... saying "might is right" (Alex Moseley 2003). Realism has it roots in texts such as Theucydides" Pelopennesian War, Machiavelli's The Prince, Thomas Hobbes" Leviathan and various other texts including William Shakespeare's Richard III. The basic premise of realism, is that "objective laws" rooted within human nature govern politics. "Objective laws" is used in this context to mean people behaving in a predictable way. Morgenthau ... ...

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