Language Analysis in International Relations

Language Analysis in International Relations: Applications of Natural Language Processing in Global Politics explores how Natural Language Processing (NLP) and computational language analysis can transform the study of international relations, diplomatic discourse, and global politics. Bringing together political science, international relations, artificial intelligence, and computational social science, the book examines how large-scale analysis of political and diplomatic texts can reveal patterns of discourse, framing, sentiment, narratives, and strategic communication that may be difficult to identify through conventional qualitative approaches alone. Particular attention is given to the analysis of Persian-language political and diplomatic texts, including the use of Natural Language Processing tools and transformer-based language models. The book discusses methodological foundations, text preprocessing, sentiment and discourse analysis, topic modeling, semantic analysis, and the application of computational methods to foreign-policy and diplomatic research. Beyond methodology, the book considers the broader implications of algorithmic language analysis for digital diplomacy, political communication, foreign-policy research, and the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and international relations. Written for researchers, academics, graduate students, and practitioners interested in international relations and emerging technologies, this book provides a bridge between established approaches to global politics and the growing possibilities of computational analysis.