... the international political world. Whether it is agreed to be the best viewpoint or not, realism has been the dominant way of explaining world politics in the last hundred years. This is because realism stresses seeing the world as it really is rather than how it should be. Thus offering a more real, hence the name realistic, and clear viewpoint of the world, which according to human nature is favored over the idealistic viewpoint, a direct opposite. Idealism is defined as "a belief in and pursuit of perfection as an attainable goal." 2 It has a view of how the world should be and "tries to assist events to turn out that way."3 In other words idealists try to alter nature in order to create a perfect society or planning for a Utopian society. Idealists categorize human nature to be both rational and good. In international politics idealists believe that ...

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