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In this vein, considered as the precursor of neorealism, Kenneth Waltz, in his seminal work, Theory of International Politics (1979), tries to develop a scientific approach to understand and explain the international political system. Waltzian structural realism is, as expectedly, not a total refusal of classical realist insights. Rather, certain elements such as the existence of independent sovereign states operating in an international system characterized by anarchy constitutes a point of departure of neorealist arguments as well. What separates essentially neorealism from the classical tradition is that it gives no account of human nature and that it disregards the statecraft ethics. In that sense, Waltz’s theory focuses, first and foremost on the structure of the international system, on international actors in constant interaction, and on the continuities and transformations of the system. Unlike classical realism that puts the emphasis on leaders and their decisions and actions at international level; neorealism’s center of attention is the systemic structure that is completely external to the actors, particularly, relative distribution of power and capabilities.