Political realism & levels of analysis

Abstract

Contributions to this panel investigate different ‘realist’ ways of analyzing the shifting dynamics of international politics, individual states’ foreign policies, as well as ways in which realist thought itself becomes a contentious element in the formulation of a state’s foreign policy. They engage with a core theme of this section – the distinction between the three levels of analysis – both theoretically and in the form of case studies.

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How the Possibility of Change Affects Change: The Unstable Nature of Domestic and Structural Pressures in Neoclassical Realism	View Paper Details
Uncertainty, Polarity, and the Security Dilemma: Rethinking Structural Realism	View Paper Details
Power Shifts and War Risks: Security Dilemmas and the Expected Value of Aggression	View Paper Details
War in Ukraine and anti-realism on American foreign policy	View Paper Details