Name: 行動の中の理論。リアリズム (Theory in Action: Realism)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:32:46.000Z
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The term realism I think gets  under people's skin.

It's hard to compete with a paradigm  or perspective that's called realism.

The idealist would walk into the bar  and order a half-full glass of vodka.

Realism is a theory essentially about power and security.

States relentlessly seek power and security  because they exist in a self-help system.

And, most of all, a realist would say you seek autonomy.

Because in a world where you can never trust anyone,

Liberals believe in interdependence,  think that it leads to peace.

But realists tend to be very skeptical about interdependence,

because who wants to be mutually dependent

Essentially, today's friend could be tomorrow's enemy.

you never know who's gonna be aligned against you down the road,

Who's gonna be lined up against me in ten years?

Realists don't believe in sort of utopian muddle-headed schemes

that would provide a perpetual peace in the world

based on some notion of a natural  harmony of interests among states.

Instead, realists see the world in terms of tragedy and evil,

and essentially, the best you can hope for

and try to be as good as they can be in an evil world.

I guess the bottom line is that realists may not be angels,

but in the real world, angels often turn out to be brutes.

saying we don't like your human rights policies

it's not democratic enough, it's not liberal enough,

well, then you're going to get involved everywhere.

And the problem with promoting democracy is it doesn't work, first of all,

and second of all, it almost always leads to a quagmire.

Again, there is no natural harmony of interests in the world.

Realists understand that, so you just have to live with diversity.

And I think liberals don't understand that.

and particularly since the end of the Cold War,

have been all about promoting democracy and human rights.

And liberals would actually say that the only just  war is one that promotes human rights,

whereas a realist would say the only just war  is one that promotes the national interest.

And if there are no threats in the environment,  well, then you retrench.

So essentially, if I had to give one sort of view   of how realism sees the world,

it would be sort of a Hobbesian war of all against all,

The state of nature meaning there is no 911,

Which doesn't mean that war always occurs;

is always lurking in the background  of all international politics.