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Defence And Strategic Studies Unit Notes for Assistant Professor UGC NTA NET Exam
Author: Mocktime Publication
language: en
Publisher: by Mocktime Publication
Release Date: 101-01-01
Syllabus: 1. Defence and Strategic Studies: Assumptions and Approaches; The Concepts of Nation: State and Nation – State, Theories and Elements of State. 2. Key Concepts of National Security: Defining National Security, National Defence and National Interest, National Character and Evolution-of the National Security concept in the 20th Century and Beyond; National Security Concerns of Major Powers, Middle Powers and Small Powers. 3. National Security Structures: Armed Forces, Intelligence Agencies, Police Forces, Decision-Making Structures, etc.; National Security Environment: Internal and External. 4. Defence, Foreign, Security and Domestic Policies: Concept formulation, objectives and linkages; Military Alliances and Pacts, Peace Treaties, Defence Cooperation, Strategic Partnership and Security Dialogue; Non – Alignment, Balance of Power, Collective Security and Balance of Terror – Concept, Development and Relevance; Deterrence and Détente: Concept and contemporary relevance. 5. Contribution of Sun Tzu, Kautilya, Machiavelli, Jomini, and Carl von Clausewitz. 6. Contribution of General Giulio Douhet, W.Mitchell, J.F.C.Fuller, and Capt.B.H.Liddell Hart. 7. Contribution of Marx, Lenin, Mao Zedong and Che Guevara. 8. Nuclear Deterrence: Andre Beaufre, Henry Kissinger and K. Subrahmanyam; Thoughts of Gandhi and Nehru on Peace, Security and Development. 9. Theories and causes of War; Principles of War; Contemporary Warfare: Conventional Warfare in Nuclear age, Limited War, Revolutionary Warfare, Low Intensity Operations, Guerilla Warfare, Insurgency and Counter – Insurgency. 10. Armaments: Arms Race, Arms Aid, Arms Trade, Arms Proliferation, Proliferation of Small Arms; Military Alliances and Pacts, Peace Treaties, Defence Cooperation, Strategic Partnership and Security Dialogue. 11. Terrorism: Concept and kinds (National, International and Cross border); Conflicting Ideologies: Militarism, Nationalism, Fundamentalism, Separatism, Irredentism. 12. Concept and Elements of Deterrence: Nuclear & Conventional; Evolution of Global Nuclear Doctrines; Democratic Peace Theory. 13. 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. 14. Historical Survey of Disarmament Efforts: (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. 15. Weapons of Mass Destruction: Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Weapons; Nuclear Arms Limitation Nuclear Arms Control Treaties; Chemical weapons Convention and Biological Weapons Convention. 16. Concept of Non-proliferation, NPT, CTBT, PTBT MTCR FMCT, & other treaties; Nuclear Export Control Regimes; New Challenges and Responses - Missile Defense, Cooperative Threat Reduction and G-7 Global Partnership; Disarmament & Arms Control and Economic Development; Terrorism and Nuclear Proliferation; Concept of Star Wars and NMD. 17. End of cold war and emergence of new world order; Proliferation of Military, Nuclear and missile capabilities. 18. Environmental Issues: climate change and Global Warming, Desertification, Acid Rains, Industrial Pollution, Deforestation; Organized Crimes: Money Laundering, Narco – trafficking, Human Trafficking and small arms proliferation. 19. 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. 20. Global Security Concerns: Palestinian-Israeli conflict & Arab Spring, Developments in Central Asian Republics (CARs), Rise of Fundamentalism, Challenges in Korean Peninsula, Taiwan and Power Rivalry in South China Sea; Problem of System of Governance and Human Rights; Food Security, Energy Security and Water Security problems in modern era; Millennium Development Goals. 21. Genesis of Sino-Indian Relations; The Boundary Dispute, Sino- Pakistan Nexus, OBOR and CPEC, China and India- Military Balance, Chinese Policy towards South Asia; Rise of India and China: Cooperation and Competition, Chinese Interests in Indian Ocean and South China Sea. 22. 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. 23. India and South Asia: Issues and Challenges for Regional Cooperation; 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. 24. India’s Look East and Act East Policies, Indo- Pacific Cooperation, Strategic Partnerships; 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; India’s Defence Doctrines and Strategies including Nuclear Doctrine; Higher Defence Organization of India. 25. Origin, Type and Structure of Conflict; Ideologies and International conflicts; Role of United Nations in Conflict Management and Re – Structuring of UNO. 26. Techniques of Conflict Prevention; Conflict Management: Pacific Solutions of International Disputes, Coercive methods. 27. International Humanitarian Laws and Laws of Armed Conflicts; Confidence Building Measures: Concept, kinds and utility. 28. IGOs & NGOs in Conflict Resolution: Peace Making, Peace Keeping and Peace Building; Gandhian Philosophy on Peace and Non-violence; Nehruvian approach to National Security and Cooperation. 29. 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. 30. Natural Disaster and Human Induced Disaster: Floods, Cyclone, Earthquake, Tsunami - WMD Disaster - Disaster associated with various industries; Study of Disaster in India / Around the World: Case Studies: Tsunami 2004, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Chernobyl, Fukushima, Uttarakhand etc. 31. Disaster Management: Meaning, Association and Distinction with related concepts like Disaster Mitigation, Response, and Recovery, Relief, and Reconstruction. 32. Institutional Mechanism for Disaster Management in India: Role of Armed Forces, Central and State Governments, NGO, National Disaster Management Authority, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services. 33. Economic Theories of Defence; Sustainable Development: Challenges & Responses; Basics of Defence Planning, Determinants of Defence Expenditure; Defence Budgeting. 34. Economic Causes of War; Economic Warfare in modem times; Economic Problems of Post War reconstruction. 35. National Security and International Trade regimes (WTO, TRIPS, TRIMS, FTA’s NAFTA, SAPTA, & NSG). 36. India’s role in Regional and Global Economic Forums and Organizations; Geo-economics and its Implications for global/regional economic stability. 37. Broad Survey of Technological Changes from Industrial Revolution to Information Revolution; India’s Civil Nuclear and Space Programs, India’s Energy Scenario. 38. Research and Development: Relevance of Science and Technology in National Security; Impact of Information Technology; Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA); Choice of Weapon Systems; Impact of Economic Liberalization and Globalization: Defence Production in India (Role of DPSU’s and Ordnance factories); Defence and Development and Peace & Development Dichotomies. 39. Issues of Mobilization of Resources during War and Peace; Military Industrial Complexes; Transfer of Technology: Dual use and critical technologies and their impact on national security; Interdependence and Cooperation at Regional and Global levels. 40. 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; 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 opinion.
International And Area Studies Notes for Assistant Professor UGC NTA NET Exam
Author: Mocktime Publication
language: en
Publisher: by Mocktime Publication
Release Date: 101-01-01
Syllabus: 1. International and Area Studies: Major concepts, scope, and nature of International Relations and Area Studies. 2. Theories of IR and Area Studies: Realist, Liberal, Marxist, and Critical Theories of IR and Area Studies. 3. Approaches: Western and Non-Western; and Power Politics: Balance of Power, Geopolitics, Bipolarity, Unipolarity, Multipolarity and Polycentrism. 4. State and Non-State Actors in IR and Area Studies. 5. Emergence of nation states and nationalism; and the Pre-World War I International System. 6. The Inter-War Period; and the Post-World War II Period (Cold War). 7. Decolonisation, Global South and International Politics; and Post-Cold War International Relations. 8. Impact of Globalisation on the evolution of International Relations and Area Studies. 9. Changing Patterns of World Order: Unipolarity, Bipolarity, Multipolarity and Polycentrism; and the Role of Major Powers: US, Russia, China, Japan, India and EU. 10. Globality, Globalism and Globalisation: Concepts and interconnections. 11. Democratisation and the World Order. 12. Science, Technology and Global Order. 13. Concepts, components and models of National and International Security; and the Evolution of Strategic Thoughts: Kautilya, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Antonio Jomini, Carl von Clausewitz. 14. Continued Evolution of Strategic Thoughts: H. Mackinder, A.T. Mahan, G. Douhet, William Mitchell, Alexander de Seversky, H. Kissinger. 15. Evolution of Strategic Doctrines: Massive Retaliation, Deterrence, Flexible Response, Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI), NMD. 16. Evolution of India’s Security Policies and Nuclear and Maritime Doctrines. 17. New Modes of Warfare: Conventional, Low Intensity Conflicts, Information and Communication warfare, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare, Revolution in Military Affairs. 18. Non-Traditional Security Threats: Food and Health Security, Energy Security, Environmental Security, Gender Security, Human Security, Cyber Security and Terrorism; and Conflict Resolution and Peace, Arms Control and Disarmament. 19. Role of International Organisations in International Peace and Security, Development cooperation and Democratisation. 20. United Nations: Role, Relevance, and Reforms. 21. Global Governance: Issues and Challenges of global commons; and Regional and Sub-regional Organisations. 22. Impact of Globalisation on International Organisations and Global Governance; and International Law as an instrument of global governance. 23. Evolution of Objectives and Principles of India’s Foreign Policy. 24. India’s Relations with Neighbourhood and Extended Neighbourhood; and India and Major Powers: US, Russia, China, Japan, and EU. 25. India’s Look East and Act East Policy; and India’s Engagement with International and Regional Organisations. 26. Role of India’s Soft Power in its Foreign Policy. 27. South Asia and Indo-Pacific Region: Geopolitical and Geostrategic setting; and Colonialism, nationalism and independence movements. 28. South Asia and Indo-Pacific Region: Nation building, state building and challenges to democratization; and Post-Independence developments: Political Regimes. 29. South Asia and Indo-Pacific Region: Internal and External Threats to State Security and Human Security; Regional Territorial and Maritime Issues, Role of Extra-regional Powers. 30. South Asia and Indo-Pacific Region: Regional Trade, Development Cooperation and Strategic Partnership: IORA, SAARC, ASEAN, ARF, APEC, BIMSTEC, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation etc.; and Impact of Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation (LPG). 31. Central Asia, West Asia and Africa: Geopolitical and Geostrategic setting; and Colonialism, nationalism and independence movements. 32. Central Asia, West Asia and Africa: Nation building, state building and challenges to democratization; Post-Independence developments: Political Regimes; and Internal and External Threats to State Security and Human Security. 33. Central Asia, West Asia and Africa: Regional conflicts and issues and role of extra-regional powers; Regional Trade, Development Cooperation and Strategic Partnership; and Impact of Globalisation. 34. Europe and Erstwhile Soviet Union/Russia: Geopolitical and Geostrategic setting; and Nationalism, Industrial Revolution and State building. 35. Europe between two World Wars; and Alliances and Accords in Europe: NATO, WARSAW PACT, Helsinki Accord, EU etc. 36. Europe and Erstwhile Soviet Union/Russia: Internal and External Threats to State Security and Human Security, Migration refugees and Ethnic Problems. 37. Europe and Erstwhile Soviet Union/Russia: Trade, Development cooperation and Strategic Partnerships; Role of US in Europe; and Impact of Globalisation. 38. The Americas: Geopolitical and Geostrategic setting; and Colonialism, Nationalism and Independence Movements. 39. The Americas: Nation building, state building and challenges to democratization; and Internal and External Threats to State Security and Human Security. 40. The Americas: Regional conflicts and Issues: Role of US and Extra-regional Powers; Regional trade, development cooperation and strategic partnership; and Globalisation and its impact.
Arab Culture And Islamic Studies Notes for Assistant Professor UGC NTA NET Exam
Author: Mocktime Publication
language: en
Publisher: by Mocktime Publication
Release Date: 101-01-01
Syllabus: 1. Socio-Religious conditions of pre-Islamic Arabia, Political and Economic condition, Prophet’s life at Makkah and Madina, and Migration: Importance and implications. 2. Formation of Islamic State and Society at Madina, The Prophet(PBUH) as a Law giver, Statesman and Mercy to mankind, and Institution of Khilafat: Importance and relevance. 3. Consolidation of Arabia under caliph Abu Bakr, Expansion and administration of Islamic State under Caliph Umar, Expansion and Political Developments under Caliph Uthman and Caliph Ali, and Achievements of Khilafat-e-Rashidah. 4. The establishment of Umayyad dynasty, its Prominent rulers, Prominent Sahabi and Tabaie scholars, and Arabisation of the State. 5. Social and Economic conditions, Administration, and Education under the Umayyads. 6. Development of Arabic Language and Literature, Art and Architecture during the Umayyad period, and Causes of Decline of the Umayyad dynasty. 7. The establishment of the Abbasid rule, its Prominent rulers, Prominent Scholars, and Administration. 8. Socio-Cultural Developments, Development of Religious sciences, Education and Educational Institutions under the Abbasids. 9. Development of Arabic Language and Literature, Art and Architecture, and Trade and Commerce during the Abbasid era. 10. Relations with neighbouring States under the Abbasids and Causes of decline of the Abbasid rule. 11. The establishment of Umayyad rule in Spain, the conquest of Sicily, Prominent rulers, and Prominent Scholars and their impact on the west. 12. Socio-Cultural developments, Contribution to Science and Literature, and Development of Libraries and Educational Institutions by the Arabs in Spain and Sicily. 13. Agriculture, Trade and Commerce, and Art and Architecture under Arab rule in Spain and Sicily. 14. Disintegration of the Empire: Emergence of Small City-State, Muwahhidin and Murabitin: Emergence and decline, and the Fall of Granada and Spanish Inquisition. 15. Dynasties of East and West including Ghaznavids, Saljuqs, Samanids, and Fatimids. 16. Further Dynasties of East and West including Khwarizmshahs and Mamluks. 17. Further Dynasties of East and West including Aghlabids, Hamadanids, and Idrisids. 18. Further Dynasties of East and West including Tulunids, Ikhshidids, Ayyubids, and Qachars. 19. Origin and Development of Ottoman Empire, Prominent Ottoman Rulers, the Ottoman administration and army, and Socio-Religious and Educational conditions. 20. The Ottoman Society, The Ottomans and the west, Art and Architecture under the Ottomans, and The Ottoman decline: causes. 21. Origin and Development of Safavid Empire, Shah Ismail and the promotion of Shi´ism, and Shah-Abbas and the administrative reforms. 22. Art and Architecture, and Trade and Commerce under the Safavid Empire. 23. Advent of Islam in India (Kerala), Islam in Sindh: Muhammad bin Qasim’s Administration and Religious Policy, and the Establishment of Delhi Sultanate. 24. Administration during the sultanate period, Socio-Religious and Educational conditions, Madaris and their syllabii, and Contribution to Fiqh and Hadith Literature during this period. 25. The Mughal rule and administration, Socio-Religious and Educational scenario during the Mughal Rule, and Contribution to Fiqh and Hadith Literature (Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi, Shah Waliullah, Sheikh Abdul Haq Muhaddith Dehlvi and others). 26. Mughal art and architecture, Industry, Trade and Commerce during the Mughal era, and 1757: British Colonialism and its expansion. 27. 1857: First war of independence and its consequences, and the Role of Muslims in the freedom struggle: Khilafat and non-cooperation movements. 28. Collection and compilation of Quran, and the Ethical, Social, Political and Economic teachings of the Quran. 29. Origin and development of Tafsir Literature, including Classical Tafsir: Al-Tabari, Al-Razi and Zamakhshari, and Tafsir in the modern age: Tafsir al-Manar, Fi-zilal al-Quran, Bayan al-Quran, Tarjuman al-Quran, Tafhim al-Quran, Tadabbur al-Quran and Tafsir al-Quran. 30. Origin and development of Hadith Literature, Compilation of Hadith Literature, Riwayah and Dirayah. 31. Muwatta, Musnad, Sihahe-Sitta and their compilers (authors), Origin and development of Fiqh Literature, and Sources of Islamic Fiqh. 32. Origin and development of Muslim philosophy, Classical Muslim Philosophers: Al-Kindi, Farabi, Ibn-Sina, Al-Ghazzali, Ibne Rushd, and theological schools like Qadariyya, Murjiyya, Khawarij, Mutazalites and Asharites. 33. Origin and development of Sufism, Prominent Sufis: Hassan al- Basri, Junaid Baghdadi, Ibne-Arabi and Sheikh Ali Hujwiri, and Major Sufi orders: Chishtiyya, Suhrawardiyya, Qadiriyya, Naqshabandiyya. 34. Muslim contribution to Natural and Social Sciences: Medicine, Mathematics, Astronomy, Historiography, Geography, chemistry and Botany, including Prominent classical thinkers and scientists Al-Mawardi, Al-Biruni, Ibn-Tayimiyya, Ibn-Khaldun, Ibn al-Baytar, Ibn al-Haytham etc. 35. Advent of Western Modernity and Technology in Egypt and India, Muhammad Ali Pasha and his reforms, Tanzimat, and Sir Syed and his educational movement. 36. Modern religious movements: The Wahabiyya, the Sokoto and Faraizi movement, Shah Waliullah and his movement, Syed Ahmad Shaheed and his movement, Ikhwan al-Muslimun and Jamaate-Islami. 37. Young Turk Movement, Nursi Movement, Arab Nationalism: Abdul Rehman al-Kawakibi, and Western Modernity in Turkey and Iran: Mustafa Kemal and Reza Shah. 38. Muslim Modernist thinkers: Ali-Abdul Raziq, Qasim Amin, Fazlur Rahman, and Contemporary Muslim Organisations and Schools of Thought: Deoband, Nadwa, the Salfis and Barelvis. 39. Modern Islamic Thinkers: Jamalud-din-Afghani, Muhammad Abduh, Rashid Rida, Hasan al- Banna, Syed Qutb, Shibli Nomani, Allama Iqbal, Abul-A´la Maududi, Ayatullah Khomeini, Ali Shariati and Ahmed Kasravi Tabrezi, and The Iranian Revolution. 40. The Palestine Problem – Liberation Organisation: PLO, Hamas, and Hezbollah, The Arab Spring, Egypt: Democracy on Trial, Conflicts in West Asia: Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yeman, and Indo-Arab Relations.