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SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY(Formerly University of Pune)MA / M.Sc. in Defence and Strategic Studies(Credit and Semester System)SYLLABUS(To be implemented from the Academic Year, 2019-2020)Department of Defense and Strategic StudiesSavitribai Phule Pune UniversityDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar BhavanPune-411007(India)Website: http://ddss.unipune.ac.inContact Details:Telephone:91-20-25621472; 91-20-25690050E-Mail: ddss@unipune.ac.inTotal No. of Seats: 20Eligibility: Graduation with Defence Studies/ Military History/ Military Science or PGDiploma conducted by DDSS and DBASFees: As per Savitribai Phule Pune University rules.Duration: Two Years1
Objectives of MA/ MSc course in Defence and Strategic StudiesThe Post-Graduate course in Defence and Strategic Studies is formulated over four semesters toprovide wide-ranging perspectives, encourage analytical skills and understanding for solvingcrucial problems confronted by the state and the society. The structure of the Post-Graduatecourse has been organized so as to ensure that there is minimum core component which studentsof Defence and Strategic Studies shall have to study the basic requirement of the subject. Thecore components revolve around the following major subject areas: (1) International Relations: This is the broad field within which the various actors – nations,nations-states and non-states – interact in the international system. An attempt is made toprovide for both, a theoretical understanding of how and why nations behave as they doand also a historical survey of the major trends in world affairs.(2) Geo-Politics and Military Geography: Understanding the behavior of nation-states withinthe geographical context in which they operate is critical to assess how and why theybehave in a particular way and the choices they make. Students of Defense and StrategicStudies are provided with a perspective about geopolitical thinking and the applicationsof geography to elements and concerns of strategy.(3) Strategic Studies: This is one of the core components of the course that provides studentsan understanding of various dimensions of warfare in the conventional and nuclearcontext.(4) National Security: This is one of the core components of the course that providedstudents an understanding of various dimension of India’s security challenges i.e. internaland external.(5) Peace and Conflict Studies: Here the students are introduced to the nature and forms ofconflict, approaches to conflict management and conflict resolution as well as to newconcepts like comprehensive security and human security.(6) There are 5 different courses which are India-centric: This includes the understanding ofIndia’s military history, Indian strategic thought and culture, India’s defence organizationand management, India’s defence economy, and internal security issues. These India-2
centric courses seek to link the broad dimensions of theory at the International level tothe issues at the national-level.(7) Students of Humanities and Social Sciences are also introduces to topics like Science &Technology and the changes that have taken place since the Industrial Revolution and theimpact of these changes on approaches to National Security. This course also focuses onsome of the emerging technologies like Electronics, Computers, Material Sciences, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Cyberspace, Data Analytics, Machine Learning,Internet of Things and the Health care Systems.(8) The optional courses offered in the Department and the Specialized courses are in linewith the area of specialization of the faculty. There is a provision for an open course thatmay be designed keeping in mind recent developments and the new breakthroughs in thefield.(9) Apart from core courses, optional courses there are few add-on courses are compulsory.Method of Assessment(1) The Post-Graduate course in Defence and Strategic Studies is a full time one, withEnglish as the medium of instruction. Students are also allowed to write theirexamination is Marathi.(2) It envisages a continuous evaluation system through internal assessment (50%) assignments, term papers and seminars – and an end semester examination (50%).(3) Regular assignments/ seminars/ workshops on a weekly-basis will enhance not onlyperceptions but also comprehension, writing and analytical skills.(4) The Post-Graduate course in Defence and Strategic Studies intends to train students tobecome reflective and critical thinkers, independent learners and specially equipped ininterdisciplinary skills for social analysis and research in the field of Security andStrategic Studies. The programme allows for in-depth study through each core andoptional papers. It will prepare them with a strong foundation for teaching and researchopportunities, competitive examinations and employment in civil society, StrategicThink Tank, government and the corporate sector.Method of Teaching(1) The course utilizes a variety of instructional methods, including classroom interaction,tutorials, study of classical texts, case method, debates, field visit, open book method,round table, discussion panel, debate, on line learning, Problem based learning, Casemethod, simulation, Problem formulation, Database searches, Comparative studies,3
Preparation of Monograph, Oral presentation, Tutoring, Text analysis, , problemsolving, library work and discussions.(2) Special lectures by eminent scholars are envisioned expose students to some of the bestminds in the field. This experiential learning add to their understanding of Security andStrategic Studies.MA /MSC DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES1.2.3.4.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.Semester IKey Concept of Strategic and SecurityStudiesPeace and Conflict StudiesWar as an Instrument in InternationalRelationsGeopolitics and Military GeographySemester IIIContemporary and Critical SecurityStudiesIndia’s Defence Management andNational Security ApparatusResearch MethodologyIndian Military HistoryAdvance Political GeographyInternational Political EconomyChina’s Strategic Culture1.2.3.4.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.4Semester IIEvolution of Strategic ThoughtsDisruptive Technologies and NationalSecurityTrends in Defence ExpenditureUN System and Global SecuritySemester IVIndo-Pacific Security Architecture:Challenges and ProspectusIndia’s National SecurityOcean and Maritime SecurityIndian Strategic Thought and CultureArea Studies 1: Regional Security in SouthAsiaArea Studies 2: West AsiaDissertationDisaster ManagementCBRN and National Security
Semester INote: (*) indicates compulsory course Students are required to take only ONE optional Course in Semester IIICourse No.CreditsCourse TitleDS 1.1*4Key Concepts of Security and Strategic StudiesDS 1.2*4Peace and Conflict StudiesDS 1.3*4War as an Instrument in International RelationsDS 1.4*4Geopolitics and Military GeographySemester IINote: (*) indicates compulsory course Students are required to take only ONE optional Course in Semester IIICourse No.CreditsCourse TitleDS 2.1*4Evolution of Strategic ThoughtsDS 2.2*4Disruptive Technologies and National SecurityDS 2.3*4Trends in Defence ExpenditureDS 2.4*4UN System and Global Security5
Semester IIINote: (*) indicates compulsory course Students are required to take only ONE optional Course in Semester IIICourse No.CreditsCourse TitleDS 3.1*4Contemporary and Critical Security StudiesDS 3.2*4India’s Defence Management and National Security ApparatusDS 3.3*4Research MethodologyDS 3.44Indian Military HistoryDS 3.54Advance Political GeographyDS 3.64International Political EconomyDS 3.74China’s Strategic CultureSemester IVNote: (*) indicates compulsory course Students are required to take only ONE optional Courses in Semester IVCourse No.CreditsCourse TitleDS 4.1*4Indo-Pacific Security Architecture: Challenges and ProspectusDS 4.2*4India’s National SecurityDS 4.3*4Ocean and Maritime SecurityDS 4.44Indian Strategic Thought and CultureDS 4.54Area Studies 1: Regional Security in South AsiaDS 4.64Area Studies 2: West AsiaDS 4.74DissertationDS 4.84Disaster ManagementDS 4.94CBRN and National Security6
Semester IDS 1.1: KEY CONCEPTS OF SECURITY AND STRATEGIC STUDIESCourse Objectives: The aim of this course is to introduce to the students, the basic andfundamental concepts in the disciple of national security and defence and strategic studies. Thestudent will learn about the concepts of, state, nation, power, interest and security through themajor theoretical lenses of Realism, Liberalism and Critical Theory.1.Key Concepts:1.1 State1.2 Nation1.3 Nationalism2.Conceptual Analysis of State 2.1 Nation-State2.2 National Power2.3 National Interest3.Approaches and Assumptions of Security3.1 Theories and Concept of Security3.2 Security and Development4.Traditional and Non-Traditional Security4.1 Border Security4.2 Energy Security4.3 Environmental Security5.Theories, Assumptions and Approaches of Strategic Studies5.1 Realism5.2 Liberalism5.3 Critical Theory6.Contemporary Security Challenges to India’s National Security6.1 Terrorism6.2 Food and Health Security6.3 Energy Security6.4 Drug and Human Trafficking6.5 Migration7
Suggested Readings: Bajpai, K. Basit, S. and Krishnappa, V. (eds.) India’s Grand Strategy History, Theory,Cases, New Delhi: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2014. Cavelty, Myriam and Balzacq, Thierry (Eds) Routledge Handbook of Security Studies,Second Edition, Routledge, 2017. Collins, A. (Ed.) Contemporary Security Studies. Oxford University Press, 2016. Creveld, M. The Rise and Decline of the State, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,2004. Ken Booth, Theory of World Security, Cambridge Studies in International Relations,New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Metcalf, B. and Metcalf, T. The Concise History of Modern India, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 2006. Mohammed Ayoob, Third World Security Predicament: State Making, RegionalConflict and the International System, London: Lynne Rienner,1995. Raghavan, S. War and Peace in Modern India A strategic History of the Nehru Years,Ranikhet Cantt: Permanent Black,8
DS 1.2: PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIESCourse Objectives: In this course, students will study violent and non-violent behaviour in theinternational system. Particularly, this course aims to teach students the nature and forms ofconflict, approaches to conflict management and conflict resolution as well as to new conceptslike comprehensive security and human security.1. Peace and Conflict Studies: Nature and Scope1.1 Conceptual analysis of Conflict and Peace1.2 Nature and forms of Conflict1.3 Peace Research and Peace Movements2. Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution2.1 Confidence Building Measures3. Disarmament and Arms Control3.1. Disarmament: Concept and Treaties3.2. Arms Control: Concept and Treaties4. Functional Approaches and Regionalism4.1. Functional Approach: Economy and Institutions4.2. Regionalism5. Comprehensive Security and Human Security5.1. Comprehensive Security: Political, Economic, Social, Individual5.2. Human Security: Evolution and Challenges6. Global Health Care System and Security Environment6.1. World Health Organization: organizational Structure and Policies6.2. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)Suggested Readings: Anatol Rapoport, Conflict in Manmade Environment London: 1974. C. Smith, Conflict Resolution London, 1969. Charles Webel and Johan Galtung (eds), Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies,Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, 2007. Chomsky, Noam, World Orders: Old & New, Oxford University Press,1999. David Mitrany, A Working Peace System Chicago, 1966.9
Ho-Won Jeong, Peace and Conflict Studies: An Introduction, Routledge, Abingdon,Oxon , 2017. Galtung, John, Peace by Peaceful Means, Sage, 1996. J.W.Burton, Conflict and Communication London, 1969. Michal Hass International Conflict New York, 1965.10
DS 1.3: WAR AS AN INSTRUMENT IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSCourse Objectives: The course introduces the theories of International Relations (IR) andacquaints the students to the various stages in which IR as a discipline has evolved/ This coursespecifically aims to explore the central concept of war in strategic and security studies throughthe various theoretical lenses in IR.1. Theories and Approaches to International Relations1.1 The Classical Approaches:a. Realism,b. Idealism,1.2. Behavioral approacha. System Approachb. Decision making Theoriesc. Game Theory1.3 Neo Liberalism (Neo Realism)1.4 Marxist and Gramcian IR1.5 Feminist IR1.6 International Political Economy1.7 Transnationalism2. War as an instrument in International Relations:2.1 World War I2.2 World War II3. Cold War3.1 Nature and evolution since 1945 to 19914. Evolution of International Economic Issues:4.1 Breton Woods System4.2 New International Economic Order (NIEO)4.3 North-South4.4 GATT and WTO.5. Developments in the Third World:5.1 Regionalism11
5.2 Nonalignment6. World Order since 1991:6.1 Unipolar6.2 Bipolar6.3 Multipolar7. Globalization and Reverse GlobalizationSuggested Readings: Christian Reus-Smit, Duncan Snidal (eds), The Oxford Handbook of InternationalRelations, Oxford University Press, 2010. Griffths, Matin, International relations theory for the twenty-first century, 2007. Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, Red GlobPress, UK, 2012. John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia Owens (eds), The Globalization of World Politics: AnIntroduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press, 2014. Joseph Nye and Robert Keohane, Power and Interdependence, Scott, Foresman, 1989. Kenneth N. Waltz, Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis, ColumbiaUniversity Press, 2001 Oliver Daddow, International Relations Theory, British Library, 2017. Paranjpe S., Samarikshastra (in Marathi), Pune: Continental, 2013.12
DS 1.4: GEOPOLITICS AND MILITARY GEOGRAPHYCourse Objectives: In this course, students will study the influences of geography on theconduct of international relations and specifically on a state’s military policies. The courseintroduces the major theories of geopolitics as well as the major issues that have emerged in thefield since the end of the Cold War.1. Scope and Importance of Geopolitics2.Thinkers and Theories of Geopolitics:2.1.Classical2.2.Modern Theories of geopolitics:a. Organic Theory of Stateb. Sea Power Theoryc. Land Power Theoryd. Rim Land Theorye. German Geopolitik3. Geopolitics during the Cold War Period:3.1 Cold War relevance of Heartland Theory3.2 Geopolitics in the Post-Cold War Era.4. Critical Geopolitics and Contemporary Discourse4.1 Role of Geography in Military4.2 Strategic Geography5. Geostrategic Importance of Contemporary Issues:5.1 Geography of Space Warfare and Astropolitik5.2 Territoriality, Power and Geography5.3 Terrorism5.4 Economy5.5 Energy5.6 Climate ChangeSuggested Readings: Abraham, I., How India Became Territorial foreign Policy, Diaspora, Geopolitics,Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2014.13
Agnew, J.,Geopolitics re-visioning world politics, London: Routledge, 2003. Dikshit R. D ,Political Geography: The Discipline and its Dimensions, New Delhi:Tata Macgraw Hill, 1994. Galgano, Francis A., and Eugene J. Palka, eds. Modern Military Geography. New York:Routledge, 2011. Harm j. Di Blij, Systematic Political Geography, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1973. Kaplan, Robert D. The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us about ComingConflicts and the Battle Against Fate. New York: Random House, 2012. Mang, Reinhard, and Hermann Häusler, eds. International Handbook of MilitaryGeography. Vol. 2. Vienna: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Truppendienst, 2006. McDonald, Eric V., and Thomas Bullard, eds. Military Geosciences and Desert Warfare.New York: Springer, 2016. Mahan A T., Sea Power, London: Methuem and Co, 1975. Peltier Louis and G. Etzel Perarcy, Military Geography (New Delhi: East West 1981. Presscot J. R. V, Political Geography, London: Methuem and Co, 1972. Sukhwal b. L, Modern Political Geography, New Delhi: Sage, 1985. Taylor P. J, Political Geography: World Economy, Nation State and Locality, London: Longman, 1895. Thapliyal, U.P., Warfare in Ancient India: Organizational & Operational Dimensions,Manohar Publishers, 201014
Semester - IIDS 2.1: EVOLUTION OF STRATEGIC THOUGHTSCourse Objectives: The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with the major strategicthinkers from the ancient period to the contemporary period. The course incorporates Western,non-Western including Indian strategic thinkers in the understanding the evolution of strategicthoughts over the centuries.1.Western Strategic Thinker and Thought (Ancient Period)1.1 Sun Tsu (544-496 BC)1.2 Machiavelli (1469-1527 AD)2.Western Strategic Thinkers and Thought (Modern Period)2.1 Carl Von Clausewitz (1780-1831 AD)2.2 Henrey Gemini (1779-1869 AD)2.3 General Giulio Douhet (1869-1930 AD)2.4 William Mitchell (1879-1936 AD)2.5 J. F. C. Fuller (1878-1966 AD)2.6 Capt. B. H. Liddell Hart ((1895-1970 AD) 2.7 Karl Marx (1818-1883AD)2.8 Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924 AD)2.9 Mao Zedong (1893-1976 AD)3.Indian Strategic Thinkers and Thought (Ancient and Modern period)3.1 Kautilya (371-283 BC)3.2 M. K. Gandhi (1969-1948 AD)3.3 Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964 AD)3.4 Dr. Babasaheb. R. Ambedkar (1891-1956 AD)Suggested Readings: B. R. Ambedkar, Thoughts on Pakistan. Thacker limited, 1941. Baylis John, Booth Ken, Garnett John, and Williams Phil, (eds) Contemporary Strategy:Theories and Concepts Vol. I and II, London: Groom Helm, 1987. Clausewitz, Carl von, On War. Translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret. Princeton,N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976.15
Gandhi, M. K. Hind Swaraj: Indian Home Rule. Sarva Seva Sangh Prakashan, 2014. Gandhi, M. K., The story of my experiments with truth: An autobiography, BooksInternational, 2018. Harmon, Christopher, “On Strategic Thinking: Patterns in Modern History”, 14 March2012, on Classics of Strategy and Diplomacy. Kautilya, Vishnugupta. The Arthashastra. New Delhi, New York, NY: Penguin Books,1992. Khare, Vijay (2005), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and India’s National Security, New Delhi:Kilaso. Lenin,Vladimir,The rightof nations toselfdetermination, inVincentP. Pecora(ed) Nations and Identities: Classic Readings. Liddell Hart, B. H. The classic book on military strategy. (1954). Machiavelli, Niccolò. The prince. Hackett Publishing, 2008. Mohan, C. Raja, Crossing the Rubicon: The Shaping of India's New ForeignPolicy. New Delhi: Viking, 2003. Nehru, Jawaharlal. Discovery of India. Penguin UK, 2008. Nehru, Jawaharlal. Glimpses of world history. Penguin UK, 2004. Shamasastry, R., Kautilya’s Arthashastra, (5th ed.) Mysore: Sri Raghuvir Printing Press,1956. Singh, Jasjit, Foreword to India’s Maritime Security, edited by Rahul Roy Chaudhury.New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2000. Tanham,George K.Indian StrategicEssay. Santa Monica, Calif.: Rand, 1992. Tzu, Sun. Sun Tzu Art of War. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd, 2012.16Thought:AnInterpretive
DS 2.2: DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND NATIONAL SECURITYCourse Objectives: This course aims to impress upon the students the linkages between science,technology and national security. Technology, in modern military affairs and foreign policy canbe a security-enhancer as we as a security-disruptor. This course aims to introduce to thestudents. the major technologies that affect the conduct of military affairs and the state ofnational security.1. Introduction to Military Technology:1.1 Role of Technology in Security2. Emerging technologies:2.1 Energy2.2 Electronics, Computers, Nanotech and Artificial Intelligence2.3 Material Science2.4 Biotechnology2.5 Communications and Information Technology2.6 Transportation and vehicle technology3. Application of technologies:3.1 Armament and Weapon systems3.2 Missile Technology3.3 Communications and Radar technology3.4 Electronic Warfare and Information Warfare3.5 RNBC Warfare and Nuclear Energy3.6 Aircraft and Ships3.7 Satellite and Space technology3.8 Intelligence3.9 Logistics (transport, supplies,
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