Word: realpolitikers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...troubling situation of a possibly hostile and emerging superpower. We cannot hope to dictate the conditions of American engagement but we can hope to provide a forum for the moral voice of America, an insistence that the indecencies of the Chinese communist regime not be drowned out by the realpolitik of day to day political negotiation. For if we have learned anything from the last 60 years of the 20th century, it is that a corrupt and repressive government, if ignored or appeased, will only grow in strength...
...outside the home can make your mate suddenly more endearing?) And the moral indignation hurled at a spouse--over his or her coldness, rudeness, sloppiness, whatever--may feel high-minded but is often crassly self-serving. The emotional world of the family, Bowen believed, can be a jungle of realpolitik and a source of endless turbulence...
...intensive quest to discover what he will really do now that he has achieved his burning ambition to be Prime Minister. Some claim he is pragmatic enough to jettison hot campaign rhetoric for cool reason and enlightened choice when he must. But who can say whether the realpolitik pressures of governance will override an ingrained skeptical and vigilant view of the Arab world that underpins Likud's siege mentality? Its fundamental belief, says political scientist Sprinzak, "is, 'We're still at Masada, much stronger, not as isolated, but still a Jewish island in a sea of hostile Arabs." Leaders...
YASSER ARAFAT Forget handshakes at White House. "Peace of the brave" meets post-Nobel realpolitik...
...whole gives Washington even more reason to discourage China from intimidating its neighbors, to say nothing of starting a war. China poses a particular security worry because it has atomic weapons and has sent nuclear technology to other countries. Finally, the U.S. has both a moral and a realpolitik interest in seeing China improve its human-rights record. Encouraging the establishment of democracy and the rule of law not only satisfies America's sense of mission in the world but, if successful, would make China more stable...