Introduction to The End of Bipolarity

What Was the Soviet System?

Gorbachev and the disintegration

Why Did Soviet Union Disintegrate?

Consequences of Disintegration

Shock Therapy In Post-Communist Regimes

Consequences of Shock Treatment

Tensions and Conflicts

India and Post-Communist countries

Leaders of Soviet Union

Beginning of the new world war

The Clinton Years

Improvement in the electoral system of India.The 9/11 and the global war on terror

The Iraq Invasion

What does Hegemony Mean?

The Hegemony as Hard power

Hegemony as structural power

Hegemony as soft power

Introduction to US Hegemony in World Politics

Ayesha, Jabu and Andrei

Beginning of the new world war

The Clinton Years

The 9/11 and the global war on terror

The Iraq Invasion

What does Hegemony Mean?

The Hegemony as Hard power

Hegemony as structural power

Hegemony as soft power

Introduction to Alternative Centres of Power

European Union

Association of south east Asian Nations (Asean)

The Rise of Chinese Economy

India-China Relations

European Union economic, political and diplomatic, and military influence

ASEAN Economic association

Chinese Leadership

India’s Nuclear tests influence

The European union integration

Introduction to Contemporary South Asia

What is South Asia?

The military and democracy in Pakistan

Democracy in Bangladesh

Monarchy and Democracy in Nepal

Ethnic Conflict and democracy in Sri Lanka

India-Pakistan Conflicts

India and Its other Neighbours

Peace and Cooperation

Indo-Pak Relations

Introduction to International Organizations

Why International Organisations?

Evolution of the UN

Reform of the UN after the cold war

Reform of structures and processes

Jurisdiction of the UN

India and the UN Reforms

The UN in a Unipolar world

UN System Principal organs

World Bank in UN system

Introduction to Security in the Contemporary World

What is Security?

Traditional Notions: External

Traditional Notions: Internal

Traditional Security and Cooperation

Non-Traditional Notions

New sources of threats

Cooperative society

India’s Security Strategy

Health Epidemics in contemporary world

Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resources

Environmental Concerns in Global Politics

Protection of Global Commons

Common but Differentiated Responsibilities

Common Property Resources

India’s stand on environmental issues

Environmental Movements one or Many?

Resource Geopolitics?

Indigenous Peoples and their Rights

Introduction to Globalisation

Concept of Globalisation

Causes of Globalisation

Political Consequences

Economic Consequences

Cultural Consequences

India and Globalisation

Resistance to Globalisation

India and Resistance to Globalisation

Examples of Globalisation

Introduction to Challenging of Nation Building

Partition: displacement and rehabilitation

Integration of Princely States

Reorganization of states

Challenges to India

Consequences of Partition

Ruthless killings in partition

Government’s approach

Life of princely states after partition

India Before and After Partition

Introduction to Era of One-party Dominance

Challenging of building democracy

Changing methods of Voting

Congress dominance in the first three elections

Communist Victory in Kerala

Socialist Party

Nature of congress dominance

Congress as social and ideological coalition

Communist party of India

Emergence of opposition parties

Introduction to Politics of planned development

Politics Contestation

Ideas of Development

Planning in development

Early Initiatives

The first five year plan

Rapid Industrialisation

Agriculture versus industry

Public versus private sector

Major Outcomes: Foundation, Land reforms and Green, Revolution