Explaining why state X made a certain move last Tuesday: The promise and limitations of realist foreign policy analysis

Journal of International Relations and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-380

  Wivel, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Foreign policy analysis; Neoclassical realism; Postclassical realism; Structural realism

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; POLITICS; POWER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 29244453212     PISSN: 14086980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jird.1800064     Document Type: Review

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