The initial and primary idea in realism, which has already been touched on, is anarchy. ... However this example also illustrates one of the initial traits described about realism is that there at times seems to be a lack of morality. ... In realism gains are not measured collectively or in terms of if everyone gains it's a positive. ... Other criticisms also stem from realisms core assumptions, the primary one being that states always act rationally and will make decisions based on their vital interests. ... Whatever the case there is no denying that realism is the accepted truth, and re...

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The national security policy of the United States has been long debated on whether it was more motivated by realism or liberalism tendencies in preceding times. ... On the realist side, there are arguments that the US has implemented both offensive and defensive realism tendencies in the past. ... Liberalists argue that the containment policy was all in the name of democracy and that may be somewhat true, but offensive realism shows to be the underlining factor in my opinion. Promoting democracy in European countries is an idealistic form of liberalism but it also portrays offensive realism. ....

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However, the interest of the reader in the contents of a book is sometimes affected by the realism with which the plot is introduced. ... The use of realistic characters allows the reader to believe in whatever outcome realism will cause. ... The references to real military hardware allowed the reader to experience the action by imagining existing machines doing all the action and adding to the realism...

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In his article, The Long Peace, the End of the Cold War, and the Failure of Realism, the author Richard Ned Lebow (1994:252), mention the realist vision of Morgenthau, he says, "For Morgenthau, the long peace was not an analytical puzzle but a desperate hope. ... According to realism ideas states are rational and will act in order to remain as a sovereignty and independent....

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Although the film is only loosely based on a true incident, it's hard not to accept these characters and events as real and this is one very important aspect when looking at the representation of war in Saving Private Ryan, tghe realism of the representation of war. ... The results convey a gritty realism. ...

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Realism is based on 3 ideas: States are the only actors that matter, policy maker's responsibility is to create, maintain and increase national power, and No other authority can stand above the state. ...

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The Russian annexation of Crimean peninsula has raised concerns of a revisionist power, that seeking to overhaul the post-Cold War geopolitical settlement in Eastern Europe. This growing assertiveness has led the international community to believe that Russia will no longer adhere to its liberal nor...

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Great pieces of literature are influenced by their author's life and the times in which they were written. These two factors combine to make literature that is both entertaining and meaningful to readers. Joseph Heller's outrageously funny and very affecting novel Catch-22 is a perfect example. H...

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Introduction Scholars of international politics routinely debated on two kinds of global structures that best describe the actual world, that is, multipolar and unipolar. The word "multipolar" in international relation is scientifically defined as "a distribution of power in which there are a n...

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In today's modern society we have very many things to fear from, like getting hit by a car, or just getting up out of bed in the morning is sometimes scary enough, because you just never quite know what is going to happen. So we have all these little annoying things to worry about, and now we have to worry about these "new nuclear" countries. These countries have just acquired the capability of firing a nuclear missile and starting world war III. So now, every morning I wake up and turn on the news, praying that some upstart little country that I have never laid eyes on hasn"t sealed ...

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Assignment The developments initiated by Stalin between 1928 and 1940 all had the effect of increasing the role of the state in Soviet society. Discuss. Response In order to assess how Stalin attained and upheld complete power in the 1930's it is necessary to examine the factors which led his driv...

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What do a hot pink dress, a sparkling new Chevy and a bright green Jell-O mold all have in common? Karal Ann Marling asserts that Americans became obsessed with such colorful new objects during the 1950s, and that mass marketing and advertising convinced Americans to display such items as signs of t...

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A. Nuclear Weapons History. In 1914 H.G. Wells wrote in his book, The World Set Free, that atomic bombs were used in a war between the alliance of England, France and the U.S. against an alliance of Germany and Austria. All of the major cities of the world were destroyed by atomic bombs in this ch...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 21, 1879, in Gori, Georgia . Both his parents were peasants. His father, Vissarion Dzhugashvili, was a cobbler, hopping that one day his son will be apprenticed in the same trade; his mother, Yekaterina ...

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New German Cinema "Although some maintain that the end of New German Cinema did not occur until after the cold war, many of the filmmakers associated with the movement felt, after Das Boot, that it was finally all right to make it in Hollywood--a sentiment that was to be the death knell of a wholly independent German cinema tradition." (Rentschler "How American Is It?" 279-80) Das Boot begins with a message that resonates and evokes feelings of ambivalence for both American and German viewers alike: "40,000 German sailors served on U-Boats during WWII. 30,000 never returned." ...

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The present is based on the past. The experiences in our past lives shape the way we live today. The same can be held true for the world of politics and international relations. The present system of the world is established on what happened centuries ago. To follow from that, what happened fifty- six years ago - the end of World War II. ...

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