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 consideration of theoretical research for international reality and its future，the emphasis and reflection on race and imperialism，the discussion on the trend of liberal international order under the background of deglobalization，the in-depth research on the impact of institutional complexity on the process of global governance from multiple perspectives，and so on. These new issues and trends are worthy of attention.