UGC NET Defense and Strategic Studies Syllabus 2024, Exam Pattern And Topics

Post Name : UGC NET Defense and Strategic Studies Syllabus 2024, Exam Pattern And Topics

Post Date :  27 January , 2024

Post Description : The National Testing Agency (NTA)is going to organize the UGC NET Exam for the Assistant Professor or Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) posts for Graduate candidates. Therefore the candidates must begin with their preparation for the UGC NET 2024 Exam, and for your help, we have provided the complete syllabus, exam pattern and selection process in this section. The UGC NET Defense and Strategic Studies Syllabus is essential for bolstering preparations, and a well-thought-out plan should be in place before starting any exam preparation.

UGC NET Defense and Strategic Studies Syllabus 2024 Overview

In order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the UGC NET Defense and Strategic Studies Syllabus 2024, it is essential to familiarize yourself with the corresponding exam format. The following section provides an overview of the UGC NET Syllabus 2024.The selection of the candidates for various disciplines will be on the basis of their performance in the online examination as well as interview. If you are actively preparing for the UGC NET Exam, I recommend thoroughly reading this article and structuring your preparation strategy accordingly.

UGC NET Defense and Strategic Studies Exam Pattern 2024

• The UGC NET 2024 Defense and Strategic Studies Exam consists of two papers namely Paper-I & Paper-II.
• There is no negative marking in the UGC NET Defence & Strategic Studies exam.
• The number of questions in paper-I is 50.
• Paper-I comprises a total of 100 marks.
• The number of questions in paper-II is 100.
• Paper-II comprises a total of 200 marks.

The UGC NET Defence & Strategic Studies Exam Pattern 2024 for Paper-I and Paper-II is tabulated below:

UGC NET Defense and Strategic Studies Syllabus 2024

Here is a table for better organization along with the comprehensive UGC NET Defense and Strategic Studies Syllabus 2024:

Theories and Concepts

• Defense and Strategic Studies: Assumptions and Approaches.
• The Concepts of Nation:
• State and Nation-State, Theories and Elements of State
• National Power and its Components
• Key Concepts of National Security: Defining National Security, National Character, National Defence and National Interest and Evolution of the National Security concept in the 20th Century and Beyond.
• National Security Concerns of Powers (Major, Middle, and Small)
• National Security Structures: Armed Forces, Decision-Making Structures, Intelligence Agencies, Police Forces, etc.National Security Environment: Internal and External
• Defense, Domestic Policies, Foreign, Security, Concept formulation, linkages, and objectives.
• Defense Cooperation, Military Alliances and Pacts, Strategic Partnership, Peace Treaties, and Security Dialogue.
• Balance of Power, Balance of Terror – Concept, Relevance, and Development, Collective Security, and Non – Alignment.
• Deterrence and Detente: Concept and contemporary relevance.

Strategic Thought

• Contribution of Sun Tzu,
• Kautilya,
• Machiavelli
• Jominy
• Carl von Clausewitz
• General Giulio Douhet
• W.Mitchell
• J.F.C.Fuller
• Capt.B.H.Liddell Hart
• Marx, Lenin, Che Guevara, and Mao Zedong
• Nuclear Deterrence: Andre Beaufre, K. Subrahmanyam, and Henry Kissinger.
• Thoughts of Nehru and Gandhi on Development, Peace, and Security.

War as an instrument in the International Relations

• Theories and causes of War.
• Principles of War.
• Contemporary Warfare: Conventional Warfare in the Nuclear age, Revolutionary Warfare, Limited War, Guerilla Warfare, Low-Intensity Operations, Insurgency, and Counter-Insurgency.
• Armaments: Arms Aid, Arms Race, Arms Proliferation, Proliferation of Small Arms, Arms Trade,
• Defense, Cooperation, Military Alliances and Pacts, Strategic Partnership, Peace Treaties, and Security Dialogue.
• Terrorism: Concept and kinds (National, International, and Cross border).
• Conflicting Ideologies: Fundamentalism, Irredentism, Militarism, Separatism, Nationalism.
• Concept & Elements of Deterrence: Nuclear & Conventional.
• Evolution of Global Nuclear Doctrines
• Democratic Peace Theory

For completing the latest syllabus, one should choose the latest edition of the UGC NET Defence & Strategic Studies Books.

Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD), Nuclear Proliferation and National Security

• Basic Concepts and Theory
• Historical Survey of Disarmament Efforts
• WMD: Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Weapons.
• Nuclear Arms Limitation Nuclear Arms Control Treaties.
• Chemical weapons Convention and Biological Weapons Convention
• Concept of Non-proliferation, CTBT, FMCT, MTCR, NPT, PTBT & other treaties
• Nuclear Export Control Regimes
• New Responses and Challenges – Missile Defense, G-7 Global Partnership and Cooperative Threat Reduction.
• Disarmament & Arms Control and Economic Development
• Terrorism and Nuclear Proliferation.
• Concept of Star Wars and NMD

Global Security Concerns

• The end of the cold war & the emergence of new world order.
• The proliferation of Military, Nuclear, and missile capabilities
• Environmental Issues: Acid Rains, Desertification, Deforestation, climate change, Global Warming, and Industrial Pollution.
• Organized Crimes: Human Trafficking, Money Laundering, small arms proliferation, and Narco–trafficking.
• Migrants and Refugees
• 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 the South China Sea.
• The problem of System of Governance and Human Rights
• Energy Security, Food Security, and Water Security problems in the modern era.
• Millennium Development Goals.
• Go through all the chapters and units to score well in the UGC NET Defence & Strategic Studies Results and Cut-Off.

Contemporary International Scenario of Security concerns and Policies in India

• The genesis of Sino-Indian Relations
• Sino- Pakistan Nexus, the Boundary Dispute, OBOR, and CPEC, Chinese Policy towards South Asia, China & India- Military Balance.
• Rise of India and China: Cooperation and Competition, Chinese Interests in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea
• Strategic Dimension of India-Pakistan Relations: Indo-Pak Military balance, Genesis of India-Pakistan Conflict, The Kashmir Question, The Powers Structure of Pakistan, Pakistan Sponsored Terrorism, Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy, Contentious. Issues: Siachen, Sir Creek, River Waters, etc.
• Issues and Challenges for Regional Cooperation in India and South Asia.
• Making of India’s Defence Policy since Independence
• Indo-Pacific Cooperation, Strategic Partnerships, India’s Look East, and Act East policies.
• India’s maritime security and strategy in the 21st century
• India’s Defence Doctrines & Strategies
• Higher Defence Organization of India.

Issues in Conflict Resolution

• Origin, Type, and Structure of Conflict.
• Ideologies and International conflicts.
• The United Nations’ role in Conflict Management and Restructuring of the United Nations’ Organisation (UNO).
• Techniques of Conflict Prevention
• Management of Conflicts: Pacific Solutions of International Disputes, Methods of Coercion.
• International Humanitarian Laws and Laws of Armed Conflicts.
• Confidence Building Measures: Concept, kinds, and utility.
• Conflict Resolutions of IGOs & NGOs: Peace-Building, Peace-Keeping, and Peace-Making.
• Gandhian Philosophy on Peace and Non-violence
• Nehruvian approach to National Security and Cooperation

Disaster Management and National Security

• Basic Concept & meaning of Disaster, Introduction to terminologies associated with Disaster and National Security, Identifying various types of Disasters.
• Natural Disaster types and Human-Induced Disaster types.
• Case Study of Disasters in India and Across the World.
• Management of Disasters: Meaning, Association, and Distinction with related concepts like Disaster Mitigation, Response, Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction
• Institutional Mechanism for Management of Disasters in India: Role of Central and State Governments, Armed Forces, NGO, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, National Disaster Management Authority.
• Before applying for the exam, the candidates must ensure that they meet the UGC NET Defence & Strategic Studies Eligibility Criteria.

Defense Economics

• Economic Theories of Defence.
• Sustainable Development: Challenges & Responses.
• Defence Planning as well as Determinants of Defence Expenditure.
• Defense Budgeting.
• Economic Causes of War.
• Economic Warfare in modern times.
• Economic Problems of Post War reconstruction.
• Regimes of National Security and International Trade (WTO, FTA’s NAFTA, SAPTA, TRIPS, TRIMS, & NSG).
• Role of India in Regional and Global Economic Organizations and Forums.
• Geo-economics.

Science & Technology and National Security

• Technological Changes’ broad survey from Industrial Revolution to Information Revolution.
• India’s Energy Scenario, India’s Space and Civil Nuclear Programs.
• Research and Development: Significance of Science and Technology in National Security.Impact of Globalization and Economic Liberalization
• Mobilization of Resources during War and Peace and its issues.
• Military-Industrial Complexes.
• Transfer of Technology: Critical technologies, Dual-use, and their impact on national security.
• Interdependence & Cooperation at Regional as well as Global levels.
• Cyber Security: Vulnerabilities of Information technology (IT) and the internet, the Need and importance of cybersecurity, Different types of vulnerabilities of cybersecurity, Cyberwars including measures for cybersecurity-Technology, propaganda, laws, and regulations, global issues in cybersecurity.
• Social Media and its Impact on National Security- indoctrinate misinformation & rumour-mongering, Global reach with rapid speed for propaganda, cadre recruitment, and use of social networking sites for mobilizing public opinion.