Dear aspirant....!!


The following part of the UGC NET syllabus were previously under UGC NET Paper-2 and Paper-3 (Part-A) syllabus in International and Area Studies, however, as UGC has now only two papers i.e. UGC NET Paper-1 which is general and compulsory for all subjects and UGC NET Paper-2 on the specific subject (including all electives, without options) instead of previous three papers i.e. UGC NET Paper-1 which was general and compulsory for all subjects and UGC NET Paper-2 and Paper-3 on the specific subject, so, now-a-days, the following part is also considered as part of the UGC NET Paper-2 syllabus.


(Core Group)


Unit  I

Nature of International Politics.

Theories and approaches to the study of International Politics ( including the area studies approach ).

Nationalism, Nation-State and challenges to Nation  States.


Unit  II

Contemporary World Order : End of Cold War, United States as a pre-eminent power and multipolarity ( European Union, China and Japan ).

Globalisation and its implications.

Environment and Ecological Problems.

Human Rights


Unit  III

International Economic Issues: Trade regime ( WTO ) and economic groupings, Role of International Financial Institutions.

Role of Multi  national Corporations.


Unit  IV

Trans-national Threats and Security: International Terrorism, Drug  trafficking, Proliferation of small arms.

Weapons of mass  destruction  nuclear, biological, chemical and weather weapons and arms control and disarmament.


Unit  V

Indian Foreign Policy:

Basic Objectives and Principles.

India and its neighbours.

India and major powers.

Major issues of Indian Foreign Policy.


Unit  VI

United Nations:

Collective security, peace  keeping and peace-making.

Role of International Law.

UN agencies and other International Organizations.

Restructuring of the United Nations.


Unit  VII

South Asia in World Affairs South  East Asia in World Affairs.


Unit  VIII

Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) in World Affairs.


Unit  IX

West Asia in World Affairs Africa in World Affairs.


Unit  X

America and Europe in World Affairs Latin America in World Affairs.


This is the basic core syllabus of UGC NET which you need to prepare.


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