JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

List of courses of M.A programme (International Relations)
Updated on 01.12.2023
I SEMESTER (MONSOON) (Core Courses) 4 Credit Each

IS 401 N Political Thought- I Nivedita Menon/ Mollica Dastider

IS 402 N Theory of International Relations Rajesh Rajagopalan / Jayati Srivastava
IS 403 N Comparative Political Analysis Vandana Mishra
IS 404 N Indian Political System Jyoti Bhosale/Pravesh Kumar
IS 405 N Principles of Economic Organization Raj Yadav
IS 406 N International Law of Peace Bharat H Desai
II SEMESTER (WINTER) (Core Courses)
IS 451 N Political Thought- II Mohinder Singh
IS 452 N Problems of International Relations Rajesh Rajagopalan
IS 453 N International Organization Ranvijay
IS 454 N Political Geography Krishnendra Meena
IS 455 N Legal Controls of International Conflicts Bharat H. Desai
IS 456 N Indian Foreign Policy Sanjay Bhardwaj
III SEMESTER (MONSOON)
(Optional Courses) 4 Credit Each
IS 504 N Strategies of Economic Development in Communist Alka Acharya
China
IS 506 N Political Economy of South Asia Amita Batra
IS 507 N Political Economy of Latin America Aprajita Kashyap
IS 509 N Government and Politics in West Asia A.K .Mohapatra
IS 513 N Government and Politics in United States Saumyajit Ray
IS 514 N Russian Political System Archana Upadhyay
IS 516 N Government and Politics of Sub-Sahararn Africa Gayettri Dixit
IS 518 N Politics and Foreign Policy of Germany Ummu Salma Bava
IS 519 N Government and Politics in China Ritu Agarwal
IS 520 N Government and Politics in South Asia Saurabh
IS 521 N Society and Culture in Himalaya Sangeeta Thapliyal
IS 522 N Society and Politics in the South –West Pacific Jaikhlong Basumatary
IS 523N Political Economy of Sub-Saharan Africa Ajay Dubey
IS 524N Foreign Policy of Israel P.R. Kumaraswamy
IS 525 N Political Economy of Japan Srabani Roy Choudhury
IS 526 N Introduction to Peace and Conflict Resolution Swaran Singh / P. Sahadevan
IS 527 N China’s Security : Traditional & Non- Traditional Srikanth Kondapalli
Aspects
IS 528 N Globalization, Democracy and Civil Society in Nalin Mohapatra
Contemporary Central Asia
IS 529 N Economic and Political Geography of South Asia Ambrish Dhaka
IS 530 N Globlisation of Human Rights Deepa Kansra
IS534N Geopolitics of Afghanistan Ambrish Dhaka
IS 562 N India, Pakistan and Great Powers Dr. Gadde Omprasad
IS 589 N Research Methodology Rajan Kumar
IS 598N Introduction to American Society Saumyajit Ray
Seminar Course
IS 459N Great Power Transition and Asian International Rajesh Rajagopalan
Relations
IS 460N Eurasia and the World Preeti Das
IS 462 N International Human Rights Law and Vulnerable Deepa Kansra
Groups
IV SEMESTER (WINTER)
(Optional Courses) 4 Credit Each
IS 470 N Climate Change and Environmental Security Dr. Ambrish Dhaka
IS 471 N China and the Global Political Economy Dr. Arvind Yelery
IS 472 N Framing of Japan’s Security Policy: Domestic and Dr. Titli Basu
International Imperatives
IS 473 N Transatlantic Relations after the Cold War Dr. J. Jeganaathan
IS 474 N Religion, State and Politics in the Modern World Dr. Saumjajit Ray
IS 531 N Critical Thought in the Global South Nivedita Menon & Mohinder Singh
IS 532 N Political Economy of Science and Technology Jyoti D. Bhosale
IS 533N Critical issues in Democracy and Biju Kumar (Region from SIS)
Democratization
IS 551N Introduction to Diplomacy Manish Dabhade
IS 554N Peace and War in the Nuclear Age J. Madhan Mohan and Amitabh Mattoo
IS 557N National Security and the International Happymon Jacob
Relations
IS 559N West Asia in World Affairs A.K. Mohapatra
IS 562N India, Pakistan and Great Powers Uma Singh (Retired)
IS 563N South –East Asia Foreign Relations Jaikhlong Basumatary
IS 564N Foreign Policy of New Russia S.K. Pandey / Amitabh Singh
IS 567N Foreign Policy of China Alka Acharya
IS 568 N Foreign Policy of Japan Srabani Roy Choudhury
IS 569N Africa in World Politics A.K. Dubey
IS570N Relations of Bhutan and Nepal with Sangeeta Thapliyal
Neighboring Countries
IS 571N Korean Peninsula in International Affairs Sandip Kumar Mishra
IS 572N Foreign Policy of the United States since the Arvind Kumar
Second World War
IS 574 N Foreign Policies of Major Latin American Priti Singh
Countries
IS 581 N South –West Pacific Foreign Relations Shubhamitra Das
IS 583 N Great Powers in the International System Varun Sahni
IS 584N Politics and Institutions of the European Union R.K. Jain (Retired)
IS 585N Canada in the World Affairs Sneha
IS 586 N Case Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution Ummu Salma Bava
IS 587 N Minorities in World Politics P.R. Kumaraswamy
IS 588 N Gender & International Relations Santana Khanikar
IS 597 N Aesthetics and International Politics Jayati Srivastava
IS 599N Political Themes in Comparative Perspective: Pravesh Kumar
Indian & Western Traditions
Seminar Courses
IS 461N Strategic Himalayas between India and China Sangeeta Thapliyal
IS 463 N Cross-cutting Themes and Concepts in Human Deepa Kansra
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