“Neoclassical realism is”, as stated by Randall Schweller, “essentially the only game in town for the current and next generation of realists” (Schweller, 2003: 344-45). Taken the definition offered by one of the precursors of this paradigm, Gideon Rose (1998) says, “it [neoclassical realism] explicitly incorporates both external and internal variables, updating and systematizing certain insights drawn from classical realist thought.”