International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries lack any superior authority and interact within a Hobbesian state of n

International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries lack any superior authority and interact within a Hobbesian state of n

International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries lack any superior authority and interact within a Hobbesian state of n

Hierarchical relationships—rules that structure both international and domestic politics—are pervasive. Yet we know little about how these relationships are

1. The realist tradition