realpolitik

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Legitimate arguments could be made for rebooting U.S.–Saudi relations, on various realpolitik grounds.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025

Juvenile power fantasies are now meeting realpolitik and power.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

A moment of rejection and a resulting shift to realpolitik that the famed Victorian realist Hardy would have been proud of.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

This, of course, does not tend to enhance the realpolitik instincts of the nation.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel