The Realist Tradition and the Limits of International RelationsAlthough thinkers such as Thucydides, Rousseau and Hobbes are considered central to the realist tradition, Michael Williams re evaluates their positions. Arguing that such philosophers were not concerned with methodological issues of rationality and anarchy, as commonly interpreted, Williams asserts that they wanted to establish political practices for leaders which would ensure order. His original interpretation of major thinkers will interest