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What does realpolitik mean?

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Noun
  1. (politics) Pragmatic government policy concerned with perceived interests of the state
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But the vision called up by realpolitik, or realistic politics, is beyond example crazy and incredible.
In this world, power politics and classical realpolitik have become obsolete.
After all, those in power on the American side of the Atlantic are also practitioners of realpolitik.
We can hardly take pride in a successful war against Germany motivated less by principle than realpolitik.
Power politics and realpolitik emphasized by realists is seen as being derived from shared knowledge which is self-fulfilling.
As they see it, we improperly allow realpolitik considerations to trump the human rights imperatives.

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