Are The Neo-Realists Correct In Their Assumption That The Bipolar International System Is The Most Stable?
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Are the Neo-Realists correct in their assumption that the bipolar international system is the most stable?
Almost 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down, the debate about the stability of the bipolar international system has become increasingly heated. Now that the Cold War has ended, it has been possible to compare this stability from before and after. Those in support of a bipolar system argue it drastically lessens the possibility of a major war; those who reject it claim the opposite. As this essay will attempt to show, the bipolar stability neorealists imagine is in fact false, from not only a historical, but logical point of view as well. The faults in their argument stem from their inability to produce convincing evidence that the bipolar system is better suited to prevent major war.
Kenneth Waltz is considered the creator of Neo-Realism....