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
Legitimate arguments could be made for rebooting U.S.–Saudi relations, on various realpolitik grounds.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
It's partly the sort of realpolitik of the chalk network that I live on, which is just this spectacularly rare ecosystem.
From Salon • May 28, 2025
Once more, it was a realpolitik that punctuates the Portuguese's career - and would sit well with the realism of Hardy.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 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
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Chapters 24–25
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