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May 29, 2021 · This prompts a leading Realpolitik scholar like Hans J. Morgenthau to ask for a ‘pathology’ of international politics in order to understand the American policy in Vietnam, without seeing that this undermines the whole idea of power politics as rooted in objective laws of human nature, see Politics among Nations, New York: Knopf, 1973 (5th ...
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Apr 11, 2013 · No theory gives state power a more central place than realism. Indeed, the term “power politics” is often synonymous with realism and realpolitik foreign policy, but making the concept of power tractable has been a challenge even for realists.
The exercise of power by states toward each other is sometimes called realpolitik, or just power politics. Modern realist theory developed in reaction to a liberal tradition that realists called idealism. Idealism emphasizes international law, morality, and international organization, rather than power alone, as key infl uences
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Summary. Realists explain foreign policy in terms of power politics. They disagree on the exact meaning of power and on how and to what extent politics is likely to influence policy.
Political realism assumes that interests are to be maintained through the exercise of power, and that the world is characterised by competing power bases. In international politics, most political theorists emphasise the nation state as the relevant agent, whereas Marxists focus on classes.
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Feb 2, 2015 · The short answer is in a state of fragmentation. On the one hand, realists continue to claim a monopoly over “traditional” understandings of power politics. On the other hand, heterodox approaches offer a proliferation of understandings of power, security, and the proper focus of security studies.
