What is the Post/Polydisciplinary Theory of International Relations?

Publication prepared by Valentin I. Voloshchak

Abstract

On 22 October, 2020, the Department of International Relations
at Far Eastern Federal University’s Oriental Institute – School
of Regional and International Studies, hosted an open online
workshop “What is the post-disciplinary theory of international
relations?”. The workshop has brought together a number of
leading Russian scholars in international studies and political
science. The major themes of the workshop addressed the
theoretical conceptualization of contemporary international
relations and prospects for the future development of
international relations theory. The keynote speaker at the
workshop, professor at the FEFU’s Department of International
Relations Anatoly M. Kuznetsov, delivered a presentation on the
crisis that contemporary theory of international relations has
experienced over the recent years, as well as the ways to overcome
this crisis. The presentation was followed by a discussion, during
which the participants of the workshop reflected on the systems
approach to international studies, the problems of actors and
their roles in world politics, the changes in object of the study
that have their impact on the development of the theoretical
framework of international studies and other topics.