Top Highlights

• I tended to take a Realpolitik view, which is to say that I tried to reach conclusions based on the power relationships of a given situation.
• measure what was possible, not simply desirable.
• dismissive, of applying moral considerations in a field where abstract morality did not seem especially relevant.
• an ideal blending of Realism and morality.
• He is a philosopher of international relations who has much to teach us about how the modern world works—and often doesn’t.