Sociology | Mercantile Law | International Law | International Relations
Another merit as well as demerit of this discipline is that it has no boundaries of its scope. It is merit in the sense of provision of absolute opportunity to man to make research on the daily changing international relations. It is demerit as the discipline fails to give itself a concrete shape and outline. But still keeping in view the aspects studied in the International Relations till now, we will try to elaborate its scope. Following points will prove helpful in this regard;
- IR studies relations between states in their political and economic prospects primarily.
- IR covers the realm of ‘foreign affairs’ in all its dimensions.
- IR deals with the recording and studying of International History with the aim to find out the basis of states’ relations in the past.
- IR studies International Law in the context of how international rules define and govern the relations between states.
- IR embodies its scope with the inclusion of not only states but also the non-state actors in international relations.
- IR deals with the international events of;
- War
- Peace
- Nuclear world
- International political economy
- Globalization
- International institutions
- Conflicts among states
- Foreign policy and decision making
- National powers and interests
Conclusion
International Relations has a wider scope. The points elaborated above as its scope are not final. This discipline broadens its scope with the changing events of the world and new dynamics of international relations. It is a subject along with being a practical course adopted by nations of the world and the international institutions.