Discuss the meaning and scope of international relations. What is the media of the international relations in modern times?

This is an age of science the scientific inventions have reduced time and space factors to nil .Now a days, no state can offered to live in isolation .It has to cultivate relations with other states of the world to its necessity .As no individual can live outside the society so no state can live outside the international community.

Hence, international relational ship is as much a product of necessity as social existence itself. The study of international relations is considered to be a modern phenomenon but in fact in its rudimentary form, it can be traced back to the drawn of history. The code of inter-state conduct was developed thousands of years back when the ezyptain, Chinese, Greek and Indian Civilizations were flourishing. But at that time, the international relations were designed to serve the limited purpose of assisting the rulers to consolidate their powers tactfully. Infact, international relations in ancient and medieval times were not international in character. Till the end of the medieval period, relations of the states were regional relations.