UGC NET (DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES)

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UNIT- I THEORIES AND CONCEPTS:-

Defence and Strategic Studies, The Concepts of Nation, Key Concepts of National Security, National Security Concerns of Major Powers, Middle Powers and Small Powers, National Security Structures, National Security Environment, Defence, Foreign, Security and Domestic Policies; Concept formulation, objectives and linkages,Military Alliances and Pacts, Peace Treaties, Defence Cooperation, Strategic Partnership and Security Dialogue, Non – Alignment, Balance of Power, Collective Security and Balance of Terror – Concept, Development and Relevance, 10. Deterrence and Détente

UNIT – II STRATEGIC THOUGHT:-

Contribution of Sun Tzu, Kautilya, Machiavelli, Jomini, Carl von Clausewitz, General Giulio Douhet W.Mitchell, J.F.C.Fuller, Capt.B.H.Liddell Hart, Marx, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Che Guevara, Nuclear Deterrence: Andre Beaufre, Henry Kissinger and K. Subrahmanyam, Thoughts of Gandhi and Nehru on Peace, Security and Development.

UNIT – IV WMD, NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY :-

Basic Concepts and Theory, Historical Survey of Disarmament Efforts, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Arms Limitation Nuclear Arms Control Treaties, Chemical weapons Convention and Biological Weapons Convention, Concept of Non-proliferation NPT, CTBT, PTBT MTCR FMCT, & other treaties, Nuclear Export Control Regimes, New Challenges and Responses

UNIT – V GLOBAL SECURITY CONCERNS:-

End of cold war and emergence of new world order, Proliferation of Military, Nuclear and missile capabilities, Environmental Issues, Organized Crimes, Migrants and Refugees, Global Security Concerns, Problem of System of Governance and Human Rights, Food Security, Energy Security and Water Security problems in modern era, Millennium Development Goals.

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UNIT – III WAR AS AN INSTRUMENT IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:-

Theories and causes of War, Principles of War, Contemporary Warfare, Armaments, Military Alliances and Pacts, Peace Treaties, Defence Cooperation, Strategic Partnership and Security Dialogue, Terrorism, Conflicting Ideologies, Concept and Elements of Deterrence, Evolution of Global Nuclear Doctrines, Democratic Peace Theory

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UNIT- I THEORIES AND CONCEPTS:-

Defence and Strategic Studies, The Concepts of Nation, Key Concepts of National Security, National Security Concerns of Major Powers, Middle Powers and Small Powers, National Security Structures, National Security Environment, Defence, Foreign, Security and Domestic Policies; Concept formulation, objectives and linkages,Military Alliances and Pacts, Peace Treaties, Defence Cooperation, Strategic Partnership and Security Dialogue, Non – Alignment, Balance of Power, Collective Security and Balance of Terror – Concept, Development and Relevance, 10. Deterrence and Détente

UNIT – II STRATEGIC THOUGHT:-

Contribution of Sun Tzu, Kautilya, Machiavelli, Jomini, Carl von Clausewitz, General Giulio Douhet W.Mitchell, J.F.C.Fuller, Capt.B.H.Liddell Hart, Marx, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Che Guevara, Nuclear Deterrence: Andre Beaufre, Henry Kissinger and K. Subrahmanyam, Thoughts of Gandhi and Nehru on Peace, Security and Development.

UNIT – IV WMD, NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY :-

Basic Concepts and Theory, Historical Survey of Disarmament Efforts, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Arms Limitation Nuclear Arms Control Treaties, Chemical weapons Convention and Biological Weapons Convention, Concept of Non-proliferation NPT, CTBT, PTBT MTCR FMCT, & other treaties, Nuclear Export Control Regimes, New Challenges and Responses

UNIT – V GLOBAL SECURITY CONCERNS:-

End of cold war and emergence of new world order, Proliferation of Military, Nuclear and missile capabilities, Environmental Issues, Organized Crimes, Migrants and Refugees, Global Security Concerns, Problem of System of Governance and Human Rights, Food Security, Energy Security and Water Security problems in modern era, Millennium Development Goals.

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UNIT – VI INDIA’S SECURITY CONCERNS & POLICIES IN CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO:-

Genesis of Sino-Indian Relations, The Boundary Dispute, Sino- Pakistan Nexus, OBOR and CPEC, China and India- Military Balance, Chinese Policy towards South Asia, Strategic Dimension of India- Pakistan Relations, India and South Asia, India’s Look East and Act East Policies, Indo- Pacific Cooperation, Strategic Partnerships., India’s maritime security and strategy in 21st century, India’s Defence Doctrines and Strategies including Nuclear Doctrine, Higher Defence Organization of India.

UNIT – VII ISSUES IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION:-

Origin, Type and Structure of Conflict., Ideologies and International conflicts., Role of United Nations in Conflict Management and Re – Structuring of UNO, Techniques of Conflict Prevention, Conflict Management, International Humanitarian Laws and Laws of Armed Conflicts, Confidence Building Measures, Gandhian Philosophy on Peace and Non-violence, Nehruvian approach to National Security and Cooperation

UNIT – VIII DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY:-

Basic Concept & meaning of Disaster, Introduction to terminologies associated with Disaster and National Security, Natural Disaster and Human Induced Disaster, Study of Disaster in India / Around the World, Disaster Management, Institutional Mechanism for Disaster Management in India

UNIT – IX DEFENCE ECONOMICS:-

Economic Theories of Defence, Sustainable Development, Basics of Defence Planning, Determinants of Defence Expenditure, Defence Budgeting, Economic Causes of War, Economic Warfare in modem times, Economic Problems of Post War reconstructio, National Security and International Trade regimes (WTO, TRIPS, TRIMS, FTA’s NAFTA, SAPTA, & NSG), India’s role in Regional and Global Economic Forums and Organizations, Geo-economics and its Implications for global/regional economic stability