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

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Syllabus for Foreign Policy of India

Major · Politics · Semester 4 · SY BA · 2 credits · 50 marks · 30 hours

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

Practise with the Semester 4 past papers. Papers in the subject folders were set on this syllabus. The year folders hold older papers, so check each topic against this one.

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, Sri Lanka

Module 2: India and International Organizations

1 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
2 Association of South east Asian Nations
3 BRICS(Brazil, Russia, India, China and 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 Diplomacy With Pakistan.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 David M.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 Ganguly S. Indian Foreign Policy Grows Up, World Policy Journal, 20(2): 41- 47, 2003.
7 Gokhale, V.A Brief 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 Gupta V.K.S.and Chandra V.(ed.), India’s Neighbourhood: Challenges Ahead, IDSA and Republic Press, 2008, New Delhi.
9 IGNOU India and the World. EGyanKosh., July2, 2023,https://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/24365
10 Jack Kathryn,”Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: International Relations and Regional Tension in South Asia, Palgrave, 2000,
11 Jha Nalini Kant,“South Asia in 21 st Century: India and Her Neighbours and Great Powers”, South Asian Publisher, 2003, New Delhi.
12 Jala A. and Bose S., Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy, Oxford University Press, 2004, New Delhi.
13 Khanna, V. Foreign Policy of India, Vikas Publishing House Pvt.Ltd.2018.
14 Kondapalli, S., Beijing’s powerplay.Deccan Herald, April30. 2023https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/beijing-s-powerplay- 1214277.html
15 Mohan C.Raja India and China: Can Two Tigers Share a Mountain? Sunday Gurdian, 21 March, 2010.
16 Mohan C.Raja,“India’s Neighbourhood Policy: Four Dimensions, Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, 2(1), 2007.
17 Muni S.D.(ED.), The Emerging Dimension Of SAARC,,Cambridge University Press, 2010, New Delhi
18 Nancy Jaitly(ed.),“India’s Foreign Policy: Challenges and Prospectus”,Vikas Publication, 1999, New Delhi.
19 Noorani A.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 Rumel D.and Ashok K Bhuria, India’s Neighbourhood: Challenges in the next Two Decades, IDSA, 2012, New Delhi.
22 Sinha Atish and Mohata Madhup,“India’s Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities, Academic Foundation, 2007, New Delhi.
23 Tharoor Shashi, Pax Indica, Penguin, 2011

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