Internet Activities   Instructions: Enter your answers into the boxes below. If you'd like a print-out of your responses, click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page, and you will be taken to a printer-friendly page. If you have been instructed to submit your exercise online, enter both your and your instructor's name and e-mail address, then click the Email button at the bottom of the page. Your answers will be e-mailed immediately. Macintosh Users: If you have been instructed to submit your reponses to your instructor, you must enter your responses, then click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page to receive a printer-friendly version of your responses that you can then print and turn in to your instructor.   Realism Hans Morgenthau was the primary proponent of realism in the twentieth century, and it was his seminal work Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace (1948) that established realism as the predominant paradigm of international relations. The "Six Principles of Political Realism" summarize the most important aspects of Morgenthau’s views. Six Principles of Political Realism 1. In what ways is Morgenthau being a political scientist, with the emphasis on the science? 2. How does Morgenthau view human nature? How does human nature affect international politics? 3. What does Morgenthau mean by "interest defined in terms of power"? What does this concept entail for international relations? 4. What does Morgenthau assert about the motives of foreign policy makers and the actual foreign policy they make? How does he support this assertion? 5. What does Morgenthau think about the role morals should play in the formulation of foreign policy? How does he support his case with examples? 6. In what ways are these principles of realism relevant to today’s international relations? How can you use them to explain recent foreign policy decisions by American presidents?     Student Name:* Student Email:*   Professor Name:*   Professor Email:*         *required
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