Why do people hate realism so much? It’s a thoughtful question asked by Stephen Walt in Foreign Policy. Walt is a card-carrying foreign policy realist, his work on alliances and his theory of balance ...

Defining “realism” in foreign policy is a question that has occupied the minds and busied the pens of many self-proclaimed “realists” and non-realists alike. Nonetheless, the query and its corollaries ...

Here is a secret about my academic career — my passion for the science of disagreement did not come from observing the harm that violent conflict sows in the world or studying the academic literature ...

In an article for World Politics Review, CFR James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program Stewart M. Patrick argues ...

Entrepreneurs usually lean toward one of two business mindsets – they’re either optimists who remain exceedingly positive about outcomes or they’re realists who downplay the good and see the bad as ...