Climate Change & Social Media: Redefining ‘Realism’

... John Mearsheimer. To paraphrase Mearsheimer, ‘realism’ is one of several theoretical paradigms which help interpret international relations and global politics, where states are the primary actors and “no higher authority sits above them” ... ... cooperate with each other but ultimately have conflicting interests. Here’s the rub: global warming, or if one prefers, climate change, is revolutionizing how businesses produce, people consume, domestic politics evolve and state diplomacy is shaped....