


The term Realpolitik was coined by Ludwig von Rochau, a German writer and politician in the 19th century. Kennan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher, as well as politicians such as Charles De Gaulle and Lee Kuan Yew. Prominent proponents of Realpolitik during the 20th century include Henry Kissinger, George F. While generally used as a neutral or positive term, Realpolitik is sometimes also used pejoratively to imply political policies that are perceived as being coercive, amoral, or Machiavellian. "pursuing pragmatic policies" or "realistic policies". It is often simply referred to as pragmatism in politics, e.g. In this respect, it shares aspects of its philosophical approach with those of realism and pragmatism. Realpolitik ( German: from German real 'realistic, practical, actual', and Politik 'politics') is the approach of conducting diplomatic or political policies based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors, rather than strictly following explicit ideological notions or moral and ethical premises.
