通过纵览国外重要的国际关系学术期刊一年来发表的论文，本报告综述了一部分涉及重要议题的研究，从某些侧面说明了国际关系研究的年度新进展。这些议题涉及了当代国际格局中单极的意义、对美国对外政策行为的再认识、有关中国崛起的争论、对国际规范研究的反思、角色理论在国际关系研究中的运用、全球水治理问题以及国际政治社会学的新发展等。对于这些问题的讨论，在一定程度上体现了当前国际关系理论研究的新特点。
By surveying articles in major foreign international relations journals published during the past year,the report provides an overview of the important issues and illustrates the new advances in annual studies of international relations.These issues include the unipolar significance of contemporary international patterns,understandings of U.S.foreign policy behavior,debates about the rise of China,reflections on norms in international research,and the role of theory in the study of international relations,global water management,and new developments in international political sociology.To a certain extent,discussions about these issues reflect the new characteristics in current international relations theory.
