INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

 Table of Contents

* what is international relations?

* What is International Politics?

* Differences between International Relations and International Politics:

* Similarities between International Relations and International Politics:



✓What is International Relations?

* International relation is the study of foreign affairs and relations among the nations in the international system.

* International relation is related to comprehensive relations among people and different groups in the world.

* It comprises of all behavior that originates from one country/nation and affects another country/nation.


✓What is International Politics?

* International politics is the core element of international relations.

* International politics is the discipline that studies about operation of political power between the states.

* It is also known as study of politics in different countries of the world. It mainly focuses on the operation of political power between the states.


✓Differences between International Relations and International Politics:

International relations and international politics.

* International relations is a magnified phrase for international politics while International politics lies within international relations.

* International relations focuses on cozy, homely and warm relation among political, non-political, governmental, non-governmental groups or organizations while international politics is only related with the government, political parties, and officials.

* International relation describes all types of relations but International politics describes political relations only.

* International relation includes all official, non-official, informal, and private relations among the people, group, or associations while International politics emphasizes more on official relations.

* It involves totality of relations. It is related with the relation with state actors, non-state actors, and official relations while It is related with the politics of international community.

* International relations is a wider concept and has broader scope but International politics is a narrower concept.




✓Similarities between International Relations and International Politics:


* International Relations (IR) and International Politics (IP) are inter-related with each other. They are complementary disciplines which explore power and politics in different context.

* Both International Relations (IR) and International Politics (IP) provide concept for explaining, justifying, and analyzing the modern world.

* Both International Relations (IR) and International Politics (IP) analyze social movements that call for justice, development, gender equality and ecological matters.

* Both falls within broader category of social sciences.



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