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4 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses the importance of realism with regard to understanding national relations. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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forth in the devastating manner in which humanity has approached such critical components such as world peace, economic solidarity and global safety has set forth the spiral of grave disaster
for the world in the twenty-first century. Being that current issues surrounding the character of international politics have been primarily focused upon the notion of realism, it stands to
reason how abandoning the conventional idealistic approach in exchange for the inherent value of a realistic one is a critical maneuver where global issues are concerned (Brown et al, 1995).
"Objectivity and truth are possible because there is an independently existing reality to which our true utterances correspond. This view, called realism, has often been challenged by various forms
of idealism and relativism within Western culture but it has remained the dominant metaphysical view in our culture" (Searle 91-98). According to
John R. MacArthur, if there were ever an American president whose political and social foundation was built upon anything but realism, it was Woodrow Wilson. The author notes how
Wilson only appeared to seek harmony between interests and ideals as they related to foreign intervention. Allegedly, it was the Presidents intention to gain a sense of control and
establish limits with regard to commercial interests that involved the United States. Wilson was keen on continuing positive growth but at the same time remained very wary of the
wrong kind of stimulation within the foreign markets. Wilson, who was all in favor of continuing American commerce, based his beliefs upon those shared with Frederick Jackson Turner; Wilson
surmised that in order to maintain significant world power, the United States would have to acquire a greater number of foreign markets. This skewed vision of peace without victory
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