CSS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Syllabus

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Total Marks – 100

Part – A

1. The modern state system – history, basic features, evolving forms.

2. International Relations as a field of study, Basic Approaches – Power, Balance of Power, Imperialism, Nationalism.

3. Interaction between states – diplomacy, International Law, international economic and trade linkages – pressures in world politics.

Part – B

1. Evolution of the International System since 1815 (Congress of Vienna) Historical Overview.

2. World War III, Decolonization, Rise of the Third World Alliance System (NATO, SEATO, CENTO, WARSAW PACT) Peaceful coexistence: Non-Aligned Movement Theories of Peace and Security in Nuclear Age (Deterrence. Limited war. Crisis Management etc) Détente.

Part – C

1. Foreign Policies of the Superpowers, major powers (USA. USSR. China) with special reference to South Asia (India. Pakistan, etc.).

2. Issues in global Politics.

(a) Nuclear Proliferation.
(b) Superpower rivalry in the Indian Ocean.
(c) International economic order.
(d) Regional Security issues and crises (Afghanistan Crises Iran—Iraq war, Palestine problem, Apartheid and South Africa, Namibia, Polish crises, Eurocommunism, Central American crises etc.)
(e) Arms Control and disarmament.

SUGGESTED READINGS

	Title	Author
1	International Politics	K.J. Holsti
2	Politics among Nations	Hans Morgenthan
3	World Politics: An Introduction	James N. Rosenau
4	An Introduction to International Politics; Power and Justics	Theodor Contobius and Thomas Wolfe
5	Contending Theories of International Relations	Tames Dougherty
6	Issues in Global Politics	Gavin Boyd
7	World Politics since 1945	Peter Caloucorassi
8	International Relations: Peace or War	Richard Rosecrance
9	Relations of Nations	Frederick Hartman
10	Indian Ocean and the Superpowers: Economic, Political and Strategic Perspectives	Rasul Bux Rais
11	Sanctuary and War	Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema
12	Contemporary Strategy: Theories and Policies	J. Baylis, K. Booth, P. Williams, J. Garnet