realpolitik

• And at the present level of population and realpolitik, the only way to handle any of them is through publicy-oriented policies of information-gathering, storage, and dissemination Am I in favour of public snooping into private lives? —  BETTER TO HAVE LOVED
• Though forming a government based on cross overs is morally and democratically ambivalent DSAI has evinced no moral compunction based on his grasp of realpolitik - if PR were to wait until next election, the balance may tilt as BN has more time to strategise, withdraw financial support from PR states and also take counter measures to neutralise PR's leaders, one example already shown is prosecution of DSAI on Sodomy II charges. —  Planet Malaysia
• This guy is telling us that the "realpolitik" of the situation favored our intervention. —  Three Wise Men
• It's not as if international politics and realpolitik are complicated subjects or unknown. —  Ace of Spades HQ
• Nationalism of realpolitik is a highly exploited tool in Sri Lanka. —  groundviews

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