Essays about: "realism iraq"

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  1. 6. US Foreign Policy and the Iraq War. An empirical study of realism?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Camilla Hansen; [2005]
    Keywords : Realism; the 2003 Iraq War; Hegemony; Power; Geopolitics; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : 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