| The painterly realists who directly succeeded the Action painters in the '60s and '70s might seem like Brewster's natural neighbors. |
| Power politics and realpolitik emphasized by realists is seen as being derived from shared knowledge which is self-fulfilling. |
| Owing to this view, realists suggest that a state must rely upon its own military power to achieve its needs. |
| The debate between realists and formalists takes a remarkably similar form in the humanities and the sciences. |
| This leaves us with the realists, who come across as sensible, pragmatic moderates. |
| Washington-based realists tend to see the U.S. as the pivot of the future. |
