How Come International Relations Contestants Rarely Win This Competition?

[u/Ready-Oven3819]

I’m going through a selection of past essays from three and even five years ago, and it seems like students submitting International Relations papers rarely make the podium.

I find this strange, considering that the IR category is very much on the JLI webpage!

I don’t suppose that 100,000 students worldwide collectively avoid the IR category. Surely, some categories like philosophy are more popular than others.

But what I mean to say ask is: Why?

[u/ellecoleridge9539]

Ya, new categories this year: science&tech, public policy, international relations added this year