INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATION
International Relations as an academic discipline is a new subject in the social sciences. It is related to the relations between sovereign nation-states. The present nation-state system emerged after the Treaty of Westphalia (1648). However, at that time relations were not truly international as there was not a high degree of interaction and interdependence among states. With the advancement in transportation and communication fields, states came closer to each other, and relations began to be truly international. With the complexion and expansion of state activities international relations, received much importance In academic disciplines. International Relations Defined The word "international" was used for the first time by Germy Bentham, a great utilitarian of eighteenth-century with regard to the law of nations. The prefix 'inter' means between or among' and 'national' means of nations' The world ‘relations' means “links, contacts, or deali...