Word: realpolitiker
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...long. Indeed, for the past two decades, Kalashnikovs and RPG-7 rocket launchers have been the basic tools of Afghan politics. Right now, a broad-based government probably means simply accommodating all of those strong enough to fight their way into the chamber. That may be the dictate of realpolitik. But an equilibrium of force won't be particularly stable in a land where war has become a way of life for men and boys. One outlandish recommendation to those hoping to create a more stable and broadly representative government in Afghanistan: make sure you hear from the women, even...
...needed access to Omani and Uzbek air bases and Pakistani intelligence and Indian airspace. And while Administration critics, starting with Israel, warned that all these would come at a cost, the Bush Administration also sensed an opportunity. Officials saw a strategic opening, a chance for a new round of realpolitik, which might knit together the U.S., Russia, China and India in the fight against terror--a partnership, however fragile, that could bear other fruit. A huge dividend came last week, when Russian President Vladimir Putin eased his opposition to NATO expansion...
...When General Pervez Musharraf announced that Pakistan would cooperate with the U.S., he knew that radicals and sympathizers of accused mastermind Osama bin Laden and his Taliban host would take to the streets in protest. But it was, Pakistan's President calculated, what had to be done: one-part realpolitik, one-part leap of faith. There are risks, of course. He is courting chaos and possibly violence, but the rewards?the end of international sanctions, debt relief, millions of dollars in aid for refugees?could mean legitimacy abroad and perhaps, eventually, something approaching stability at home. Musharraf's acquiescence...
...Netanyahu, who has returned to the public eye as a "terrorism expert." He's saying things that are very popular, such as that terrorism must be eradicated. Of course those are things nobody disagrees with, but the question is how. And Sharon is forced to adopt a measure of realpolitik...
...into mediaeval Europe, the right of "return," but denies the same to a Palestinian colleague born there but forced to leave in 1948 - on the grounds that his return would ultimately endanger the Jewish character of the state. I know the answers to this question in the realm of realpolitik and history, but I can appreciate why many would consider it worthy of discussion at a conference on racism...