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• n  politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations

• Talking to evildoers is the essence of realpolitik, and realpolitik seems in bad odor these days.
• Politics is important in Clones too, but as a running three-cornered debate: Padme's idealism colliding with Obi-Wan's cynicism and Anakin's budding realpolitik.
• There's a realpolitik side of my view of the conduct of American foreign policy.

• practical politics

News & Articles

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• Pacific Rim: Transformers Transcended
  In 1924 the great silent-film director D.W. Griffith proposed a simple solution for resolving a dreadful war like the one that Europe had recently endured: Choose one combatant from each side and let them duke it out, winner take all. Griffith’s idea never caught on in the world of realpolitik, but lately Hollywood has applied it in a slew of action films. Who wants to see the teeming maneuvers ...
  July 10, 2013 - Time Magazine

Quotes

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• Rahm Emanuel in New York Times
  If you had to put him in a category, he's probably more realpolitik, like Bush 41,the first President George Bush, Mr. Emanuel said.
• Louise Beaudoin in Canada.com
  There is variable geometry to the French policy,Beaudoin said in an interview. "They adjust. That is realpolitik."
• Moammar Gadhafi in Al-Bawaba
  On its part, the pro-government newspaper Le Figaro defended the invitation to Kadhafi, saying that "realpolitik should no longer be considered a dirty word."