What does the trend of "realism" in political theory portend, if anything, for how social and political scientists do their work? We can best see where realism's rubber hits the road by re-examining ...

For nearly half a century, political realism has been widely regarded as the dominant paradigm in the field of international politics. Yet, despite realism's preeminence, the theory remains one of the ...

Throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I’ve received several emails touting either realism or a noted realist scholar. The sender usually adds some words of enthusiasm about the theory. It’s ...

International relations have always been dominated by the theory of ‘political realism’. Those who believe otherwise are often disappointed because frankly it is everyone for themselves in a world ...

The Political Theory Research Group brings together scholars working within a range of theoretical traditions, with different methodological approaches and substantive interests. In the broadest terms ...

Drawing on their new book, Hopeful Realism, Jesse Covington, Bryan T. McGraw, and Micah Watson lay out an Augustinian and evangelical theory of the natural law and show how it can be employed within ...

Neorealist theory is the simplest way to understand how countries interact. It’s like the basic starting point for studying how nations relate to each other. Almost every other theory in international ...