Moreover, their insistence on "interactions" (rather than "relations") has influenced the rise of and practice-turn theories in IR, which focus on what actors do , not just what they are .
(Paraphrased from their original text; they emphasized both state and non-state interactions across multiple dimensions.) definition of international relations by palmer and perkins
To fully appreciate the , it is useful to compare it with definitions offered by other prominent scholars. which focus on what actors do