Realistpolitik: rising on W.'s right flank: the realists, libertarians, and traditionalists who oppose the neocons' imperial designs--and might even vote that way.(Dispatches)
American Prospect, The, May, 2004 by Postel, Danny
JOHN MEARSHEIMER, ONE OF THE PRE-EMINENT representatives of the realist school of international relations, voted for George W. Bush in 2000. But not this time. Come November, he's not only voting for John Kerry but "will do so with enthusiasm." As a realist, the University of Chicago political scientist liked Bush's anti-nation-building rhetoric during the 2000 debates, and was displeased by Al Gore's support for the humanitarian interventions of the 1990s.
But Bush's handling of foreign policy--particularly the Iraq War--has turned Mearsheimer and other realists ...
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