Hello Saanya George

I am listing the syllabus for section 1 and section 2, kindly check below

Compulsory Courses for Section I

DS 1.1: International Relations

1. Cold war: Nature and evolution since 1945 to 1991

2. Developments in the Third World: Regionalism, and Nonalignment

3. Evolution of International Economic Issues: Breton Woods System; NIEO;

North-South; GATT and WTO.

4. World Order since 1991

5. Theories and Approaches: (a) The Classical Approaches- Realism and

Idealism, (b) The Scientific Revolution- Behavioral approach, Systems

Approach, Decision Making Theories, Game Theory (c) Neo Liberalism

(d) Neo Realism, (e) International Political Economy (d) Transnationalism.

Compulsory Courses for Section II

DS 2.1: Strategic Studies

1. Strategic Studies: Assumptions and Approaches

2. Theories and Causes of War

3. Contemporary Warfare: (a) Conventional Warfare in Nuclear Age, (b)

Limited War, (c) Revolutionary Warfare, (d) Guerilla Warfare and Low

Intensity Operations, (e) Insurgency and Counter Insurgency, (f) Terrorism.

(g) Asymmetric Warfare

4. Evolution of Nuclear Strategy: Early Debates on the relevance of Nuclear

Weapons.

5. US Nuclear Strategy: Survey of US Nuclear Strategy and Doctrines from

1945 to the present.

6. Soviet Nuclear Strategy:

a. Political (Ideological), Historical and Geographic Influences,

b. Key Elements in Soviet Strategy.

7. Russian Nuclear Strategy/Policy making

8. Chinese Nuclear Strategy

9. Indian Nuclear Strategy

10.Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy

COMPULSORY COURSES FOR SECTION I

DS-1.2: Geo-Politics and Military Geography

1. Scope and Importance of geopolitics

2. Evolution of Geopolitical Thought since the 19 th Century: (a) Organic

Theory of State (b) Sea Power Theory, (c) land Power Theory, (d) Rim

Land Theory, (e) German Geopolitik

3. Geopolitics during the Cold War Period: (a) Cold War relevance of

Heartland Theory, (b) Four Dimensional World

4. Geopolitics in the post cold war era.

5. Role of Geography in Military applications

6. Man and Environment : (a) determinism, (b) Positivism

7. Important and Scope of Logistics: (a ) Resources, (b) Industries, (c)

Supply Chain, (d) Transportation and Communication

8. Planning Process and Principles of Strategic Geography

9. Role of Geography in Land Warfare

10.Role of Geography in Sea Warfare

11.Role of Geography in Air Warfare

12.Geography of Space Warfare

13.Weather conditions of Sea as factors in amphibious and airborne

operations

14.Military Geography of India and Defence Problems: (a) India’s

boundaries, terrain in border areas, weather and communication, (b)

Population in border areas and its implications to border security (c)

geography of insurgency and counter insurgency in India

Compulsory Courses for Section II

DS 2.2: Defence Organization of India

1. Higher Defence Organisation in India

a. Cabinet Committee on Security

b. National Security Council, National Security Advisor; Strategic

Policy Group and national Security Advisory Board

2. Ministry of Defence

a) Departments:

- Department of Defence

c. Department of Defence Production

d. Department of Defence Research and Development

e. Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

b) Integrated Defence Staff

c) Defence Intelligence Agency

d) Defence Acquisition Council

-Defence Procurement Board

- Defence Production Board

-Defence Research and Development Board

e) Defence Technology Council

f) Andaman and Nicobar Command and Strategic Command

3. Paramilitary Forces (Ministry of Home)

Assam Rifles, the Border Security Force, the Central Industrial Security

Force, the Central Reserve Police Force, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, and

the Rashtriya Rifles (National Rifles).

1. Intelligence Agencies

2. Kargil Review Committee Recommendations

COMPULSORY COURSES FOR SECTION I

DS 1.3: National Security: Key Concepts

3. Concepts: Nation; Nationalism; Nation State; National Power and National

Security.

4. Key Concepts of Security:

(a) Balance of Power,

(b) Deterrence, Brinkmanship and Compellence

(b) Collective Security

(d) Neutrality,

(e) Nonalignment,

(f) Equal Security,

(g) Common Security,

(h) Comprehensive Security,

(i) Human Security.

5. Approaches to Peace:

(a) Diplomacy,

(b) International Law,

(c) United Nations and Pacific Settlement of Disputes

(d) Arms Control and Disarmament.

(e) Track II diplomacy

Compulsory Courses for Section II

DS 2.3: Indian National Security

1. Problems of India’s Security: The Conceptual Framework- Global,

Regional and Local environment and its impact on Security thinking. –

National Interest and protection of core values

2. India’s Strategic Culture and National Security policy

3. India’s Nuclear Policy

4. India and Pakistan (focus on issues of dispute and efforts at

normalisation)

5. India and China (focus on issues of dispute and efforts at normalisation)

6. India and the United States (post 1990-91)

7. India and Russia (post 1990-91)

8. India and the Asia Pacific (post 1990-91)

9. India and Europe (post 1990-91).

10.India and West Asia (post 1990-91)

11.SAARC

12.India and the emergent world order (since 1991)

COMPULSORY COURSES FOR SECTION I

DS 1.4: Indian Military History

1. Defining Military History of India

a) What is Military History

b) Basic Concepts of Military History

c) A Brief survey of the Military Tradition/s of India

2. Historiography of the Military History of India (Approaches)

a) Perspectives on the Military History of India

b) The Historical approaches within military history of India

3. Military History of Ancient India (Wars/ battles, Institutions, principles,

philosophy, techniques, weapons, doctrines, strategies and tactics, reasons for

victory or defeat, lessons learnt)

4. Military History of the Medieval India:

a) The Turkish Invasion of India: Mahmud of Ghazni and Mahmud of Ghor

b) The Sultanate of Delhi: The Slave Dynasty, The Khaljis, The Tughluqs and the

Lodhis

c) The Rajputs (The Rajput Military Tradition)

d) The Mughals

e) The Marathas

f) The Sikhs

g) The other regional military traditions of the medieval period in India

3. The British Period:

a) The Nature of the Indian Military Resistance to the British (East India Co.)

Army/ Aggression or expansion

b) The Making of the British Military forces (land forces)

c) The Command Structure of the British (Company’s) Army

d) The British Military Operations in the 19 th century: Anglo Mysore Wars; Anglo

Maratha wars; Anglo Sikh wars and Revolt of 1857.

4. British Indian Army

a) Rise of Presidency Armies

b) Indianisation of Indian Army

c) Nationalization of Indian Armed Forces.

5. Indian National Army.

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Compulsory Courses for Section II

DS 2.4: Peace and Conflict Studies

1. Peace and Conflict Studies: Nature and Scope

2. Conceptual analysis of Conflict and Peace

3. Nature and forms of Conflict

4. Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution

5. UN System : Pacific Settlement of Disputes

6. UN System: Peace Keeping, Peace making and Adjudication

7. Disarmament and Arms Control

8. Confidence Building Measures

9. Functional Approaches and Regionalism

10.Gandhian Approach and its relevance today

11.Comprehensive Security and Human Security

12.Peace Research and Peace Movements

Thanks!

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