Units of Analysis in the Study of International Relations

Abstract

This study examines changing perceptions and the units and levels of analysis through the emergence of new international relations such as terrorism in its two dimensions: the variety of threats patters, and the differing forms of war and its paraphernalia, the clash of civilizations and globalization, technology and transformations in cognitive modes leading to the emergence of sub-level analysis units Such as: ethnic groups – ethnic and multi-national corporations, civil society organizations and terrorist organizations.