realpolitik
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Yesterday’s north star of global financial harmony has yielded to today’s realpolitik.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
But their testimony alone can’t expose the devil’s bargain of realpolitik, which seduces the unwary with the notion that making others suffer will benefit us.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 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
Some of that commerce is a matter of economically minded realpolitik.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
Its business ethos, grasp of realpolitik, nuclear arsenal and evolving values place it firmly in the Anglo-Saxon camp.
From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Vaknin, Samuel
Vocabulary lists containing realpolitik
John McCain (1936 - 2018) Tribute List
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Chapters 24–25
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