INTERNATIONAL NATURE & SCOPE NOTES
Updated: Dec 1, 2022
Unit 1 Studying International Relations Notes
a. How do you understand International Relations: Levels of Analysis.
b. History of IR: Emergence of the International State System.
c. Pre-Westphalia and Westphalia d. Post-Westphalia.
1. WHAT IS IR ?
International relations is the study of the interaction of nation-states and non-governmental organizations in fields such as politics, economics, and security.
Professionals work in academia, government, and non-profits to understand and develop cooperative exchanges between nations that benefit commerce, security, quality of life, and the environment.
The term international was first used by Jeremy Bentham in the latter part of the eighteenth century.
In other words, IR should focus on the study of all relations-political, diplomatic trade, ,academic among sovereign states which constitute the subject matter on international relations.
2.IR AS PER VERIOUS SCHOLARS
It is not only the nations seek to regulate, varied types of groups-nations, states, governments, people, region, alliances, confederations, international organizations, cultural organizations, religious organizations must be dealt with in the study of international relations if the treatment is to be made realistic.” (Quincy Wright)
“International relations is concerned with the factors and activities, that affect the external policies and the powers of the basic units into that the world is divided.” (Hoffman).
“International relations is the discipline, that tries to explain political activities across state boundaries (Trevor Taylor).