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

“It fails to recognize the fundamentals of realpolitik, which is: ‘What have you done for me lately?’” he said.

From Washington Post

“The rehabilitation of the murderous prince will be justified in France as in the United States by arguments of realpolitik,” Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard tweeted.

From Washington Post

But Biden’s realpolitik tendencies are colliding with an activist base agitating for a more aggressive party leader - both in tone and substance.

From Washington Times