International Relations was established as a discipline separate from Political Science and political theory in Britain and North America beginning in the 1920s. Its traditional objects of study are states in political relationships in the first...

In the most general sense international relations have existed ever since people formed themselves into social groups, and then developed external relations with groups like themselves. Relationships were most frequently conflictual or warlike,...

The term ‘gun lobby’ (or gun rights/progun lobby) refers in the technical sense collectively to political pressure groups which oppose legislation that might curtail the production, purchase, import/export, ownership and use of guns. While...

Connell, R. (2001) ‘Masculinity politics on a world scale’, in S.M.Whitehead and F.J.Barrett (eds) The Masculinities Reader, Cambridge: Polity, pp. 369–73. Connell, R. and Wood, J. (2005) ‘Globalization and business...

International relations, a branch of political science, is the study of foreign affairs and global issues among states within the international system, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), non-governmental...

Given Cambodia's dependence on international aid, one cannot understate the importance of the annual donors' meeting, which in 2001 was held in Tokyo in June. While virtually all aid decisions are made prior to the meeting, it brings together the key players in Cambodian...

THE TOKYO STRING QUARTET FINDS A NEW UNITY WITH AN INCREASINGLY MULTINATIONAL LINEUP IF ONLY POLITICIANS, DIPLOMATS, AND STATESMEN would learn from musicians, there might be fewer wars and more peace and amity. A paradigm of harmonious international relations can be found in...

 THEY SAY FATE HAS A HAND IN EVERY CONNECTION. But the night my husband and I met, fate seemed to be cutting things awfully close. Richard lived in England, and was in New York City for a week’s vacation. I was in graduate school at...

Andrew Bacevich repeatedly railed against the Iraq war in op-ed columns and interviews, calling it a "catastrophic failure." But the Boston University professor rarely, if ever, said that his son was serving in the conflict.Friends say he did so to protect Andy Bacevich Jr. and...

Illustrates how the methods used to resolve international conflicts have changed dramatically since the end of the Cold War.

Essay discuss the countries who are now considered the primary actors in the international society.