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Who is the originator of the realist school of foreign policy?

Kautilya is regarded as an originator of the realist school of foreign policy through the statecraft and interstate strategy set out in the Arthashastra. Chandragupta Maurya…

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Kautilya is regarded as an originator of the realist school of foreign policy through the statecraft and interstate strategy set out in the Arthashastra. Chandragupta Maurya was the Mauryan ruler rather than a political theorist, Woodrow Wilson is associated with idealism in international relations, and Sardar Patel was a modern Indian statesman.

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