Question

In the incipience, ………………….. described International Relations as "markedly and frankly utopian".​

Answer 1

Classical realism refers to writings by Thucydides, Machieavelli, Carl von Clausewitz and Hans J. Morgenthau - they are concerned with order, justice and change at the domestic and international level and their analysis is similar for both - they stress similarities, not differences, between domestic and international politics, and the role of ethics and community in promoting stability. They tend to have a “tragic” outlook - that history repeats itself, and that hubris leads to war… in their view, communal bonds are fragile and easily undermined by those seeking unilateral advantage by either individuals or states.