Neorealizm hegemoniczny jako recepta na mankamenty realizmu strukturalnego

Abstract

Since the final decades of the last century, structural realism (neorealism) has become the dominant paradigm in the sciences of international relations as well as in geopolitics. Its assumptions have further gained popularity under the circumstances of China's growing power and the worsening conflict between Russia and the West. The main weakness of structural realism is that it is a static concept that does not show the phenomenon of "change" to understand the evolution of the wider international system. A critical look at structural realism is the source of a new concept - hegemonic neorealism, in which the author creatively develops the assumptions of the realists in a way that makes it possible to account for hegemonic change in the international system. The leading goal of the article is to present the author's theoretical proposal with the aim of providing the neorealist research perspective with adequate explanatory capabilities in the face of the challenges of the 21st century - such as the ongoing Sino-American hegemonic rivalry.

Keywords

• : hegemony
• hegemonic neorealism
• structural realism
• waltz
• mearsheimer
• gilpin.