No one loves a realist explanation

Responding to the special issue editors request, I conduct a retrospective evaluation of my own scholarship on realism and the end of the Cold War. I reprise the main arguments in light of what appears to be the most probative new evidence. I find that ,even though almost all scholars who write abou...

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Published inInternational politics (Hague, Netherlands) Vol. 48; no. 4-5; pp. 441 - 459
Main Author Wohlforth, William C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.07.2011
Palgrave Macmillan
Subjects
Cold War
Constructivism
Costs
Development Studies
Foreign Policy
International Political Economy
International Relations
Original Article
Political history
Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Political Science and International Studies
Political theory
Post Cold War Period
Realism
Scholarship
Studies
Theory
regime change
Cold War
realism
IR scholars
constructivism
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Summary:Responding to the special issue editors request, I conduct a retrospective evaluation of my own scholarship on realism and the end of the Cold War. I reprise the main arguments in light of what appears to be the most probative new evidence. I find that ,even though almost all scholars who write about the Cold War's end either dismiss or denounce explanations informed by realist theory, these explanations actually have stood the test of time and new evidence.
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ISSN:1384-5748
1740-3898
DOI:10.1057/ip.2011.17