German International Relations Discipline: Integration Efforts to Global without L Locality

Abstract

In the recent years there is an increasing number of academic works on the state of the International Relations (IR) discipline and education in the field all over the world. This article aims to discuss the historical background of the emergence of the IR in Germany, the stages of its development and its current state. Analyzing the state of the IR in the German context is important not only because Germany has played a pivotal role in the emergence of the European integration but also it will have a fundamental impact on the political and future shape of the European Union. Germany is also characterized by its non-traditional foreign policy. The article argues that the scholars of the German IR follow the global developments, mainly those in the US closely, is well integrated in it as well as provide original. contributions mainly in the post-positivist field. Though the IR first emerged in Germany thanks to US efforts in the aftermath of the Second World War, today it has some clear original contributions.