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Course Outline
Lecturer
2011
This core Course is aimed at introducing the students of International Relations to the basic conceptual framework of strategy and its relationship with modern statecraft and international Politics. This will be followed by a brief exposure to selected Classical works on strategic thought, its various contemporary theoretical and practical aspects and finally understanding its various modern and evolving dimensions and also their relevance with the Classics. The students are expected to not only develop an understanding of the relationship between statecraft, national interests, policy and the diverse range of strategic means available to the state but also to be able to critically appreciate the difficult yet essential relationship between politics and various elements of power. The Students are encouraged to consult a variety of contemporary and classical texts and develop an understanding of the modern strategic issues by actively engaging in academic debates in the form of Class participation, Presentations, Group Discussions and by also writing book reviews of relevant and credible literary works on strategic affairs and issues. The Course will be structured into the following six thematic sections:
(Week 4-5)
7. On War by Clausewitz
(Week 6-8)
(Week 15-16)
Assessment Criteria:
Surprise Test/Quiz: 10 Marks Book Review + Presentation: 20 Marks Mid-Term Written Exam: 20 Marks Class Participation + Group Discussion: 10 Marks Final Exam: 90 Marks
Recommended Readings:
1. Kenneth Waltz, Man, the State, and War, Columbia University Press, New York, 1959 2. Baylis, Wirtz, Cohen, Gray, Strategy in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to
College, 2008
6. Colin Gray, War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History,
Routledge, 2007
7. Problems of Modern Strategy, Vol 1, IISS, 1970 8. Colin Gray, RMAs and the Dimensions of Strategy, JFQ, Autumn/Winter 1997-98
9. John Keegan, Intelligence in War, Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to Al-Qaeda,
Oxford, 1986
12. Lawrence Freedman, The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, 2nd editon, MacMillan, 1989 13. Bernard Brodie, The Absolute Weapon: Atomic Power and World Order, Harcourt, Brace
and Co., 1946 14. Bernard Brodie, Escalation and the Nuclear Option, Princeton, 1966
15. Samuel P. Huntington, The Soldier and the State, Random House, New York,1957 16. John Stoessinger, Why Nations go to War, 5th Edition, Services Book Club, Rawalpindi, 2003 17. Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Translated by Thomas Cleary, Shambala, Boston, 2005 18. Boesche, Roger, Kautilyas Arthasastra on War and Diplomacy in Ancient India, The
Jersey, 2010
25. Bert Chapman, Space Warfare and Defence, ABC Clio, Oxford, 2008