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A 6 page paper which examines to what extent
realism is successful at explaining the incidence of international terrorism. Bibliography
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on issues of terrorism, despite the fact that terrorism has been a very powerful reality for many nations throughout history. The United States is also no stranger to domestic terrorism
but recent events have made the notion of terrorism more threatening and thus more of a political topic. The following paper examines the relationship between realism and terrorism in dealing
with terrorism in the past and the present in the United States. Realist Theory and Terrorism Within the realist theory we note that the primary players are the
states, entities that are often nations or cohesive organizations within a nation. This has led the theory to take a stance that assumes the playing field is, if not equal,
at least somewhat predictable. And, with that predictability comes a somewhat concrete plan of action. However, with recent events we note that the players in the arena of terrorism are
not cohesive or even recognizable organizations. There are vague assumptions that the acts of terrorism come from one or another group, or several people from various groups, all with a
similar agenda, though even that agenda can be vague. In light of these changes the realist theory is not always applicable to the threat of terrorism. There is no
cut and dried way of dealing with the "state" that has implemented acts of terrorism. This reality has caused many to shift from the realist perspective to a more idealistic
perspective. For example, Barber (2002) argues that "The historical realist doctrine was firmly grounded in an international politics of sovereign states pursuing their interests in a setting of shifting alliances
where principles could only obstruct the achievement of sovereign ends that interests alone defined and served. Its mantras--the clich?s of Lord Acton, Henry Morgenthau, George Kennan or, for that matter,
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