Title- particularly as it relates to defense articles/services. Tried googling this but can find any precedence for it, despite multiple rewordings of my searches. Any help would be appreciated!

I'm a 2nd year Physics major. My institute, though it has a humanities department, it lacks an IR one. I have been following IR theory and Geopolitics avidly since 2020. I wish to formally study IR in general and foreign policy analysis in specific. Are there any free online courses or resources that I can start with ?

Thanks in advance

Hello every, These times I've been applying for a second master's in International Security after completing my first in IR from India. I've been accepted by Nottingham Trent University, although it's not the university I'm aiming for. Could someone help me by letting me know about the programme and the option to go for a PhD just after completing this degree in the UK?

I've also been working in the Geopolitical Risk Analysis sector, and aiming for a full-time position in this sector after the completion. Your suggestions will be highly appreciated. Thank you.

Im following a course on the post soviet states and have to write a final essay (about 4 thousand words). I want to write about the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia, Ukraine and how (e.g. through new language laws) the government is slowly getting rid of the showings of hungarian culture in Ukraine. I could for example look at specific policies by the UA government or something... i just find it difficult to then actually come up with a concise research idea/question. Any tips?

I have never seen any job postings with IS or IR as a job requirement, members of FSO and NGOS I have talked to seem to have completely different degrees like economics from like only target universities. Would it better to major in something else?

I used journals and books by them via jstor as sources for my paper assignments but i had a discussion with one of my professors over coffee where we discussed about politics and other things. And he said that i shouldn't use RAND because they are inherently bias but from what i read they are politically neutral in their journals, books and reports.

EDIT: Thank you everyone for your responses, it helped a lot especially since i'm in my first semester

I used to study law, but I failed the first year a few times, which completely killed my motivation to pursue anything in academia. I am now in Turkey, studying for a bachelor's degree in International Relations in my first year at a more or less mediocre private university. Things seem to be going a lot better—I’m passing exams with decent grades and surpassing everyone else in my class. However, I don’t know why every time I think about my course, I feel like I’m wasting my time, and it makes me so anxious.

Even though I’ve always liked International Relations in general, I feel like I’m investing a lot of money and not learning much. I’m only doing it for the sake of the degree, hoping that I could potentially take the foreign service exam and pass four years from now. I doubt any think tanks or NGOs would want me since I’m not graduating from an elite school. I’m genuinely lost—I feel like I’m doing this on autopilot.

My family is very pushy about it; they want me to finish my degree and believe it will open a lot of doors for me. But I secretly feel like it won’t. Any advice would be appreciated. Sometimes, I feel like I’m overexaggerating and overthinking, but it really does get to me.

Looking at doing internship at this DC think tank but have never heard of it– is there anyone here that might have any word on its reputation? Hoping to build my research credentials if I do their program.