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INTRODUCTION TOINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

INTRODUCTION OF THE

INTRODUCTION

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WHY IR

IR THE RELEVANCY DILEMMA

IR - IMPACTS ON OUR DAILY LIVES

CASE STUDIES

GLOBAL WARMING US LED INAVSIONIN AFGANISTAN

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GLOBAL WARMING Carbon Emissions due to industrial growth. The most pressing issue of contemporary times- UN In 1960s 2500 million metric ton today its more than

8000 million metric tons of Carbon emissions. Maldives is only 1.5 meters above the sea level. The dilemma of developing countries and developed

countries. Introduction of Kyoto Protocol in 1997. STERN review report in UK in 2006. UN launched UNEP with WORLD METRO:OGIST

ORGNIZATION.

NGOs GREEN PEACE & FRIENDS OF EARTH.

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US LED INVASION IN

AFGANISTAN IN 2001 September 11 incident

Al Quaida

Mujahedin Fighters

Cold War

Super Power War Against terrorism.

Spill over in Pakistan

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Impacts of International Relations

I. Socio-Economic aspect: Individual economy

depends upon the global economy andinternational economic competition; as well asthe rules of world trading system. Religion andCulture shape economies and Conflict.

II. Environmental aspects: Global temperatureraise and water issues pose grave threats tomankind and act as a catalyst in world politics.

III.Political aspect: war is inevitable phenomenon

in human history. Swords to nuclear missiles.

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DEFINITION

THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICSIS CONCERNED WITH UNDERSTANDINGTHE INTERCONNECTED RELATIONSHIPSAFFECTING THE WORLD IN WHICH WE

LIVE.

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Definition International relations concerns people

and cultures throughout the world.

Although it pertains to the relationshipamong worlds governments however; itis strongly connected with other actorssuch as, IGOs, NGOs, MNCs and

individuals along with historical andgeographical influences as well as socialstructure.

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MAIN FOCUS WAR

PEACE

ECONOMY

CONFLICT

GLOBALIZATION REGIONALISM

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International Security & Strategy

International Political Economy

International Political Community

International Political Ecology

Disciplines of IR

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE

DISCIPLINE FIRST CHAIR OF IR ESTABLISHED IN

1919 IN WALES.

BETWEEN TWO WORLD WARS- COLDWAR-9/11 AND TODAY

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20th Century Highlights

1890's Expansion of colonial empires1900-10 Development of European alliance

systems

1914-1917 World War I

1929-1939 Great Depression

ca.1935 Failure of League of Nations; rise ofmilitarist governments in Germany, Japan

1939-1945 World War IItotal war

1945 Founding of United NationsNuclear weapons

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20th Century Highlights, cont.

late 1940s Beginning of Cold War1950-70 Decolonization

1962 Cuban Missile Crisisbeginning ofUS-USSR dtente

1970s Global economic instability due to OPEC, USinflation

1989-90 Collapse of communism in Europe

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