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description of an academic discipline
An academic discipline of International Relations (IR) and International Studies (IS) requires a deep knowledge of history and geography student. Although they are often defined as political science, scientists believe it is an interdisciplinary study. International relations are mostly of students, of which the diplomats and politicians seeking to dream about in the future. Study of foreign policy and global issues are the main components of this discipline. Which includes elements from various fields such as international law, history, economics, sociology, psychology and cultural studies.
to various problems in the field of human rights, terrorism, globalization, to examine proliferation of nuclear weapons need to broaden their horizons, students and change some opinions. Due to the increasing popularity of the ideas of globalization, this discipline is an important role in the lives of students. Although not all students is a diplomatic source and a career in this field, knowledge of international issues, matters of a substantial part of the general culture of the person. skills and qualities needed for learning IR1. Students’ thinking is needed to analysis the choice of the most reliable sources of a wide range of materials available. It is important to be able to remove the barriers and prejudices of research before you judge it as a source of information.
2 Classroom discussion is not sufficient to develop the necessary skills, and it is advisable to watch TV news and read newspapers more useful information. 3 An academic discipline of international relations requires the student’s ability, his opinion and arguments to support in order to convince the audience. To improve their own rhetorical skills would be useful. 4 Global understanding of the issue is impossible without a thorough knowledge of related sciences such as history, geography and sociology. In other words, requires the academic discipline of international relations, a level of knowledge of students.