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What is Realism?

What is foreign policy realism? What are some of its key principles? What is the relationship between realism and morality?
The Republic of Turkey continues to grapple with a foundational tension between isolationist impulses steeped in a nationalist, sovereigntist, i.e., realist outlook on the world, and what I call the ...
In “What Putin, Xi and Khamenei Want” (op-ed, Dec. 28), Aaron MacLean makes the important point that the world is a dangerous place, populated with states that have divergent and sometimes violently ...
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday appeared to pour cold water on expectations ahead of Thursday’s scheduled first meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides.In a social media post, ...