Annette Freyberg-Inan is an associate professor of political science at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, and the author of What Moves Man: The Realist Theory of International Relations and Its Judgment of Human Nature. Ewan Harrison is an assistant dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington University, St. Louis. He is the author of The Post Cold War International System: Strategies, Institutions, and Reflexivity and has published in Review of International Studies, International Studies Review, International Politics, International Affairs, and Journal of Peace Research. Patrick James is a professor with the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California, where he is also the director of the Center for International Studies. He is the author, coauthor, and coeditor of a number of books on international relations, including International Relations and Scientific Progress: Structural Realism Reconsidered and Who Intervenes? Ethnic Conflict and Interstate Crisis.

• List of Table and IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: What Way Forward for Contemporary Realism?Part I: Theoretical Developments beyond Classical and Structural RealismChapter 1. Revisiting Realism and the Balance of PowerChapter 2. Elaborating on Offensive RealismChapter 3. Realist RevisionismChapter 4. The Contradictions of UnipolarityPart II: Making Realist Sense of Contemporary International RelationsChapter 5. The Influence of Theory on Grand Strategy: The United States and a Rising ChinaChapter 6. Neoclassical Realism and Foreign Policy CrisesChapter 7. Past versus Present Geopolitics: Cautiously Opening the Realist Door to the PastPart III: Reflections on the Nature and Merits of the Realist ParadigmChapter 8. Forward Is as Forward Does: Assessing Neoclassical Realism from a Traditions PerspectiveChapter 9. Feminism and Realism in International RelationsChapter 10. Paradigm, Tradition, and the Politics of RealismConclusion: Ways ForwardReferencesNotes on Contributors Index

This is a rich book and a thoughtful one... Rethinking Realism will no doubt become essential reading on what is still the most intriguing school of thought on International Relations. -- Ian Hall International Relations 2010 The book's tight focus, comprehensive nature, and scene-setting introductory and concluding essays make it an invaluable resource for graduate students preparing to take comprehensive exams in the field. Highly Recommended. Choice 2010

Annette Freyberg-Inan is an associate professor of political science at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, and the author of What Moves Man: The Realist Theory of International Relations and Its Judgment of Human Nature. Ewan Harrison is an assistant dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington University, St. Louis. He is the author of The Post Cold War International System: Strategies, Institutions, and Reflexivity and has published in Review of International Studies, International Studies Review, International Politics, International Affairs, and Journal of Peace Research. Patrick James is a professor with the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California, where he is also the director of the Center for International Studies. He is the author, coauthor, and coeditor of a number of books on international relations, including International Relations and Scientific Progress: Structural Realism Reconsidered and Who Intervenes? Ethnic Conflict and Interstate Crisis.

• List of Table and IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: What Way Forward for Contemporary Realism?Part I: Theoretical Developments beyond Classical and Structural RealismChapter 1. Revisiting Realism and the Balance of PowerChapter 2. Elaborating on Offensive RealismChapter 3. Realist RevisionismChapter 4. The Contradictions of UnipolarityPart II: Making Realist Sense of Contemporary International RelationsChapter 5. The Influence of Theory on Grand Strategy: The United States and a Rising ChinaChapter 6. Neoclassical Realism and Foreign Policy CrisesChapter 7. Past versus Present Geopolitics: Cautiously Opening the Realist Door to the PastPart III: Reflections on the Nature and Merits of the Realist ParadigmChapter 8. Forward Is as Forward Does: Assessing Neoclassical Realism from a Traditions PerspectiveChapter 9. Feminism and Realism in International RelationsChapter 10. Paradigm, Tradition, and the Politics of RealismConclusion: Ways ForwardReferencesNotes on Contributors Index

This is a rich book and a thoughtful one... Rethinking Realism will no doubt become essential reading on what is still the most intriguing school of thought on International Relations. -- Ian Hall International Relations 2010 The book's tight focus, comprehensive nature, and scene-setting introductory and concluding essays make it an invaluable resource for graduate students preparing to take comprehensive exams in the field. Highly Recommended. Choice 2010

Annette Freyberg-Inan is an associate professor of political science at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, and the author of What Moves Man: The Realist Theory of International Relations and Its Judgment of Human Nature. Ewan Harrison is an assistant dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington University, St. Louis. He is the author of The Post Cold War International System: Strategies, Institutions, and Reflexivity and has published in Review of International Studies, International Studies Review, International Politics, International Affairs, and Journal of Peace Research. Patrick James is a professor with the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California, where he is also the director of the Center for International Studies. He is the author, coauthor, and coeditor of a number of books on international relations, including International Relations and Scientific Progress: Structural Realism Reconsidered and Who Intervenes? Ethnic Conflict and Interstate Crisis.

• List of Table and IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: What Way Forward for Contemporary Realism?Part I: Theoretical Developments beyond Classical and Structural RealismChapter 1. Revisiting Realism and the Balance of PowerChapter 2. Elaborating on Offensive RealismChapter 3. Realist RevisionismChapter 4. The Contradictions of UnipolarityPart II: Making Realist Sense of Contemporary International RelationsChapter 5. The Influence of Theory on Grand Strategy: The United States and a Rising ChinaChapter 6. Neoclassical Realism and Foreign Policy CrisesChapter 7. Past versus Present Geopolitics: Cautiously Opening the Realist Door to the PastPart III: Reflections on the Nature and Merits of the Realist ParadigmChapter 8. Forward Is as Forward Does: Assessing Neoclassical Realism from a Traditions PerspectiveChapter 9. Feminism and Realism in International RelationsChapter 10. Paradigm, Tradition, and the Politics of RealismConclusion: Ways ForwardReferencesNotes on Contributors Index

This is a rich book and a thoughtful one... Rethinking Realism will no doubt become essential reading on what is still the most intriguing school of thought on International Relations. -- Ian Hall International Relations 2010 The book's tight focus, comprehensive nature, and scene-setting introductory and concluding essays make it an invaluable resource for graduate students preparing to take comprehensive exams in the field. Highly Recommended. Choice 2010