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Main Assumptions:
1. States are most important actors
2. Unitary-Rational Decision-making
3. International system is anarchic and conflict-
prone: often zero-sum situations
4. All States must pursue power to survive
5. States balance against threats
6. Morality has no place in international politics
7. International politics more important than
domestic politics.
8. Value Relative over Absolute Gains
Why do Realists claim that states must pursue
power or that morality has no place in world
politics?
1. Internal development
2. Conquest
3. Alliances (balancing)
Power: