This diagram illustrates how international relations will be studied in the context of this course. It features a row of three boxes above a centred circle labelled ‘International Relations’. Each of the boxes is connected to the circle by a downward-pointing arrow. In the box on the left is the heading ‘Actors’ above the following bullet-point list: ‘States; International organisations; NGOs; Businesses’. In the middle box is the heading ‘Issues’ above the following list: ‘War and Peace; Economy; Human rights, environment’. In the box on the right is the heading ‘Debates’ above the following list: ‘Different sides in debates; Theories and traditions of thought’.