Subject(s): International relations -- International politics and its dynamics -- Peace, international morality, international organization and international politics -- Domestic politics and its relationship with international politics -- World politics , international affairs -- Divergence of approach -- Political realism and political idealism -- Science vs Traditionalism -- International politics as an autonomous discipline -- Hans Morgenthan's theory of international politics -- Equilibrium and system theory -- Morton kaplan's system theory -- Past and present of the international system -- Theories of transformation of international system -- Obsolescence of the modern state system -- Current theoretical inquiry into the nature of the international system -- John Herz's revised theory of the territorial state -- Theories of preferential behaviour -- Decision making theory, Game theory, Bargaining theory -- Analysing the concept of power -- Elements of national power -- Behavioural approach to power -- Relativity of power : Great power, Super power, Idea of great power institution , classification of power -- Theory of balance of power : international politics , Balance of power, Automation theory of balance of power -- National interest and ideology: interrelationship between national interest and ideology -- International conflict and its transformation : Non-identified conflict, Sino-Indian conflict -- Foreign policy and diplomacy -- Diplomacy and international law , Shopkeeper and Warrior diplomacy, Secret vs open diplomacy , Relevance of diplomacy in the Nuclear age -- Theory of Non-Alignment : Political neutrality, Anti-alliance policy, Cold war, Sovereignty, Disarmament and international organisation, Technique of setting international disputes -- Collective security : Collective defence , Collective security under UN, State Quo, Brezhnev plan of Asian collective security -- Disarmament and Arms control : Moscow Test Ban Treaty, Nuclear Disarmament and non-proliferation