A supplement or stand-alone text for courses on International Relations, World Politics or Peace Studies in department of political science or International/Intercultural Communication in departments of mass communication.

This work is intended as a text for courses on international relations, world politics or peace studies in departments of political science or communications. It treats international communication in an international relations context and discusses how the modern media face the challenge of promoting peace, building confidence among nations and peoples and strengthening understanding. Accelerated by the rapid advances in electronic technologies, global information networks have become central to international relations.

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The history of long-distance communication
A world of communication
The channels of global communication. The dimensions of communication. Communication, information and "new world orders"
Contending theories of global communication. Communication in war and peace. International communication and information law
Global communication as we enter the 21st century.