This report reviews the articles in mainstream foreign journals on international relations over the past year，comments on some representative ones to grasp the hot issues and presents the trends in current research. The authors believe that there are several new trends in international relations studies in international academic circles，including the blooming of interdisciplinary innovative research，more attention to the application value of Global IR，rethinking of traditional theories and new theories’ emerging，comprehensively analyzing the challenges to the Liberal International Order，examining the impact of COVID-19 on global governance and national development from multiple perspectives，and so on. These new issues and trends are worthy of attention.