"Idealism" indicates concern for some higher good and "realism" shows concern for things as they actually are. Idealism runs through Greek thought, but their philosophers were realists and were ...

The foreign policy outlooks of New Zealand's two main political parties closely reflect two opposing schools of thought about international relations. The National Party's approach leans towards the ...

After America emerged as a major international power in the early 1900s, its foreign policy was guided by two contending views of U.S. national interests: idealism, which emphasized American values; ...

The Review of Politics publishes high quality original research that advances scholarly debates in all areas of political theory. We welcome manuscripts on the history of political thought, analytical ...

The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) tends to be understood in the context of the Japan–China relationship. Japan’s pledge of US$30 billion in aid for Africa at TICAD 8 in ...