International Relations (IR) is a discipline that has been struggling to survive within crises for over a century. It is in a constant state of crisis, particularly in the ontological, epistemological, and methodological domains that define a discipline. When we add questions regarding the discipline’s focal point or subject of research, as well as its practical or theoretical objectives, it becomes evident that the field also falls short in addressing ethical, ideological, and even pedagogical issues. A discipline cannot be indefinitely sustained by baseless myths, from its foundational origins to its historiography and theoretical debates. This state of affairs undermines both the foundations on which the discipline stands and its independent disciplinary identity. This situation also leads to the declaration of International Relations as being subordinated to various other disciplines, ranging from Political Science and Economics to Geography and Sociology.

The fundamental problem here is closely related to the concept of the “international” itself. The discipline is unnecessarily haunted by the spectre of “nation”. The Global Relations journal asserts that IR must free itself from the conceptual hegemony of “nation/international” which has never been and should never be a foundational or defining element of the discipline. In this context, it proposes replacing the discipline’s focus with the concept of the “globe” which expresses the unity of humanity, nature, and the Earth. Accordingly, it suggests renaming the discipline as “Global Relations”. The aim is to contribute to restructure a field that has been shaped by a misleading name, false consciousness, and an erroneous research program—one that has been distorted and misaligned—into a true discipline that stands on solid ground and looks at the world with a wider perspective. The journal seeks to contribute to the transformation of IR into a comprehensive and inclusive discipline as Global Relations (GR) that examines the entire globe, from East to West and North to South, encompassing all living and non-living entities, material and ideational dimensions, and all associated problems.