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Social Evol ution of International Pol itics Tang Shiping Abstract : The article advance s an endo genou s exp lanation for t he sy st emic t ran sfor mation of int er national politic s and off er to neat ly re solve t he debat e bet ween off en sive reali sm and def en sive reali sm t hrough a social evolutionary app roach It cont en ds t hat int er national p olitics ha s alway s been an evolutio nary sy st em an d it had evolved f ro m an offen sive reali sm worl d to a def en sive reali sm worl d Con sequent ly , offen sive reali sm and def en sive reali sm are app rop riat e grand t heorie s of int er national politics for t wo diff erent hi storical epoch s Diff erent grand t heorie s of int er natio nal p olitic s are for diff erent epoch s of int er national politic s , and diff erent epoch s of int er natio nal politic s act ually need diff erent t heorie s of int er national politics Becau se int er national politic s ha s alway s been an evolutionary sy st em , non evolutionary app roache s will be int rin sically incap able for un der st an ding t he evolution of t he sy st em The science of int er national politics mu st be a genuine evolutionary science and st udent s of int er national p olitics mu st “give Darwin hi s due ” Key Words : Social Evolution / Grand Theory / Off en sive Reali sm / Def en sive Reali sm / Evolutionary Science Author : Tang Shipin g , Profe ssor , School of Int er national Relation s and Public Aff air s — 4 — 国际政治的社会进化 : 从米尔斯海默到杰维斯 唐世平 内容提要 : 本文将对国际政治的宏观历史和一个国际政治大理论的辩论 进行社会进化论的诠释 。文章指出 , 用单一大