Who are the real "Realists?" International Relations Realists or Cold Warriors?
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/d%C3%A9tente-plus-how-should-west-deal-russia “Leslie Gelb speaks for much of the US foreign policy establishment, writes Walter Laquer, “when he says that ... ‘It is totally unrealistic . . . to think that the West can gain desired Russian restraint and cooperation without dealing with Moscow as a great power that possesses real and legitimate interests, especially in its border areas’.” In contrast to Gelb, Cold Warrior Laquer contends that: "[t]he problem with this 'realist' analysis is that it is filled with ...