http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-obama-doctrine/471525/ This is a very lengthy article chronicling Obama’s thinking on a variety of foreign policy issues, many of which we have dealt with directly
Tag: realism
Pre-Westphalian IR -Medievalists.net
Here are two blog entries focusing on international politics in pre-Westphalian Europe. The first provides a realist balance-of-power analysis of of the city states and
US’ Syria Policy ‘Paralyzed’ by Rhetoric that Assad Must Go, Says Hagel -Atlantic Council
Agree or disagree, this is a pretty good example of a realist approach to US foreign policy and the situation in Syria. It is not
The Kissinger Effect on Realpolitik -War on the Rocks
Henry Kissinger is closely associated with the term realpolitik and the IR school, realism. This article suggests that Kissinger did not fit neatly inside of
Obama: The Conversation -VOX
In the second part of an in depth interview with VOX (the first part dealt with domestic politics) Barak Obama discusses foreign policy. There are
Overlapping contests and Middle East international relations: The return of the weak Arab state – pomeps.org
Interesting article examining the gaps in realist explanations of Middle Eastern international relations exposed by the Arab Spring. “The popular uprisings intensified the interplay between
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