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realpolitik

[ray-ahl-poh-li-teek, ree-] / reɪˈɑlˌpoʊ lɪˌtik, ri- /


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Solmssen’s novel, a roundtable meant to promote postwar rebuilding gets co-opted by realpolitik.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

But the realpolitik is that by definition, marginalized groups are not the majority.

From Salon ● May 15, 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 Samuel Vaknin




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