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international relations

study of relationships between two or more states
Intangible academic_major Q166542
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Summary

international relations is an academic major[1]. It draws 4,683 Wikipedia views per month (academic major category, ranking #8 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3]
  • Subclass of: political science[4], international politics[5]
  • Part of: diplomacy[6], political science and international relations[7], international community[8]
  • Commons category: International relations[9]
  • Has part(s): peace and conflict studies[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:International relations[11]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:International relations[12]
  • Topic has template: Template:International relations[13], Template:Infobox bilateral relations[14]
  • Different from: anarcho-communism[15], anarcho-capitalism[16]
  • Is the study of: foreign relations[17]
  • Studied by: international studies[18]
  • Practiced by: internationalist[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject International relations[21]

Why It Matters

international relations has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Abdul Karim Bangura Agnes Chow Ahmet Davutoğlu Alexander Dugin Alfred Thayer Maan Ban Ki-moon Boutros Boutros-Ghali Carl Bildt CEBRI Centro de Estudos em Geopolítica e Relações Internacionais Daniel Frank Massey Daniel Pipes diplomacy Dries van Agt Dustin H. Tingley Egon Bahr E. H. Carr Eric Hobsbawm Fareed Zakaria French Institute of International Relations Geneva Graduate Institute Geoffrey Howe geopolitics George F. Kennan Hans Morgenthau HCSS Henri La Fontaine Henry Kissinger Institute of Intergovernmental Relations international law

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/study-of-international-relations, topic/international-relations
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: topic/international-relations"
  2. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → international-relations
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: international-relations, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289936606|international relations (#289936606)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cata"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2bQJV
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001741-mezinarodni-vztahy
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  5. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:International relations, Template:Infobox bilateral relations
    Instance of → academic major, academic discipline
    Has parts → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 5209, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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