power politics
English
Etymology
Calque of German Machtpolitik.
Noun
power politics (uncountable)
- Politics with power; a form of international relations in which sovereign entities protect their own interests by threatening one another with military, economic or political aggression.
Translations
politics with power
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See also
- realism
- realpolitik
References
- Hans J. Morgenthau, Scientific Man vs. Power Politics. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1946.
- Hans J. Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.
- Hans Köchler, "The United Nations Organization and Global Power POlitics: The Antagonism between Power and Law and the Future of World Order," in: Chinese Journal of International Law, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2006), pp. 323-340. ABSTRACT