International Law and International Relations Study in China

Abstract

The early 21st century has been a period of emergence of interdisciplinary research on international relations and international law in China. Over these two decades, some Chinese scholars overcame the difficulty of interdisciplinary research, the prejudice within the subject and the gap among different subjects. They have made pioneering interdisciplinary research on such subjects as international relations and international law in the field of necessity, key points, specific pathways, discipline system connections, principal issues, mutual reference of research methods, and interdisciplinary issues. Moreover, with their great efforts, interdisciplinary research has won a common recognition and is becoming a popular method. So far, China’s interdisciplinary research on international relations and international law has had definite achievements. However, to achieve sustainable development, it is necessary to continue to promote the interaction between the two disciplines in teaching, and to promote the construction of an interdisciplinary dialogue mechanism, as well as to promote the construction of an interdisciplinary cooperation platform. This research is funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China (20VHJ007).