POLS 1402 Lecture 2: POLS 1402 Lecture 2

• School: UConn
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1402
• Professor: Alexander Anievas

Document Summary

There are many definitions of international relations, a few are: International relations is the behavior and interaction of states and how those states operate within an international system. International relations is the whole complex of cultural, economic, legal, military, political and social relations of all states as well as their component populations and entities: coexistence and interaction of multiple states, state centric conception of international relations. Themes of international relations that will be covered during the course. The discipline of international relations was founded in 1919 when the first department of. International relations was formed at the university of wales, aberystwyth. The fundamental purpose behind setting up a department and indeed an entire discipline devoted specifically to the study of international relations. Results of the first world war (1914-1918) The idea that states intentions are solely based on national interest or national interest disguised as moral concern.