SCOPE OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS�

WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

International Politics is fundamentally an interdisciplinary subject that draws on several subjects, including: poltiics, history, economics, geography, philosophy, law and sociology.

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• International Relations, the study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies, political parties, and interest groups). It is related to a number of other academic disciplines, including political science, geography, history, economics, law, sociology, psychology, and philosophy.

• International in scope, critical in character, and thoroughly engaged with the critical issues that confront today’s society, this journal is founded on the essential proposition that no single approach to the practice of international politics offers all the answers.
• International Politics is a trail-blazing, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to exploring transnational issues and global problems

• Espousing no specific political or methodological stance, the journal welcomes appropriate contributions that communicate findings and provoke deeper dialogue. Among topics discussed in the journal are the relationship of Putin and the West; China’s chances to prosper peacefully; the concept of just war; prospects for Cuba today and post-Castro; and the possibility that American is in decline. Coverage extends to such topics as image politics in Germany; international human rights; nuclear power in Japan and more.

• We know it quite well that politics is a collective activity which concerns with struggle for power use of influence and according Use of influence and according to David Easton with the authoritative allocation of values extra. Besides the struggle for power it is also concerned with to resist the power of others, resolution of disputes and policy making etc and when all these activities take place at international level then it is known as International politics.

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International relations (IR), international studies (IS) or international affairs (IA)

• is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. It examines all activities between states—such as war, diplomacy, trade, and foreign policy—as well as relations with and among other international actors, such as intergovernmental organisations (IGOs), international nongovernmental organisations (INGOs), international legal bodies, and multinational corporations (MNCs).

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• According to H J Morgenthau

�" International politics includes analysis of political relations and problems of peace among Nations. Further he writes" it is a struggle and use of power among Nations".��

• According to Charles Schleicher

�"All inter state relations are included in international politics though all the inter state relations are not political".�

• According to Norman

�"International politics cover the interaction of state policies within the changing patterns of power relationship".�

• According to Hartman

�"International politics is a field of study focused upon the process by which states adjust their National interest to those of other states".�

• According to Thompson

�"International politics is a study of rivalry among Nations and the conditions and Institutions which ameliorate these relationship”.��

• According to Wright

�"Politics is an art of influencing manipulating or controlling major groups so as to advance the process of some against the opposition of others

• Scope of International Politics��

• International politics is a new subject therefore its scope and the subject matter is not yet well settled according to Morgenthau struggle for power among nation is a subject matter of international politic.

In 1947 grains included the following five ingredients in the scope and subject matter of international politics-�

• Nature and operation of the state system.
• Factor which influence the power of the state.
• International position and foreign policies of the great powers.
• The history of recent International.
• The building of more stable world orders.

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• Till 1954 the subject of international politics had become quite popular and in 1954 UNESCO had published a pamphlet edited by C A W Manning in which the importance of international politics has been accepted according to them the scope of international politics is-��

• The nature and the principal forces of international politics.
• The political social and economic organization of international life.
• Elements of national power.
• Instruments used for the promotion of national power.
• Limitations on and control of national power.
• Foreign policies of major powers.�

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• After reading the views written above we come to the conclusion that the scope of international politics is quite wide and for the following subjects can be included in this scope-�

Study of State Systems

• We have read and drafting politics is a study of relations and functions and interactions among the different states. The people make efforts for the fulfillment of their interest through Southern States. There are conflicts also among different states and international politics is the outcome of these conflicts.��

Study of relations among

• States since International politics is the byproduct of international politics therefore the study of the relations among the state is the subject matter of the international politics relations among states are very complex because so many factors like historical geography kal social religious ideological economical political influence these.�

Study of national interest

• Production of national trust is a basic objective of the foreign policy and every Nation prepare its foreign policy keeping in the mind this objective in the facts National interest is a pivot around which both of the foreign policies and international politics revolve.��

Study of National Power

• According to famous thinker Organski power is the ability of the nation to influence the behavior of others in accordance with its own ends unless a nation can do this she may be large she may be well she may be ever be great but she not be powerful is the politics is struggle for power there for the concept of the power has special significance in international politics also.

Study of International law

• International Law regulate the relations among the various states and these are infected by the national treaties extra since the states are sovereign therefore these are not bound to these laws but still these laws hold special importance in international politics and international relations.

Study of Foreign Policy

• Every state has its own policy and the behaviour of each state at international level is directed and controlled by the foreign policy foreign policy is made keeping in mind the interest of the state and changes are made into the keeping in the mind and the needs of the nation and the situations.��

Mutual Cooperation

• Study of international organisation for the development of mutual cooperation among the different nations and for the solution of the dispute so many international organizations have been formed at international level for example NATO, European Union, SAARC, G20 ,G7 Asian, BRICS ,G5.

Study of Geopolitics

• Geopolitics is the science of relationship between space and the politics which tends to put geographical knowledge at the service of political leaders it is more than physical geography which is descriptive today so many nations are involved in space research and are making efforts to establish their controls on the fields which remained beyond the reach of the individual and their and there these efforts have been given birth to the geopolitics.��

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Study of conflict management and conflict resolution

• International relations is revolved around conflicts their management and their resolution this way conflicts are Centre to the international relations and national politics and the entire International politics revolves around these where there are conflicts the international politics must be there but we cannot say in a state of conflict for a long time there for conflict management is necessary.�

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Study of War and Peace

• The problem of War and Peace is Central to all the study of international politics all the international relations in revolve around it conflict of interest is the struggle for Supremacy among the Nations often leads to Warfare among the nations which provokes quite possibly during the 21 century the world had to face wars. Besides this so many regional wars took place and they are still going on.

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