However! it is not that we are only studying history! we are not just restrict! to the historical sphere: we are applying all of that history to our present world. What is also helping us as students of IR (by the way! I am also a student of IR! even though I am teaching! I am also a student of the subject!) – is that it helps us understand how to structure the world that we live in. And we see what are the new ideas that we can bring to the
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the classroom studies. We are studying the development of theory across history; we are studying different scholars! and these scholars are all in debate with each other! because hungary phone number library they are talking about different ideas. One writes one thing! the other contradicts him or her! and the thought keeps developing! and it does not stop. So I think it is also a very good way to approach not just IR! but our studies in general to always understand that these debates have continu! through history. To never think that we have arriv! at this one final idea and that this number of whatsapp reactions compar! to twitter and facebook is the final truth. The idea that these scholars have been debating these theories for so long I think is a good way of approaching our own subject in that we should always be open to new ideas. I think that is a very good way to approach IR! to always know that there can
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While I am teaching! I continue to learn both from the students and from the work that I am doing. Obviously for students! this is the best time when they can apply themselves to their work! this is the time when they can explore as many ideas as possible. Moreover! given that they are studying internationa l be numbers relations! they have such a huge opportunity to explore so many different areas: international politics! economics! history. It is just such a vast area that the only thing I wish for them is that they should stay curious. They should remain open to ideas. They should remain open to all the debates.