realpolitik

Example Sentences

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Yesterday’s north star of global financial harmony has yielded to today’s realpolitik.

From Barron's

Yesterday’s north star of global financial harmony has yielded to today’s realpolitik.

From Barron's

Juvenile power fantasies are now meeting realpolitik and power.

From Salon

“India is in many ways the epitome of the ‘realpolitik state’ in today’s world, meaning it has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.

From Salon

In an email, Norman Ornstein, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a prominent pro-democracy voice, offered a dose of realpolitik.

From Salon