…complex structures and development trends across the international level. The aspects that play a role here are, in addition to politics, foreign policy, international politics, the economy, law and social conditions.
For example, it is important for an international company to find out which sales markets exist for its own products and services with regard to special needs and the economic situation in a country. In addition, legal aspects and the political situation must also be taken into account if the new sales market is to be successful.
The greatest problems of the present are undoubtedly climate change, migration, international security, growing inequality between and within states, the erosion of democratic structures, the increase in populist thinking and the consequences of digitization. All these problems are of a political nature and most of them can only be solved through mutually cooperating international relations. Other problems, such as guaranteeing minimum global standards of health, education and material well-being, are inherently global. Actors in international relations deal with these problems and the associated challenges.