The realist tradition in international relations focuses on influencing other countries’ foreign policies and places less emphasis on their internal affairs. The main alternative tradition takes the opposite tack, arguing that other countries’ domestic affairs are what matter most, whether for reasons of morality and principle, or because it is believed that how a government behaves at home affects how it acts abroad.
其次，什么是外交政策的重点和目的？国际关系中现实主义传统侧重影响其他国家的外交政策而对他们的内部事务不太重视。主要的替代性传统则恰恰相反，主张最为重要的是其他国家的内政，这或者是出于道德和原则的考虑，或者是他们相信政府的国内行为影响其在国外的活动。