Classical realism (international relations)

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Classical realism is a school of thought in international relations theory associated with thinkers such as Machiavelli and Hobbes.^[1] Modern thinkers associated with classical realism are Hans Morgenthau and Carl von Clausewitz.^[2]

References [edit]

^ Jackson, Robert, Sorensen, Georg, Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches, 3rd ed, (2007), p 305
^ Lebow, R.N. (2005). Classical Realism, in T. Dunne, M.Kurki and S. Smith, International Relations Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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