International Politics as we understand it today is different from International Relations, International Affairs, World Affairs or World Politics. During the course of our study in this work we have tried to bring out distinctions between these various disciplines. It would be in the interest of a clear insight into the study of International Politics that we realize its basic nature. International Politics is fundamentally a conceptual study of Politics among Nations. It takes note of the history of international relations and the contemporary struggle for power that goes on among nations, but it does not endeavour to present a detailed and chronological study of international relations and affairs. It merely uses them as primary date. The term International Politics has two distinct connotations: (i) International Politics as politics among nations in its actual and day-to-day operation, and (ii) International Politics as a discipline and study in all its aspects and ramification – nature, scope, development and theories.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.M. Jain
B.M. Jain an eminent political scientist is a Research Scientist (U.G.C.) at South Asia Studies Centre, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He is author of many books including Nuclear Politics in South Asia: In Search of Alternative Paradigm; South Asia in New World; Order (ed.), South Asian Security: Problems and Prospects; India and the United States, 1961-63; South Asia, India and the US. He has contributed over five dozen papers and articles in different research periodicals of eminence in India and abroad, including the national dailies. Dr. Jain has delivered lectures on a wide range of defence, security, arms control, foreign policy and international relations at more than a dozen universities in the U.S.A., U.K., Germany and the Netherlands. He has extensively participated in international and national conferences and seminars in India and abroad. Besides being Editor of the Indian Journal of Asian Affairs for last ten years, he is member of professional bodies such as International Political Science Association, Association of Third World Studies (U.S.A.), Asian Research Service (Hongkong), National Congress of Defence Studies etc.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ramesh Dubey
Prof. Ramesh Dube is formerly Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Head, Department of Political Science & Public Administration in Sagar University (Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya), Sagar. He has authored 12 Books, 3 U.G.C. Project Reports and 120 Field Reports. Professor Dube has guided 23 Ph.D. theses. Besides, he has edited and published several papers in the learned journals. He has been a member of various Inquiry Committees. Professor Dube has rich experience of teaching and guiding research for many years. He is well-known as reputed teacher and eminent scholar of Political Science and Public Administration.
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