Международные организации в системе международных отношений

Abstract

The article considers theoretical issues of current international relations development. The basis of the study is made up b y the recent publications of Western authors. Main attention is given to the study of the role and place of international organizations in the system of international relations. The relations between the main agents of world politics — national states and international organizations — are investigated. The author analyses the evolution of international organizations in the XIX—XX centuries in the political (peace and development issues) and the non-political (social and economic cooperation) realms. The article gives a general evaluation of the activities of the European Concert, the League of Nations and the United Nations Organisation and presents the distinctive features of the contemporary international system as it has come into being after the end of the Cold War. The article also notes the transnational character of this system. The multilateral diplomacy, its role and place are explored and its differences in comparison with bilateral diplomacy are noted. Shortcomings in the activity of international organizations are analysed, primarily those of the UN, and the ways of raising their efficiency are suggested. The author comes to the conclusion of the rising importance of international organizations in the international system.