Realist Vs Structural Realism Essay

Which leads to the state level of analysis, the United States felt compelled to protect its security, which as Machiavelli mentions the most important job of the prince is to look out for its nation’s security. “Therefore, if you are a prince in possession of a newly acquired state and deem it necessary to guard against your enemies, to gain allies, to win either by force or fraud”( Machiavelli, 34). In this case, Iraq was the United States’ enemy. As any nation in the world, its interest and security must always be put forth before anything. Structural realists argue that states act in their own national interest and want power because the structure of the international system leaves them little choice if they want to survive; indeed, competition for power can be such that it sometimes inevitably brings states to fight each other and bring the world to a state of instability …show more content…
States are viewed to be incapable to corporate as the intrest of one’s state is more important that that of another state. Especially as the number of states increase, cooperation seems impossible. Kenneth Waltz, in his chapter on “Structural causes and economic effort” further explains this. We can view the world as anarchical before the emergence of the United Nation, globalization and economic dependency. The world before the United Nations was in total chaos, this is demonstrated by the two world wars that cost the lives of many and that also destablized many countries. Subsquently to World War 2, the United Nations was created in order to have more structure and peace within the international realm. This deemed possible at the time, many countries became members states in hopes of not having a war like the two world war. However, the United Nations has not been very effective in reducing conflicts amongst countries, nonetheless, it still succeeds in some