UGC NET Syllabus for Defence and Strategic Studies 2020

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AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

UNIT- I

THEORIES AND CONCEPTS

1. Defence and Strategic Studies : Assumptions and Approaches.
2. The Concepts of Nation:
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 State and Nation – State, Theories and Elements of State
 National Power and its Components
3. Key Concepts of National Security:mDefining National Security, National
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4. National Security Concerns of Major Powers, Middle Powers and Small
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5. National Security Structures: Armed Forces, Intelligence Agencies, Police
Forces, Decision-Making Structures, etc.
6. National Security Environment: Internal and External
7. Defence, Foreign, Security and Domestic Policies; Concept formulation,

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8. Military Alliances and Pacts, Peace Treaties, Defence Cooperation, Strategic

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9. Non – Alignment, Balance of Power, Collective Security and Balance of Terror

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10. Deterrence and Détente: Concept and contemporary relevance.
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UNIT – II

STRATEGIC THOUGHT

1. Contribution of Sun Tzu,

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2. Kautilya,

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3. Machiavelli,
4. Jomini,
5. Carl von Clausewitz,
6. General Giulio Douhet
7. W.Mitchell,
8. J.F.C.Fuller,
9. Capt.B.H.Liddell Hart,
10. Marx, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Che Guevara.
11. Nuclear Deterrence: Andre Beaufre, Henry Kissinger and K. Subrahmanyam.
12. Thoughts of Gandhi and Nehru on Peace, Security and Development.

UNIT – III

WAR AS AN INSTRUMENT IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. Theories and causes of War.
2. Principles of War.
3. Contemporary Warfare : Conventional Warfare in Nuclear age, Limited War,
Revolutionary Warfare, Low Intensity Operations, Guerilla Warfare,
Insurgency and Counter – Insurgency.
4. Armaments : Arms Race, Arms Aid, Arms Trade, Arms Proliferation,
Proliferation of Small Arms
5. Military Alliances and Pacts, Peace Treaties, Defence Cooperation, Strategic
Partnership and Security Dialogue.
6. Terrorism : Concept and kinds (National, International and Cross border).
7. Conflicting Ideologies : Militarism, Nationalism, Fundamentalism, Separatism,
Irredentism.
8. Concept and Elements of Deterrence: Nuclear & Conventional.
9. Evolution of Global Nuclear Doctrines
10. Democratic Peace Theory

UNIT – IV

WMD, NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY

1. Basic Concepts and Theory
(i) Concepts of Disarmament & Arms Control
(ii) Objectives and Conditions of Disarmament
(iii) Elements of Arms Control Mechanisms: Agreements, verification,
inspection, control.
(iv) Approaches to Disarmament & Arms Control
2. Historical Survey of Disarmament Efforts:

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(i) Under the League of Nations
(ii) Under the United Nations
(iii) Unilateral, Bilateral and Multilateral approaches
(iv) Role of Non-aligned Nations in Disarmament Negotiations

3. Weapons of Mass Destruction: Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Weapons.
4. Nuclear Arms Limitation Nuclear Arms Control Treaties.

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8. New Challenges and Responses - Missile Defense, Cooperative Threat

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Reduction and G-7 Global Partnership
9. Disarmament & Arms Control and Economic Development
10. Terrorism and Nuclear Proliferation.
11. Concept of Star Wars and NMD

UNIT – V

GLOBAL SECURITY CONCERNS

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1. End of cold war and emergence of new world order.

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3. Environmental Issues : climate change and Global Warming, Desertification,

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Acid Rains, Industrial Pollution, Deforestation
4. Organized Crimes : Money Laundering, Narco – trafficking , Human
Trafficking and small arms proliferation.
5. Migrants and Refugees: (a) Causes (b) Illegal migration and border
management (c) Problem in South Asia (d) Role of International
Committee of Red Cross and UN High Commission for Refugees.
6. Global Security Concerns: Palestinian-Israeli conflict & Arab Spring,
Developments in Central Asian Republics (CARs), Rise of Fundamentalism,

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8. Food Security, Energy Security and Water Security problems in modern era.

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INDIA’S SECURITY CONCERNS & POLICIES IN CONTEMPORARY
INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO
1. Genesis of Sino-Indian Relations
2. The Boundary Dispute, Sino- Pakistan Nexus, OBOR and CPEC, China and
India- Military Balance, Chinese Policy towards South Asia

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3. Rise of India and China: Cooperation and Competition, Chinese Interests in
Indian Ocean and South China Sea
4. Strategic Dimension of India- Pakistan Relations: Genesis of India-Pakistan
Conflict, Indo-Pak Military balance, The Kashmir Question, Pakistan
Sponsored Terrorism, Pakistan's Nuclear Strategy, The Powers Structure of
Pakistan, Contentious. Issues: Siachin, Sir Creek, River Waters, etc.
5. India and South Asia: Issues and Challenges for Regional Cooperation.
6. Making of India’s Defence Policy since Independence: (a) Threat perception,
assessment and preparedness (b) Political and military lessons of 1948,
1962, 1965, 1971, 1999 wars (c) Future trends
7. India’s Look East and Act East Policies, Indo- Pacific Cooperation, Strategic
Partnerships.
8. India’s maritime security and strategy in 21st century: (a) Indian Ocean (b)
Asia-Pacific region(c) Security of Sea Lanes, India’s Maritime Strategy for the
21st Century.
9. India’s Defence Doctrines and Strategies including Nuclear Doctrine
10. Higher Defence Organization of India.

UNIT – VII

ISSUES IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION

1. Origin, Type and Structure of Conflict.
2. Ideologies and International conflicts.
3. Role of United Nations in Conflict Management and Re – Structuring of UNO
4. Techniques of Conflict Prevention
5. Conflict Management : Pacific Solutions of International Disputes, Coercive
methods.
6. International Humanitarian Laws and Laws of Armed Conflicts.
7. Confidence Building Measures : Concept, kinds and utility.
8. IGOs & NGOs in Conflict Resolution: Peace Making, Peace Keeping and
Peace Building.
9. Gandhian Philosophy on Peace and Non-violence
10. Nehruvian approach to National Security and Cooperation

UNIT – VIII

DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY

1. Basic Concept & meaning of Disaster, Introduction to terminologies
associated with Disaster and National Security: Natural and Manmade,
Vulnerability, Risk etc., Identifying various types of Disasters.
2. Natural Disaster and Human Induced Disaster: Floods, Cyclone, Earthquake,
Tsunami - WMD Disaster - Disaster associated with various industries

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3. Study of Disaster in India / Around the World: Case Studies: Tsunami 2004,
Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Chernobyl, Fukushima, Uttarakhand etc.
4. Disaster Management : Meaning, Association and Distinction with related
concepts like Disaster Mitigation, Response, and Recovery, Relief, and
Reconstruction
5. Institutional Mechanism for Disaster Management in India: Role of Armed

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DEFENCE ECONOMICS

1. Economic Theories of Defence.
2. Sustainable Development: Challenges & Responses.
3. Basics of Defence Planning, Determinants of Defence Expenditure.
4. Defence Budgeting.
5. Economic Causes of War.

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9. India’s role in Regional and Global Economic Forums and Organizations.
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10. Geo-economics and its Implications for global/regional economic stability

UNIT –X

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY

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1. Broad Survey of Technological Changes from Industrial Revolution to
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2. India’s Civil Nuclear and Space Programs, India’s Energy Scenario.

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 Relevance of Science and Technology in National Security.
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 Impact of Information Technology; Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA).
 Choice of Weapon Systems.
4. Impact of Economic Liberalization and Globalization :
 Defence Production in India ( Role of DPSU’s and Ordnance factories
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 Defence and Development and Peace & Development Dichotomies.
5. Issues of Mobilization of Resources during War and Peace.
6. Military Industrial Complexes.
7. Transfer of Technology : Dual use and critical technologies and their impact

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8. Interdependence and Cooperation at Regional and Global levels.
9. Cyber Security : Vulnerabilities of Information technology and internet, Need
and importance of cyber security, Different kinds of cyber security
vulnerabilities, Cyber wars including propaganda, measures for cyber
security- Technology, laws and regulations, global issues in cyber security.
10. Social Media and its Impact on National Security- Global reach with rapid
speed for propaganda and indoctrinate misinformation and rumour mongering
cadre recruitment and use of social networking sites for mobilizing public
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