Preface to the First Edition
International Relations (IR) is a changing and dynamic discipline. Today, the discipline is different in many ways from the discipline of IR immediately after the Second World War. The impact of globalization or terrorism on IR was almost negligible during that period. Moreover, the post–Cold War World order has thrown many challenges to the students of IR. Is the post–Cold War international order a unipolar or a multipolar one? Is globalization eroding the notion of state sovereignty? What would be the impact of energy crisis on world politics? Is the world moving towards economic integration? Is China going to pose an effective challenge to the might of the United States? What is the future of the SAARC or the ...
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