Question

discuss the realist approach in international relation theory...500 words

Answer 1

Realism in international relations or what is also referred to as Political Realism, is seen as “one of the oldest theories to international relations, and is widely held as a worldview” (Pease, 2012: 43). While it is one of the earliest theories, “[t]he first coherent expressions of a realist approach to the study of international politics evolved out of the apparent failure of liberal principles to the international sphere would change the nature of global politics, in particular its endemic violence” (Burchill, 2001: 71).