| Summary: | The presence of political realisms in the study of international relations has attracted many pro and contra. However whatever the blame and critique against international political realism, it is recorded in history that political realism dominated the subject throughout the Cold War era.With the Cold War was over and the world has been experiencing many changes both at global and regional level, a new constelation has emerged in the agenda of international politics.On the global scale, it is not far from truth to say that with the end of the Cold War, the dominant issue in international politics is no longer security and military but economy and trade. The down fall of USSR Imperium marked the end of bipolar world order and therefore rendered useless the concepts and the theories of balance of power. On the other hand the actor today in the agenda of international politics has become complex and relations of interdependence among states is increasing which means that nations state as the only actor can no longer be used as an analytic tool.On the regional scale, the post Cold War era has witnessed development of several conflicts, for instance, in Yugoslavia, Midle East, South Korea, and Taiwan. This Presuppose that even though power politics has experienced a lot of weaknesses in the understanding of politics on the global scale, it is still of value on the regional scale. It is, therefore, not oversimplification to say that on the regional level political realism is still a valuable tool of analysis.
Key Words: Political Realism - Post Cold War - International Politics
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