Thisarticleputsforwarda'unifiedfieldtheory'forinternationalrelations(IR).ItfirstpidescurrentwesternIRtheoriesintohardandsoftcategories,thenpointsoutconceptualfallaciesofthethreemajordebatesinthehistoryofWesternIRtheoriesbyusingthiscategorizationasananalyticalguide.ItfurtherassertsthatsuchacategorizationshouldhelpclarifythepresenttheoreticalchaosbypursuingaunifiedIRtheoreticalsystem.
