realpolitik

Example Sentences

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The gathering’s opening has not gone without controversy, with high ideals often clashing with realpolitik concerns.

From Washington Times

But this is about realpolitik as well as rapprochement and King Charles will become the first British monarch to give an address to Germany's parliament, the Bundestag.

From BBC

Studeman said this is deceptive because the Chinese “have one of the bloodiest histories and have engaged in Machiavellian realpolitik for almost all of their history.”

From Washington Times

But mostly, they seem to be driven by cold realpolitik — a tacit acknowledgment that Mr. al-Assad’s grip on power is tight and unlikely to be challenged anytime soon.

From New York Times

The director Jérôme Salle shows interest in the realpolitik of Mathieu’s situation, and his film scopes out the grim safe rooms and fluorescent meeting halls where Russian political schemes and French political failures take place.

From New York Times