International Relations has been defined in various ways. Writers differ greatly on the definition of the subject.

International Relations defined. Prof. Charles Schleicher defines international relations as the relations among States. Quincy Wright defines international politics as "relations between groups of major importance in the life of the world at any period of history." According to Prof. Hans J. Morgenthau, international relations is a struggle for power among nations. Norman Padelford and George Lincoln define international relations as the interaction of State-politics within the changing pattern of power relationships. Harold and Margaret Sprout.They define international relations as "those aspects of interactions and relations of independent political communities in which some element of opposition, resistance, or conflict of purpose or interest is present."