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The dominant version in realist international theory in post-1980 period was structural realism, and discussions about theory revolved around it. In this term, realism was encountered new problematics from inside realism and critics from other theoretical approaches. In this framework, new problematics were addressed in realist international theory, and new case studies were made out of the dominant structural realism. These case studies were aimed to clarify foreign policy actions of states, and to show effect of domestic politics on these foreign policy actions. Eventually, neoclassical realism including these case studies has been positioned in international relations theories. In this paper, neoclassical realism emerged from realism, or positioned itself within realism will be analysed in terms of its propositions in realist international realist theory. To do this, it will be benefited from Scientific Research Program of Imre Lakatos. The problematic whether neoclassical realism is scientifically progressive or degenerative within realism will be handled in the perspective of Lakatos

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