Essays about: "offensive realism"
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21. US Foreign Policy and the Iraq War. An empirical study of realism?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This BA-thesis examines whether realism can be empirically tested on the Iraq war in 2003. I am inspired by Mearsheimer's offensive realism, which holds that all states are aggressive because of the structure of international politics. Realism has a lot of theories about power, which I examine extensively and then apply empirically. READ MORE