Craig, Campbell  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4872-2403
2025.
The normative problem of nuclear war in the thought of Kenneth Waltz and John Mearsheimer.
International Relations
10.1177/00471178251334947
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/00471178251334947
Abstract
Kenneth Waltz and John Mearsheimer are the two most important exponents of the International Relations theory of Structural Realism. A key epistemological component of structural realism is its rejection of normative advocacy, as this is both unscientific and also pointless. I show how both scholars have been unable to adhere to this rule on the question of nuclear war, and how this threatens the logic of their theorising.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Published Online |
| Status: | In Press |
| Schools: | Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| ISSN: | 0047-1178 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 2 May 2025 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2025 10:30 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/178026 |
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