Author profile: Sandrina Antunes and Isabel Camisão
Student Feature – Theory in Action: Realism and ISIS
Realism often yields strong results as a tool of analysis, as examing the rise of the Islamic State group in the years after the Iraq invasion demonstrated.
Introducing Realism in International Relations Theory
Realism claims to explain the reality of international politics by emphasising the constraints on politics that result from humankind’s nature and the absence of a central authority above the state.
