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For over a century, every global crisis has sparked a debate in the United States between two classical schools of geopolitical thought, pitting idealists, ardent supporters of foreign intervention, against realists, who mistrust lofty crusades.
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Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Winners in this game rely on hard work, research, logic, the numbers, and being a realist— not emotions.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
How dare the Republicans, those crude realists, name a speaker of the House.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2025
Even before Israel began its genocidal campaign in Gaza, a Biden Administration policy based on realist internationalism would have respected the desire of a great majority of countries (including U.S. allies) for the United States to return to the original Iran nuclear deal.
—Anatol Lieven, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Winners in this game rely on hard work, research, logic, the numbers, and being a realist— not emotions.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
How dare the Republicans, those crude realists, name a speaker of the House.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2025
Even before Israel began its genocidal campaign in Gaza, a Biden Administration policy based on realist internationalism would have respected the desire of a great majority of countries (including U.S. allies) for the United States to return to the original Iran nuclear deal.
—Anatol Lieven, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Realist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/realist. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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