The study of global issues like terrorism, pandemics, climate change and economic development highlights the importance of interstate cooperation and diplomacy. An international relations degree can help you develop a broad understanding of the world and its diverse people. A career in international relations can offer many rewarding opportunities. MTSU & PGA offer students internships and work-study positions with government agencies, humanitarian organizations and global businesses, in addition to study abroad programs, language skills development, policy simulations, and research and writing opportunities that support career success.
The idea that a country’s sovereignty is inextricably linked to its national identity. This theory suggests that a country’s unique culture, history and values inform its foreign policy and influence the way other nations treat it.
A state that is dissatisfied with the existing international system and wants to revise it, such as Russia or China. Unlike realism, revisionist states tend to avoid military confrontations and instead use political tools, such as trade agreements and diplomacy, to achieve their goals.
A political theory that says a country should be able to intervene in another’s internal affairs when the rights of its citizens are being violated. This idea, often criticized by realism and liberalism, is usually based on the idea that states have an obligation to protect the lives and dignity of their citizens, especially when they are facing oppression. The name given to a network of alliances that the US developed in East Asia after the Second World War, involving Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand as “spokes” connected by bilateral treaties.