ABSTRACT
If the foreign policy of a state is to be practical,it should be designed not in terms of some dream world but in terms of the realities of international relations,in terms of power politics.The international community is without government,without a central authority to preserve law and order,and it does not guarantee the member states either their territorial integrity,their political independence,or their rights under international law.States exist,therefore,primarily in terms of their own strength or that of their protector states and,if they wish to maintain their independence,they must make the preservation or improvement of their power position the principal objective of foreign policy.Nations which renounce the power struggle and deliberately choose impotence will cease to influence international relations either for evil or for good and risk eventual absorption by more powerful neighbors.
