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U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: The Relevance of Realism

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: The Relevance of Realism

Myers, Robert J.

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Series: Political Traditions in Foreign Policy

International Relations

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ISBN10: 0807123455
ISBN13: 9780807123454
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: Apr 1 1999
Pages: 170
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.32 Depth: 9.31
Language: English

In U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century, Robert J. Myers gives coherent and pointed statement to a complex history of political theory involving idealism and its theoretical counterpart, realism. He sets out to restate the possible outcomes of the tension between idealist and realist expectations so that there may be a broader consensus on what one can both expect and accept about how the political world works in normal times and in times of crisis.

Adherents of realism like Myers claim that a political philosophy based on the key considerations of interest, power, and moral purpose will create order from the seemingly chaotic nature of international relations. This approach, known as political realism, calls for the intervention of a statesman-philosopher with a profound understanding of international political operations.

Early chapters on the legacy of the Peloponnesian War, on Machiavelli and human nature, on Kant and the institutionalization of peace, on China's international relations system, and on historicism and pro-gress lay the historical groundwork for understanding how the premises of political realism neither lead to pacifism in the face of challenge nor anticipate the elimination of war as an instrument of state power. Chapters on the just war, isolationism as a misapplication of international organization, environmental

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