System analysis of the international conflict

International conflicts are currently one of the key reasons for instability in world policy. Some conflicts are resolved, fade out, others appear. In the article we have analyzed the international conflict as one of the types of social conflict, using a systemic method, which made it possible to present the international conflict as a social system. We have revealed the main elements of the social system. It is shown that the international conflict has the same structural elements as the social system: the subject, human activity and relations, external and internal environment. However, the major role in the international conflict is assigned to the subjects/participants in the conflict, which are divided into direct and indirect ones. The object and subject of the conflict are included in the structure of the international conflict. It is concluded that the international conflict is an open, developing social system.