Concept information
Preferred term
international relations
Definition
- The field of international relations (IR), narrowly defined, analyzes the interactions between nation-states. Yet actors other than nation-states are analyzed by scholars of IR: international organizations, terrorist organizations, multinational corporations, and transnational movements are all explored within the field. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; International Relations]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- balance of power
- collapsed and failed states
- colonialism
- constructivism in international relations
- containment
- critical theory in international relations
- democratic peace
- dependency theory
- developing world and international relations
- Diplomacy (game)
- domestic politics and international relations
- economic interdependence
- empires
- Europe as an international actor
- federation and confederation
- foreign aid and development
- foreign policy
- foreign policy analysis
- foreign relations
- G7/G8 and G20
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- global governance
- Global South
- human rights in international relations
- human security
- indigenous peoples' rights
- intergovernmentalism
- international administration
- international conflict
- International Court of Justice
- International Criminal Court
- international criminal tribunals
- international institutionalization of political science
- international labor standards
- International Labour Organization
- international law
- International Monetary Fund
- international norms
- international organization (political science)
- international organizations
- international regimes
- international relations doctrines of power
- international relations theory
- international relations worldviews and frameworks
- international studies
- international system
- international trade
- judicialization of international relations
- League of Nations
- mandate system
- mediation in international relations
- multilateralism
- normative theory in international relations
- OECD
- OPEC
- Organization of American States
- peace
- Peace Corps
- peace, war, and conflict resolution
- postmodernism in international relations
- psychological explanations of international politics
- realism in international relations
- relative power
- state compliance with international law
- superpower
- systems structure
- systems transformation
- transnationalism
- transnational movements
- transnational voting
- trusteeship system
- UNESCO
- war
- world security
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/international_relations
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