The international upswing in traditional realist painting — what’s now being called “classical realism” — has a new face in Vermont: that of Emilie Lee. The 35-year-old returned home to Vermont last ...

Realism is the oldest and most venerable school of thought in the study of international politics. Thucydides, Hobbes, and Machiavelli provided its classic texts, and Hans Morgenthau, George Kennan, ...

Amid digital abstraction and A.I., collectors and creators are returning to the human touch of classical realism. Luc Castel/Getty Images “It comes down to reality,” Billy Joel sings in “New York ...

Some clarification is desperately needed. The release of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report has caused the chattering classes to swoon over the “return of the realists.” Now the spectacle of people who ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rekindled the realism versus liberalism debate in international relations. While liberals in general call the war an attack by “authoritarian Russia” on “democratic ...