The Philosophy of History has raised the study of the final end of time as a recurring theme. Humanity has considered various ways of understanding this end, however, no category of study has generated greater interest than the analysis of decadence, since everything tends to fall sooner or later, including humanity itself.

In the study of International Relations it is necessary to understand the role that Political Realism has played throughout the 20th century, for the study of the international panorama under an objective and systematic criterion of the action of States as well as political leaders or drivers. In that sense, Political Realism has been the tradition and theoretical approach that has provided greater success in understanding the rise and fall of power between States in the international arena, as well as the balance of power, the formation of alliances, conflicts and competitions between countries and blocks of countries, as well as arms races and wars between powers of global reach.