Ганс Моргентау: реалистическая теория международной политики

Abstract

The article contributes to the study of the heritage of the outstanding politologist (geopolititian) Hans Morgenthau, a representative of the "realist" tradition in the theory of international relations. His monograph "Politics Among Nations. The Struggle for Power and Peace", published in 1948, has by right become a classic in the international relations theory. The topicality of the article is determined by the necessity to turn to the main approaches in international relations theory while shaping the foreign policy concept in Belarus. The "realist" theory of international policy, presented in the abovementioned book, is one of such approaches. The authors of the article emphasize, that it was Morgenthau himself, who laid the foundations of elaborate theory of international relations as an academic field in its own right. The main propositions of the theory of political realism (international politics as a bid for power, conflicting national interests of states as a source of international conflicts) still remain relevant for practising politicians. The article analyses the principles of political realism, the concept of political realism, the basic models of any state's policy and the concepts of political, cultural and economic imperialism, outlined in the «realist» theory of international relations by Morgenthau.