The Department of Geopolitics was established in 1999 with a mandate to conduct policy and academic research on national and international security issues. The Department of Geopolitics in addition to conducting research had initiated a number of track two dialogues on international security issues with the USA, China, Taiwan, Israel, Iran, and Russia. The Department has produced a number of academic and policy papers on international security issues. Manipal University has introduced highly specialized Post Graduate course in Geopolitics since 2008. The academic curriculum of the teaching programme has been designed to promote the discourse and evolve an Indian perspective on the ongoing international security debate.