Unit 1: The End of Bipolarity 8

The End of Bipolarity Disintegration of Soviet Union, Unipolar World, Middle East Crisis – Afghanistan, Gulf War, Democratic Politics and Democratization – CIS and the 21st Century (Arab Spring).
- Lecture1.1
  
  LEADERS OF THE SOVIET UNION
- Lecture1.2
  
  WHAT WAS THE SOVIET SYSTEM
- Lecture1.3
  
  PROBLEMS WITH USSR / REASONS OF DISINTEGRATION
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  GORBACHEV AND THE DISINTEGRATION
- Lecture1.5
  
  WHY DID THE SOVIET UNION DISINTEGRATE
- Lecture1.6
  
  SHOCK THERAPY IN POST COMMUNIST REGIMES
- Lecture1.7
  
  TENSIONS AND CONFLICTS IN FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS
- Lecture1.8
  
  INDIA AND POST COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
Unit 2: New Centres of Power 0

Organizations: European Union, ASEAN, SAARC, BRICS. Nations: Russia, China, Israel, India, Japan and South Korea

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Unit 3: Contemporary South Asia 0

Conflicts and efforts for Peace Democratization in South Asia: Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives

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Unit 4: United Nations and its Organizations 0

Principal Organs, Key Agencies: UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, ILO, Security Council and the Need for its Expansion.

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Unit 5: Security in Contemporary World 0

Security: Meaning and Type; Terrorism.

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Unit 6: Environment and Natural Resources 0

Environmental Movements, Global Warming and Climate Change, Conservation of Natural Resources.

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Unit 7: Globalization 0

Globalization: Meaning, Manifestation and Debates.

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INDIA AND POST COMMUNIST COUNTRIES

India and Post Communist Countries

Good relationship with all the post-communist countries. The strongest relation with Russia.
Indo-Russian relation:

Both embedded in a history of trust and common interests and are matched by popular perceptions.
In Entertainment: Indian heroes from Raj Kapoor to Amitabh Bachchan are household names in Russia and many post Soviet countries. One can hear Hindi film songs all over the region, and India is part of the popular memory.
Both the countries share a vision of a multipolar world order: Means co-existence of several powers in the international system, collective security, greater regionalism, negotiated settlements of international conflicts, an independent foreign policy, and decision making through bodies like the UN that should be strengthened, democratised, and empowered.
Indo-Russian Strategic Agreement of 2001: 80+ bilateral agreements have been signed.

-> India got benefits from Russia over issues like Kashmir, energy supplies, access to Central Asia, balancing its relations with China, sharing information on international terrorism, assistance of India during its oil crises, nuclear energy plans and assisted India’s space industry.

-> Russia stands to benefit from this relationship because India is the second largest arms market for Russia. Both the countries have collaborated over many scientific projects.

->During the Cold war era, India and USSR