Trumping Thucydides

You don’t often find the philosopher Donald Trump of Queens and the historian Thucydides of Athens in the same article. Kudos ...
Foreign Policy

The Pandemic and the Limits of Realism

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The Hindu

Realism versus liberalism in international relations

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rekindled the realism versus liberalism debate in international relations. While liberals in general call the war an attack by “authoritarian Russia” on “democratic ...
JSTOR Daily

Reconciling Tensions in the Analysis of Bourgeois Revolutions: A Critical Realist Approach

Uluslararası İlişkiler / International Relations, Vol. 21, No. 82, Special Issue: Marxism and International Relations: Still a Case of Mutual Neglect (2024), pp. 79-96 (18 pages) When and how do ...
Foreign Affairs

The Realist Tradition and the Limits of International Relations

Realism is the oldest and most venerable school of thought in the study of international politics. Thucydides, Hobbes, and Machiavelli provided its classic texts, and Hans Morgenthau, George Kennan, ...
National Review

Obama, Iran, and the Kidnapping of Realism

Why Trump Has Immunity for His Lawless, Lethal Attacks on the High Seas Trump Moves Closer to an Actual War in Venezuela The Rare Earths Travesty China’s Damaging Influence on American Democracy Trump ...
William & Mary

International Relations: In Theory, in Practice and the Gaps In Between

International Relations at W&M promotes the systematic study of political, economic, and historic relations among states and other actors in the international system. Students and faculty explore ...