Understanding India’s Engagement with the World
The program offers a comprehensive understanding of India’s rise as a major power by examining its international and allied engagements. It delves into India’s geopolitical environment, analyzing its global positioning, foreign policy orientations, and the security challenges it faces in an increasingly complex international order. A key component of the course is India’s relations with its neighbors, particularly with countries like Pakistan and China, as well as its outreach to extended neighbors and the Indian Ocean region. Finally, the program examines India’s global engagements, highlighting its relationships with global and regional powers, leadership in the Global South, and its active role in multilateral forums such as the United Nations, BRICS, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Through these themes, the course provides a well-rounded perspective on India’s foreign policy and its growing role in shaping global affairs.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop knowledge on Indian politics and foreign policy
- Recognize India’s regional priorities
- Debate on India’s rising power status and challenges
- Understand India’s contributions for global peace and stability
Course Content
Indian Politics and Foreign policy – Political institutions, democracy, foreign policy considerations, Understanding India’s Geopolitical Environment – India’s geopolitical environment, geopolitics, India and the world -India’s National Security – Managing the security of India in a complex international world – India’s worldview– How India and the world view each other in the global stage – India and its Neighborhood – Learn about India’s relations with its neighbors Pakistan and China – India and Extended Neighborhood – India’s engagement with West Asia and Southeast Asia – India and the major powers – India’s relations with USA, Russia and China – India and the Global South – India’s championing of Global rights as a leader of the Global South – India and Multilateralism – India’s multilateral engagements at the global as well as the regional level – Understand India’s role in the UN, SAARC, BRICS, Quad, SCO
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Distinctive Features
- Blends an understanding of policy making and understanding of India from the Indian perspective
- Experienced faculty from diverse backgrounds
- Multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary learning experience
- Methodology and interactive sessions with key policy and decision makers