What is E. H. Carr's theory of international relations?
My central argument in 'The Twenty Years' Crisis' is that international relations are fundamentally driven by power, not by idealistic notions of morality or universal law. I critiqued the 'idealists' for failing to acknowledge the inherent conflicts and the pursuit of national interest that characterize the international system. Politics, in my view, is the art of the possible, often involving the accommodation of power.
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