Research Paper on:
Strengths and Weaknesses of Political Realism

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There is child abuse of the worst kinds in these countries. One can only blame political positions for the death and destruction that persists in this world of plenty. Attempts  to change the world have failed as world powers struggle to create political positions. In order to study global politics today, much insight may be gained in exploring the theory  of realism. Realism is just one approach to the study and practice of international politics that emphasizes the role of the nation-state; it also makes universal assumptions that all states  are motivated by their own national interests or national interests disguised as moral considerations ("Political," 2000). One can see that such is obvious as states do act in their own  best interests. Whenever the United States becomes involved in peace-keeping missions, for example, it is usually because the nation in trouble has oil or some other valuable opportunity that the  U.S. wants to protect. It is either a strategic location that the country possesses, a natural resource, or power in terms of forming future alliances, that is the nations asset.  Whatever the attribute a country possesses, it is usually protected if it can benefit the power protecting it. Of course, at a very basic level, the national interest is  easy to define as all states want to preserve their autonomy politically and they also want to preserve the territories they have ("Political," 2000). However, once a state  is comfortable that these two interests are secure, national interests may take on a different flavor (2000). Some states want to secure more resources or land and others  want to expand their own political or economic systems, while still others maintain a position of neutrality; they simply want to be left alone (2000). While the description seems innocuous