{"id":43724,"date":"2025-06-03T13:34:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/what-is-realism-and-what-are-the-differences-between-defensive-and-offensive-realism-include-the-value-of-these-perspectives-and-how-we-apply-it-in-global-south-contexts-and-how-might-we-critique-re\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T13:34:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:34:51","slug":"what-is-realism-and-what-are-the-differences-between-defensive-and-offensive-realism-include-the-value-of-these-perspectives-and-how-we-apply-it-in-global-south-contexts-and-how-might-we-critique-re","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/what-is-realism-and-what-are-the-differences-between-defensive-and-offensive-realism-include-the-value-of-these-perspectives-and-how-we-apply-it-in-global-south-contexts-and-how-might-we-critique-re\/","title":{"rendered":"What is realism and what are the differences between defensive and offensive Realism.  Include the value of these perspectives and how we apply it in Global South contexts and How might we critique Realism based on Global effects of the DRC ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mearsheimer, J. 2007. Structural Realism&#8217; [in] International relations theories: discipline and diversity, pp. 77-94.in Dunne, T. Kurki, M. and S Smith (eds.) International relations theories: discipline and diversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. \u2022 Guzzini, S. The Enduring Dilemmas of Realism in International Relations, European Journal of International Relations, 10(4): 533\u2013568. \u2022 Mearsheimer, J.J. Reckless States and Realism, International Relations, 23(2), pp. 241\u2013256. \u2022 Taliaferro, J.W. 2001. Security Seeking under Anarchy: Defensive Realism Revisited, International Security, 25(3), pp. 128-16  Toft, P. John J. Mearsheimer: an offensive realist between geopolitics and power, Journal of International Relations and Development, 8, 381\u2013 408. \u2022 Xiaoting Li. 2016. Applying offensive realism to the rise of China: structural incentives and Chinese diplomacy toward the neighboring states, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 16, pp. 241-271. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mearsheimer, J. 2007. Structural Realism&#8217; [in] International relations theories: discipline and diversity, pp. 77-94.in Dunne, T. Kurki, M. and S Smith (eds.) International relations theories: discipline and diversity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. \u2022 Guzzini, S. The Enduring Dilemmas of Realism in International Relations, European Journal of International Relations, 10(4): 533\u2013568. \u2022 Mearsheimer, J.J. Reckless States [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[36],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/43724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/43724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=43724"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=43724"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=43724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}