Experts explain the current Russia-Ukraine conflict from various perspectives. Although liberalism can explain the war to some extent, realism is able to explain the entire situation better. However, ...

The empire of civil society mounts a compelling critique of the orthodox “realist” theory of international relations and provides a historical-materialist approach to the international system. Opening ...

Every informed observer of world affairs has lived through this moment: you’re explaining some international crisis to someone, and they cut straight to it — “OK, but why, really?” Why did NATO push ...

Defensive realism is a theory of international relations that’s a useful lens to look through in order to analyze international politics today. The essence of defensive realism is that as a state ...