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'''Realist''' is an [[international politics]] term which is used to describe an actor whose [[foreign policy]] methods focus on [[political power]], rather than institutions and [[international law]]. A realist prefers policies which keep, increase, or demonstrate their power. In a [[bipolar]] power organization (only two main world powers), this can lead to a [[security dilemma]].
'''Realist''' (or '''realism''') is an [[international politics]] term which is used to describe an actor whose [[foreign policy]] methods focus on [[political power]], rather than institutions and [[international law]]. A realist prefers policies which keep, increase, or demonstrate their power. In a [[bipolar]] power organization (only two main world powers), this can lead to a [[security dilemma]].
Realism is opposed to idealism and utopianism, and specifically to [[Wilsonianism]].
Realism is opposed to idealism and utopianism, and specifically to [[Wilsonianism]].
==see also==
==see also==
* [[Reinhold Niebuhr]]
* [[Reinhold Niebuhr]], theologian
* [[George Kennan]]
* [[George Kennan]], diplomat and writer
* [[Arthus Schlesinger, Jr.]]
* [[Henry Kissinger]], diplomat and writer
* [[Hans Morgenthau]]
* [[Walter Lippmann]], commentator
* [[Arthus Schlesinger, Jr.]], historian
* [[Hans Morgenthau]], poltical scientist
* [[Cold War]]
* [[Cold War]]
==Further reading==
* Bucklin, Steven J. ''Realism and American Foreign Policy: Wilsonians and the Kennan-Morgenthau Thesis.'' (2000). 192 pp.
* Gilbert, Alan. ''Must Global Politics Constrain Democracy? Great-Power Realism, Democratic Peace and Democratic Internationalism.'' (1999). 316 pp.
* Haig, Alexander M., Jr. ''Caveat: Realism, Reagan, and Foreign Policy.'' (1984). 367 pp.
* Nincic, Miroslav. ''Democracy and Foreign Policy: The Fallacy of
Political Realism.'' (1992). 200 pp.
* Rosenthal, Joel H. ''Righteous Realists: Political Realism, Responsible Power, and American Culture in the Nuclear Age.'' (1991). 191 pp.
* Warren, Heather A. ''Theologians of a New World Order: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Christian Realists, 1920-1948.'' (1997). 199 pp.
* Weigel, George. ''Idealism without Illusions: U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1990s.'' (1994). 253 pp. by a leading conservative
[[category:International Politics]]
[[category:International Politics]]
[[category:Political Theory]]
[[category:Political Theory]]
[[category:Cold War]]
[[category:Cold War]]