strategy
Studying international relationships
Synonyms:
Studying international relations Description:
Studying all the exchanges, transactions, contacts, flows of information and meaning, and the attending and resulting behavioural responses between and among separated organized societies, including their components. Such study usually deals with actors (states, governments, leaders, diplomats, peoples) striving to attain certain ends, using means (such as war, diplomacy, coercion, persuasion) which are related to their power or capability. International relations is also a branch of political science concerned with relations between political units of national rank and dealing primarily with foreign policies, the organization and function of governmental agencies concerned with foreign policy, and the economic, geographic and other factors underlying such policies. Claim:
The field of international relations has expanded and become ever more variegated in recent years. It covers anything from political culture to theory of international organizations, and employs methods from psychology, sociology, political science and systems analysis. Narrower:
Studying peaceResearching new world orderStudying international tradeResearching international politicsStudying monolingual international relationsStudying regional international relationshipsResearching bilateral relations of small states Problems:
Aggressive foreign policyBilateralism in aid
Destabilization of social systems
Domination of the world by sovereign states
Drug-related threats to national integrity
Indecisive multilateralism
Military blocs
Negative personal relationships between leaders of countries
Regional imbalance of power
Regional tensions
Self-interested government foreign policies
Undermining of multilateral forums
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
