Word: realpolitiker
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...this was a necessary precaution against the possible economic erosion of the Western Alliance. For an America caught up in a war in Asia, and a vigorous Europe with no foreign entanglements, the first major withdrawal of "cold war" troops from the Continent also signaled a belated adjustment to Realpolitik...
...results of Westmoreland's eight-day visit may prove even more far-reaching. For now, as they have not been in the past, the cards are out on the table. The outcome should not be to stifle responsible debate, but rather to make it more relevant to realpolitik...
...little more aloof from Washington. These were policies that followed der Alte's own counsel; trust in the wisdom of others was never one of Adenauer's virtues. That the changing nature of Communism in Europe, and of Europe itself, might be outrunning his own concept of Realpolitik did not seem to have occurred to him. But then, it hardly mattered. Adenauer's certainty of purpose at a time when Germany most needed it had already earned him an imperishable place in history...
...massive mistake in inviting top-level officials who could not feel free to speak frankly. It fell victim to the malady that it is -- or should be -- trying to cure. The gap between academia and government is not simply a problem of professors not appreciating the limitations of realpolitik; it is in part the widespread feeling among students that the government, led by Johnson and preoccupied with Vietnam, cannot be trusted to act wisely or honestly. The C.I.A.'s overactivity here and abroad, and the Administration's double-talk on international crises from the Dominican Republic to Vietnam, have been...
...Pope Paul's Vatican diplomacy, realpolitik blends with visionary hope: a so-so deal is better than none if it gives promise of some day leading to attainment of the church's goals. Last week, at the Foreign Ministry in Budapest, Monsignor Agostino Casaroli of the Vatican's Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs signed an agreement with Hungarian Bureaucrat Jozsef Prantner that will provide a small but significant bit of breathing room for the country's 6,000,000 Roman Catholics...