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    Introduction to International

    Relations
    What is IR? Why to Study IR?

    Dr. Bilal Aslam


    PhD. South Asian Studies (Specialization in IR)
    University of the Punjab, Lahore.
    MSc. & M.Phil International Relations
    National Defence University, Islamabad.
    How to Study IR?
    • Attending classes regularly.
    • Reading Newspapers/Journals
    • Thorough reading.
    • Developing expression, adopting jargons.
    • Making your notes
    • Avoiding Pakistani/Indian authors’ textbooks.
    • Applying IR theories.
    • Relating events with the Past.
    • Making predictions for the future.
    • Searching for examples.
    What was before IR?
    • As a discipline of study, IR was established in 1919.
    • Why 1919?

    • Was IR studies before 1919?


    - If no, why?
    - If yes, how?

    • Today’s IR in interdisciplinary

    • IR – as an autonomous field of study in political science – is a twentieth century invention that began
    on the margins of the broader study of politics. It developed as a distinct discipline both as a
    response to events like the two World Wars and the Cold War and because there were certain
    phenomena – war, diplomacy, strategy, international law, the balance of power, the numerous
    ramifications of sovereignty – that were inadequately, or not at all, treated elsewhere in the social
    sciences. (Armstrong (1995: 362)
    What is IR?
    • The traditional core of IR has to do with issues concerning the
    development and change of sovereign statehood in the
    context of the larger system or society of states.
    • That focus on states and the relations of states helps explain
    why war and peace is a central problem of traditional IR
    theory.
    • However, contemporary IR is concerned not only with political
    relations between states but also with a host of other
    subjects:
    - Economic interdependence
    - Human rights
    - Transnational corporations
    - International organizations
    - The environment
    - Gender inequalities
    - Economic development
    - Terrorism
    Why do we study IR?
    • Almost everyone on earth lives in a state
    and carries citizenship.
    • States are constituting unit of the global
    community.
    • States are sovereign but not isolated and
    insulated from each other
    • Questions of war, peace, economy, visa
    policies, territorial
    jurisdiction/distribution, ethnic conflicts,
    international agreements, human rights,
    revolutions, terrorism, spy agencies,
    United Nations and other IOs etc. make IR
    relevant to everyone.
    Why do we study IR?
    • There are at least five basic social values
    that states are usually expected to
    uphold:
    - Security
    - Freedom
    - Order
    - Justice, and
    - Welfare.

    • These are social values that are so


    fundamental to human well-being that
    they must be protected or ensured in
    some way.
    What do we Study in IR?
    Then…..
    - States

    War & Peace, Security etc.


    Now…..
    - States
    - IOs
    - MNCs
    - Groups (Ethnic, Ideological)
    - Individuals

    War & Peace, Security, Economy & Trade, Human Rights, Culture, Environment, Gender
    etc.
    Questions

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