international relations

English

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Noun

international relations (uncountable)

1. The study of political and trade relationships among countries.

   Synonyms: (initialism) IR, global affairs

   Coordinate term: foreign affairs

2. The relationships themselves.

   Synonyms: (initialism) IR, global affairs

   Coordinate term: foreign affairs

   • 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     While they deny the logic of history and geography, neither Gibraltar nor the Falklands will ever be truly "safe". One day these hangovers will somehow merge into their hinterlands and cease to be grit in the shoe of international relations. This day will be hastened if world governments take action to end tax havens.

Related terms

• internationalism

Translations

study of relationships among countries

• Albanian: marrëdhëniet ndërkombëtare
• Arabic: عَلَاقَات دَوْلِيَّة (ʕalāqāt dawliyya)
• Azerbaijani: beynəlxalq münasibətlər
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國際關係 / 国际关系 (zh) (guójì guānxi)

• Crimean Tatar: halqara munasebetler
• Dutch: internationale betrekkingen
• Finnish: kansainvälinen politiikka
• French: relations internationales (fr) f pl
• Georgian: საერთაშორისო ურთიერთობები (saertašoriso urtiertobebi)
• German: internationale Beziehungen f pl
• Greek: διεθνείς σχέσεις (diethneís schéseis)
• Hungarian: nemzetközi kapcsolatok
• Indonesian: hubungan internasional
• Italian: relazioni internazionali
• Japanese: 国際関係 (こくさいかんけい, kokusai kankei)
• Korean: 국제 관계 (gukje gwan'gye)
• Lithuanian: tarptautiniai santykiai
• Malay: hubungan antarabangsa (ms)
• Mongolian: олон улсын харилцаа (olon ulsyn xarilcaa)
• Polish: stosunki międzynarodowe
• Portuguese: relações internacionais
• Romanian: relații internaționale
• Russian: междунаро́дные отноше́ния n pl (meždunaródnyje otnošénija)
• Spanish: relaciones Internacionales
• Swedish: internationella förbindelser
• Tagalog: pakikipamansaan, kaugnayang pambansa-bansa, pakikipagbansa-bansa
• Thai: ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างประเทศ (kwaam-sǎm-pan-rá-wàang-bprà-têet)
• Udmurt: калыккуспо вискетъёс (kalykkuspo visketjos)
• Ukrainian: міжнародні відносини (mižnarodni vidnosyny)
• Vietnamese: quan hệ quốc tế
• Welsh: cysylltiadau rhyngwladol

Further reading

• “international relations”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “international relations”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “international relations” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.