No one loves a realist explanation

International Politics

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 441-459

  Wohlforth, William C ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold War; constructivism; IR scholars; realism; regime change

Indexed keywords

COLD WAR; GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POLITICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 83455196948     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: 17403898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ip.2011.17     Document Type: Article

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