Oleksandr Svitych

A young and enthusiastic Ukrainian individual keen on intellectual work and research. Oleksandr hold an MA degree from the Central European University in Budapest (Department of International Relations and EU Studies, 2008), and currently reside in Hungary. Fields of interest include include international relations theory, international political economy, globalization challenges and the future of capitalism, multiculturalism, EU responses to the global crisis, nation-building, identity-formation, fading away of nation-states and construction of corporation-states in the post-modern world.

International relations vs global governance

The great philosopher René Descartes noted: “Let's agree on definitions, and we will spare the world half its illusions.” While International Relations (IR) is still widely used in political science, global governance is better suited to reflect the global transformations and complex inter-linkage

By Oleksandr Svitych

/ 19 Jun 2014