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Discuss the realist and neo-realist approaches to the study of International relations.
- UPSC 2008
- 60 marks
- Approaches to the Study of International Relations
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Realism has been the discipline's dominant approach since 1945 because it explains what other theories treat as an aberration: the recurrence of war and rivalry. Neo-realism keeps that focus but moves the explanation from human beings to the structure of the international system.
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