• realists think that all states run by qualified statesmen, rationally decide on national interest to make sure their
sates survives successfully • we do not care what goes on inside,—> states are unitary actors
• we see states as legitimate actors
• realists re sceptical in terms
of possibility of duality • they have very clear dual standards i terms of state and outside world
• no linkage btw domestic and international is changing • moral principles—called duality of morality comes from Machiavelli • domestically : trjsnperancy in western standards, leaders who do not lie, cheat, who do not threaten agreements Share with your friends: