International Relations and Political Science: Correlation of Subject Areas

The paper analyzes the process of formation and development of two academic disciplines: political science and international relations. It shows that although the focus of international relations is primarily political relations, these two disciplines have developed in parallel. The peculiarity of the development of political science and international relations in the USSR / Russia is noted. Due the transformation of the political organization of the world and the convergence of domestic and foreign policy, there is a need for theoretical work on the convergence of political science and international relations.