 Global Studies Global Studies is the interdisciplinary study of political, economic, legal, ecological and cultural interconnectedness. Predominant subjects are politics, economics and law on an international level. Global Studies is oriented around the study of globalization as it relates to intercontinental politics. The global is economy, international law, market relations, the movement of people and resources, global communications, the effect of human activity on the environment, and many more topics. Global Studies is often used to map global change and is both micro and macro in scope. The Cambridge English Dictionary defines global studies as the study of political, economic, and social situations in the world. Global Studies tackles the aforementioned topics by examining global power structures influenced by perspectives such as Orientalism and Eurocentrism. Global Studies is distinguished from international studies by its broader focus. International studies is only one aspect of global studies. In cases such as international studies or international relations, the concept of national confines the meaning of those fields of study. By comparison, global studies has a broader reach from the global to the local.