Ep. 72: It’s A Real Realist World

States of Anarchy with Hamsini Hariharan

What is the theory of realism? What are ‘pawns’ in proxy wars?
On episode 72, host Hamsini Hariharan answers questions about the state of the world.

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Reading List:
- Politics Among Nations - Hans Morgantheau https://www.amazon.in/Politics-Among-Nations-Hans-Morgenthau/dp/007289539X

• Man, State and War, Kenneth Waltz: https://amzn.to/37Da37N

• Realism and Security - Stephen M. Walt
  https://oxfordre.com/internationalstudies/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.001.0001/acrefore-9780190846626-e-286

• Realism - Britannica
  https://www.britannica.com/topic/realism-political-and-social-science

• Introducing Realism in International Relations Theory - Sandrina Antunes and Isabel Camisão
  https://www.e-ir.info/2018/02/27/introducing-realism-in-international-relations-theory/

• Political Realism in International Relations - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/realism-intl-relations/#pagetopright

• Cold War- Britannica
  https://www.britannica.com/event/Cold-War

• Why engage in a proxy war? A state’s perspective
  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/05/21/why-engage-in-proxy-war-a-states-perspective/

• What went wrong in Vietnam?
  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/26/what-went-wrong-in-vietnam

• Why be a pawn to a state? Proxy wars from a proxy’s perspective
  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/05/22/why-be-a-pawn-to-a-state-proxy-wars-from-a-proxys-perspective/

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