Word: realpolitiker
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William Griffith, Professor of International Relations at MIT, advocated a more cautious approach to American foreign policy. Griffith said that the ideal foreign policy blends human rights and "realpolitik," but that "there can be no firm decisions as to the mixture." He added, however, that individuals can--and should--deviate from governmental decisions...
...deplore the freewheeling approach toward arms sales that the Administration has taken. This vision of realpolitik looks too much like a fool's politik, and the U.S. is setting itself up for disaster. If we do not get duped to the tune of $8.5 billion, we still stand a strong chance of watching a huge amount of sophisticated and lethal hardware end up in hostile hands. Obviously, America will be dealing in arms with its allies and those it wishes to be its allies for some time. But the imprudence of the Reagans and the Weinbergers must...
...military assistance to El Salvador, preaching compassion and invoking the right of the nation to choose its own destiny. They would do this as that Central American nation descends further and further into totalitarian rule. Whether one views the situation from a moral perspective or one of realpolitik, our imperative is clear: to do what we can to ensure the Salvadoran people a voice in their own affairs...
...STRONG IRONY marks this Reagan administration "triumph." Although American foreign policymakers seem intent on flaunting the country's military power, they appear intent on flouting the principles of power in international relations. It would not seem to behoove those who pride themselves on their realpolitik to prop up the Royal House of Saud. Or to give Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin further incentive to act intransigently. Or, as a matter of principle, to arrange for others to defend American interests, to trust the kindness of undemocratic regimes while exerting pressure on one of America's few genuine friends...
...discussion of foreign policy--with its depressingly familiar realpolitik overtones--illustrates a point about Tsongas and his way of thinking. Say that there is more than one reality, or more than onepossible reality. The search for other realities--the search, for instance, for peaceful ways of dealing with international problems, or even the concrete search for disarmament--is hampered by an agreement on the part of all concerned that certain parameters exist. There can be two realities, or a dozen, though sometimes only one is readily apparent. That's why Jerry Brown is such an attractive and at once disturbing...