Hans Morgenthau was a leading postwar intellectual of political realism in the international relations discipline and, at times, an outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy. In his 1949 article ...

But classical realism, Specter argues, is not actually a descendant of Bismarckian Realpolitik.Rather, it is an offshoot of the pursuit of Weltpolitik, the imperialist school of thought put into ...

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In the ever-evolving arena of international politics, the concept of permanent alliances or perpetual hostilities often proves to be a myth. As Lord Palmerston had put it long ago, "We have no ...

Politics; December 22, 2000; Return of Legal Realism Return of Legal Realism. Bush v. Gore may have superficially resolved a short-run political crisis, but it has triggered a deep intellectual ...

Trump’s “America first” agenda does not proceed from these bedrock realist assumptions or principles. That is why his likely approaches to the most important issues facing Washington—competition with ...

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Nye’s signature ideas — soft power, the liberal order, ethical realism — are artifacts of an age that is over.