Risks as a Category of Analysis of Contemporary Ir

Abstract

The theme of the article is “risk” considered as a category of research – with a widely developed methodological base-and its application to the analysis of contemporary international relations. Various proposals of scientists in different sciences for defining risk are presented. Moreover, reports concerning risk by selected international organisations are included. These reports indicate the important role of risk as a feature of the contemporary international environment and they are a great source of information for researchers of international relations.