Definition of international relations
: a branch of political science concerned with relations between nations and primarily with foreign policies
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Rebecca Grant back with us tonight, national security and military analyst and international relations expert.
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The president is a realist who believes that international relations are both highly competitive and zero-sum.
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About a dozen of the book’s 250 pages are devoted to Markle’s time studying theater and international relations at Northwestern from 1999 to 2003 — though not much new information is revealed.
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His interests and pleasures included family, international relations, travel, art, and his home in Canton.
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But tragically, Syrians have been subjected to horrors throughout their country’s seven-year civil war, and in the world of international relations, the nature of the chemical weapons allegedly used by Bashar al-Assad’s forces last weekend matters.
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Albright became a professor, too, teaching international relations at Georgetown University.
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Chad Lawhorn studied international relations, and his brother, political science.
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The ambassador, also a regular Fox News presence, has been a polarizing public figure in American international relations for more than a decade, and behind the scenes for even longer.
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First Known Use of international relations
1914
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Definition of international relations for English Language Learners
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: an area of study or knowledge concerned with relations between different countries
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