V N Khanna was Reader in Political Science at Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi. In his long career spanning over four decades, he was actively involved with student development activities, and also served as principal of the college for a year. He participated in cooperative teaching in political science at the University of Delhi for a long time. He was a life member of the Indian Political Science Association and a member of the International Political Science Association. He authored a number of books in related areas.

Leslie K Kumar is Assistant Professor at Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi. Since 2011, he has taught a large number of courses like India's Foreign Policy, Politics of South Asia, International Relations, Global Politics, Political Theory, Classical and Modern Political Philosophy. His areas of interest are International Relations Studies, South Asia, Radicalization Studies, Regionalism and Politics and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.

Dr Leslie has also delivered special lectures in India and abroad. An alumnus of Loyola College, Chennai and JNU, New Delhi, he has contributed research papers in national and international journals of repute. 

Section I—Theoretical  Perspectives

1. Introduction to International Relations

2. Realism

3. Neo-Realism

4. Liberalism and Neo-liberalism

5. World System and Dependency

6. Feminist Approaches

7. Social Constructivist Theory of

International Relations

Section II—Historical  Overview

8. The World in 1914

9. The Peace of Paris

10. The League of Nations: Structure and Functions

11. The Search for Security

12. Reparation, Debts and Economic Crisis

13. The Russian Revolution

14. Fascism in Italy

15. The Far East

16. Rise of Nazi Germany: The Third Reich

17. Nazi Dictatorship in Action

18. Appeasement and Prelude to the War

19. The Second World War

20. The League of Nations—A Peacemaker

21. Wartime Conferences

22. Foreign Policy of the United States of America

23. Foreign Policy of the Soviet Union

24. The Cold War

25. Communism in China and the War in Korea

26. Decolonization: Emergence of the Third World

27. Evolution of the Cold War

28. Détente and the End of the Cold War

29. Non-Alignment

30. The United Nations

31. Regional Organizations: Emerging Centres of Power

32. Rise of China and the International System

33. Europe on the Edge: Brexit and Beyond

34. 2008 Financial Crisis and the Future of Global Economic Order

35. 9/11 and the Rise of International Terrorism

36. International Climate Politics

Appendices

Index