  • 6 GangulyS.Indian Foreign Policy Grows Up,World Policy Journal,20(2):41- 47, 2003.
  • 7 Gokhale,V.ABrief Background to India-China Relations (The Road from Galwan:, pp. 4–5). Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,2021,https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep30024.5
  • 8 GuptaV.K.S.and ChandraV.(ed.),India’s Neighbourhood: Challenges Ahead, IDSA and Republic Press, 2008, New Delhi.
  • 9 IGNOUIndia and theWorld. EGyanKosh.,July2, 2023,https://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/24365
  • 10 JackKathryn,”Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: International Relations and Regional Tension in South Asia, Palgrave, 2000,
  • 11 JhaNaliniKant,“South Asiain 21 st Century:India and Her Neighbours and Great Powers”, South Asian Publisher, 2003, New Delhi.
  • 12 JalaA.andBoseS.,Modern South Asia:History,Culture,Political Economy, Oxford University Press, 2004, New Delhi.
  • 13 Khanna,V. Foreign Policyof India, Vikas Publishing House Pvt.Ltd.2018.
  • 14 Kondapalli,S.,Beijing’spowerplay.DeccanHerald,April30. 2023https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/beijing-s-powerplay- 1214277.html
  • 15 MohanC.RajaIndiaand China:Can Two Tigers Sharea Mountain? Sunday Gurdian, 21 March, 2010.
  • 16 MohanC.Raja,“India’s Neighbourhood Policy:Four Dimensions,Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, 2(1), 2007.
  • 17 MuniS.D.(ED.),The Emerging Dimension Of SAARC,,Cambridge University Press, 2010, New Delhi
  • 18 NancyJaitly(ed.),“India’s Foreign Policy:Challenges and Prospectus”,Vikas Publication, 1999, New Delhi.
  • 19 NooraniA.G.,“India China Boundary Problem 1846-1947,Oxford, 2010.
  • 20 Paul,T.When balance of power meets globalization:China,India and the small states of South Asia. Politics, 39(1), 50 63, 2019,https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395718779930
  • 21 RumelD.and Ashok K Bhuria,India’s Neighbourhood:Challenges in the next Two Decades, IDSA, 2012, New Delhi.
  • 22 Sinha Atishand Mohata Madhup,“India’s Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities, Academic Foundation, 2007, New Delhi.
  • 23 TharoorShashi,PaxIndica,Penguin,2011
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