Word: realpolitikers
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...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...
With the demise of the Cold War, visions of an ideologically-based foreign policy have faded into realpolitik understandings that it is trade which dominates the dealings of international diplomacy. The starkness of our material world in itself isn't such a bad thing. But it is somewhat disheartening to see the Secretary of State promoting open societies only to the extent that they open markets...
...long as Clinton's in charge, we'll be all right. He's learned his Kissinger--realpolitik or no politik. Think about all the headaches we might have encountered in Bosnia had we let ourselves be drawn in by genocide. What would have happened in Somalia had we not pulled out when our boys started getting fired at? Just imagine what conflicts we could have had with China had we held human rights in higher esteem than Sino-American trade. Or if we had pushed the envelope with Russian President Boris Yeltsin on his advances in Chechnya...