Realism and World Politics

6 Structure? What structure? 89

Nicholas Onuf

7 ‘Big and important things’ in IR: structural realism and the

neglect of changes in statehood 107

Georg Sørensen

8 Reckless states and realism 124

John J. Mearsheimer

PART III
Realist theories and human nature 141

9 Structural realism, classical realism and human nature 143

Chris Brown

10 Human nature andworld politics: rethinking ‘man’ 158
Neta C. Crawford

11 Woman, the state, and war 177
Jean Bethke Elshtain

PART IV
War and security, causes and consequences 193

12 Understanding Man,the State and War 195
Hidemi Suganami

13 Lost in transition:a critical analysis of power transition theory 213
Richard Ned Lebow and Benjamin Valentino

14 Hegemony, equilibrium and counterpower: a synthetic
approach 232
Cornelia Beyer

15 Beyond Waltz’s nuclear world: more trust may be better 249
Nicholas J.Wheeler

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