UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THROUGH: SYSTEM APPROACH

Abstract

System approach as a methodological tool of analyzing International Relations has gained great importance in the lexicology of political science. The meaning of this term is said to be quite imprecise and vague, but it become used wider. To better understand the main feature of the system approach in International Relations often is used the “international system”. The researches in the field developed basic framework to establish the basis on which the international arena can be regarded as a system. They regard not only nation-states, but also individuals as international actors, always standing in interaction with each other making the whole world as an organized complexity. Therefore, system approach contributes to understand and analyze International Relations as a system of interactions which are interdependent and interrelated.