Scientific Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Region: USA, grade: peer reviewed (1,0), Ruhr-University of Bochum, language: English, abstract: This Article examines the foreign policy of the U.S. from 9-11 towards 2008 under the theoretical umbrella of the neo-realistic approach of studying international relations. It is shown, that the Neorealism is a powerful and explanatory approach for the understanding of U.S.´s foreign policy after 9-11.