Tag
Realism
Entries tagged realism.
4 entries
Concept
The Balance of Power
States tend to align against whoever is getting too strong, because no one wants to live at the mercy of a single dominant power.
10 min
ConceptThe Problem of Universals
Do properties and kinds like redness or humanity exist as real things shared by many objects, or are they only names we give to resemblances among particulars?
7 min
ConceptThe Security Dilemma
Under anarchy, the steps a state takes to make itself safer can make others less safe, so they arm in reply and everyone ends up more exposed, even when no one intended harm.
8 min
ConceptThe Thucydides Trap
The idea that when a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, the resulting structural stress often ends in war.
9 min