realpolitik

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If you google images for "realpolitik," the first thing you'll see is a drawing of Henry Kissinger holding forth to a rapt Richard Nixon.

From Salon

This argument, which reinforces both the purported lessons of history and a shallow realpolitik, falls readily to hand for those eager to accuse the West of provoking the Ukraine war.

From Salon

Burns says holding Roosevelt’s feet to the fire ultimately led to an admiration of his realpolitik, that staying in power — not doing things he believed in — eventually made a difference.

From Los Angeles Times

And it’s immature both ideologically and in a realpolitik sense.

From New York Times

Others have accused Kissinger of more concern with power than harmony during his tenure in Washington, enacting realpolitik policies favoring American interests while assisting or emboldening repressive regimes in Pakistan, Chile and Indonesia.

From Washington Times