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The 20 pages that link to Realism (international relations), each with the reason it gives.

• Just war theoryCompared with: Political realism often questions whether moral rules meaningfully constrain states at war.

• ThucydidesRelated: Realist thinkers often draw on Thucydides’ analysis of fear, interest, and power.

• Balance of powerNarrower topic: Modern realist theories made balance-of-power reasoning a central account of international politics.

• AllianceNarrower topic: Realist accounts explain alliances as responses to threats and shifts in power.

• NeoconservatismCompared with: Realists tend to prioritize stability and national interest over democracy promotion.

• International politicsCompared with: Realism foregrounds strategic rivalry and state security as drivers of international politics.

• United States foreign policyCompared with: Realist reasoning prioritizes strategic interests over projects to remake political systems.

• IntergovernmentalismRelated: Realist assumptions help explain why governments guard autonomy in cooperation.

• Liberal internationalismCompared with: It challenges the expectation that institutions and shared principles can reliably restrain power politics.

• Foreign policyCompared with: It explains policy primarily through power and security rather than shared rules or ideals.

• Non-interventionismRelated: Realists may favor restraint for strategic reasons without treating non-intervention as an absolute principle.

• E. H. CarrRelated: Carr’s critique of idealism helped establish realism as a major approach to international politics.

• Clash of CivilizationsCompared with: Realism attributes conflict chiefly to state interests and power, not cultural blocs.

• International political economyCompared with: Its security-first focus differs from approaches that foreground economic structures and exchange.

• International relations theoryCompared with: Realism treats security competition as persistent, unlike approaches that stress institutions or social change.

• Strategic studiesRelated: Realist theories often supply strategic studies with assumptions about rivalry and state behavior.

• Security studiesCompared with: Realist accounts foreground state survival and military capabilities in security analysis.

• International orderCompared with: It explains order chiefly through power and states’ calculations, rather than shared rules.

• Charles KrauthammerCompared with: His advocacy of democratic ideals abroad differed from realist approaches that prioritize stability and power.

• English School of International Relations TheoryCompared with: The School shares realism’s attention to anarchy but adds rules and social bonds.