The Difference between Theories of International Relation and Natural Science Theories

Abstract

The discipline of International Relations covers a wide range of subjects and issues of global concern. It is multidisciplinary in nature, and extends to Economics, Geography, Law, History, Peace, Conflict and Strategic studies, and Foreign Policy among others. The quest to understand the circumstances that surround peaceful or conflictual co-existence among states has provoked the search for scientific and systematic study of International Relations which has pr-occupied International Relations’ scholars for several decades. However, this paper argued that the dynamism, exactness and reliability of theories of International Relations cannot be compared with those of natural science because of the unpredictability nature of the subject matter of International Relations. The paper is qualitative and utilizes content analysis. The paper recommended among other the development of additional methods of inquiry to help International Relations with empirical prepositions which are verifiable.