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Limitation Does Not account for International Change -where sources of change in economy or

domestic.

Lack of ability to explain events in the international arena.



Does not explain something which was going to happen anyway - needs example.



Can not explain co-operation.

Basic problem is assumptions on which Theory is built.

Requires assumption of conflict to explain power.



For Realist Foreign Policy Analysis is predicated on outside threat. Never based on

objectives that state might have. No sense of foreign policy except in sense of

stopping someone else.



Balance of Power will not necessarily produce stability. Based on perceptions of

decision makers so is not automatic. Power can be in terms of relative gains or

absolute gains on one over another.



Advice not consistent with reality

Reference OWMT = International Relations: ONE WORLD, MANY THEORIES , By: Walt, Stephen

M., Foreign Policy, 00157228, Spring98, Issue 110 covers p29, 17p

link .

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What-necesary-assumption: Minimal requirements or conditions of Theory: 1)States are key units of action, 2)

States seek power either as end in itself or means to other ends, 3) States behave in

How-test .
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