India's Relations with Its Neighbours

2 Maio 2018, 16:00 • Shiv Kumar Singh

The instructor outlined the course, emphasizing that this was a module on India’s foreign relations and strategic direction, and not on history, culture, religion or philosophy. For most of human history, India had been a major power, accounting for 25 per cent of the world’s GDP, the same as China. With steady growth, India was on course to playing a world role.

 

The instructor underlined the need for thorough preparation, for discussion in the classroom, based on readings. The objective was to enable students to think strategically on India’s place in the world. Each student would make a classroom presentation on an assigned topic, followed by a discussion, culminating in the instructor’s summation. Hence, students needed to read the texts carefully.

 

It was decided that, in the upcoming class, Simona Juskaite would make a presentation on Realism in India’s Foreign Policy, and Megi Jalagonia would speak on India’s Relations with Bangladesh and Myanmar.