One of the main objectives of this course is to give students a holistic view of the system of international relations in the light of the conceptual and theoretical basis of international relations, in particular, using concepts developed by various theories and paradigms, such as idealism, institutional idealism, realism, systemic realism, structuralism, constructivism, “world-system theory” and others. Such concepts as “system”, “system in international relations”, “hegemonic system”, “Pax Britannica”, “Pax Americana”, “pole”, “power”, “bipolar world” will be studied , “Single-polar world”, “multi-polar world” and others.