Hans Morgenthau was a leading postwar intellectual of political realism in the international relations discipline and, at times, an outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy. In his 1949 article ...

Once again, realism is in vogue. Apparently the White House is quite fond of the Peloponnesian War and wants to use it as a guidepost for contemporary foreign-policy challenges. I ...

Hans J. Morgenthau is the most important representative of the 'realist' school in the discipline of international politics. It seems, however, to have been forgotten that before his departure to the ...

Thinkers such as Hans Morgenthau, Felix Gilbert, Hans Speier, and many others believed that the widespread public support of Hitler’s rise to power proved that the newly enfranchised masses could be ...

Post-war realists of every stripe have long sought to bolster the intellectual pedigree of their visions of international politics by claiming to be heirs of Thucydides. Hans Morgenthau invokes ...

Hans Morgenthau's Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace is a book on political science published in 1948. The author has outlined six principles of political realism in this book.

Nikita Khrushchev's violent weekend tirade may have saved the United States from an embarrassing diplomatic situation, Hans Morgenthau, visiting professor of Government, said yesterday.

Hans Morgenthau’s “Politics Among Nations” taught thinkers from George F. Kennan to Henry Kissinger to put national interest above idealism. America is still learning that lesson.