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Discuss the emergence of neo-realism and its basic tenets.

  • UPSC 2021
  • 15 marks
  • Approaches to the Study of International Relations

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Neo-realism, or structural realism, is the reconstruction of realism by Kenneth N. Waltz in Theory of International Politics (1979). It kept classical realism's conclusions (conflict, power and balance) but moved their cause from human nature to the structure of the international system.

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