International relations

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International relations is a branch of political science. Predominant study topics are politics, economics and law on a global level. It represents the study of foreign affairs and global issues among states within the international system, including the roles of states, diplomacy, international organizations (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs).

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization that describes itself as a "global association of governments facilitating co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity"; It is the most prominent international institution. Many of the legal institutions follow the same organisational structure as the UN.

• World Trade Organisation
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund
• African Development Bank
• Asian Development Bank

• United Nations Human Rights Council
• Human Rights Committee
• European Court of Human Rights
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
• International Criminal Court

• International Court of Justice
• European Court of Justice
• African Court of Justice
• International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

• ASEAN
• Arab League
• CIS
• CSCAP
• Maritime security regime
• NATO
• RECAAP
• SCO

• Neutrality (international relations)
• Realism theory
• Thomas Hobbes Leviathan
• Immanuel Kant Perpetual Peace
• Niccolò Machiavelli The Prince
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau The social contract
• Thucydides The History of the Peloponnesian war