THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS



            In the increasing interdependent world,  international relations is essential for human survival and progress. It  reveals how men and nations  are likely to act  in a given  circumstance. It  tells us conditions that should be encouraged  and conditions which should be discouraged in order to  promote international harmony and well-being. It is  studied  with a view to showing that national interests are interpreted  by  states alone and not by the organized conscience of  mankind. 


It equally  goes to demonstrate that propaganda is likely to poison or  aspire  but  it can equally upset all expectations regarding  the actions of nations. States can  implement their  policies in countless  ways- economic  polticical and cultural. That the road to world peace may not   lead altogether though the field of politics;  that race, history,  language and culture may devise wholly irrational but  supremely effective ties;  that  democracy and dictatorship  can  both be constructive and destructive. 

The problems of poverty   and  overpopulation are not to be solved by generalized  description,, and  that  technical assistance has its limitations s  well as its promises. That  without a minimum standard of    tolerable existence for the world’s  people, international  cooperation even  human survival will be  constantly in  jeopardy.

We will learn that war deferred  is a kind of peace  nations will ever know. That the road to a better order is filled  with obstacles and serious complexities. We will observe that  prescribing cure  for the ills of the  world is somewhat difficult,  but not impossible, we  may be  shocked at the unwillingness  of the patient to take the cure.

The study of international relations is a not a science with which we solve the problems of international life.  At best, it is a systematic and subjective approach to  those problems.
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