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‖ macht-politik|ˈmɑxtpɔlɪtiːk| Also macht politik, machtpolitik. [G., f. macht power, strength + politik policy, politics.] Power politics; strength as a potential factor to use in gaining a desired result.
1916J. W. Headlam in Prince von Bülow Imperial Germany (rev. ed.) p. xxiii, Let us consider these things purely as a balance-sheet of loss and gain according to the undiluted principles of ‘Macht-Politik’. 1940Horizon May 326 Our leaders display not the qualities of Macht⁓politik, but the caution of the peaceful negotiator. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Apr. 190/4 Indeed, the uniformly cynical Machtpolitik practised by every leading actor in the drama is profoundly depressing. 1964P. Meadows in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. ii. 456 A space age revolution..in which the technological Machtpolitik of space conquest is also serving as a relatively moral equivalent for war. 1969J. Mander Static Society vi. 179 Naked machtpolitik..calls countervailing forces into being. 1973Times 26 Oct. 20/1 The Chinese, in a gesture of fastidious distaste, abstained from the Security Council resolution on the reasonable grounds that although it was in effect a blatant example of Soviet-American macht politik it would be perverse to vote against it simply on that account. |