power politics
Noun
Meaning
diplomacy in which the nations threaten to use force in order to obtain their objectives
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Examples
I had always been fascinated by the bizarre world of cards. It was a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments were meted out immediately.
Any creed whose basic doctrines do not include respect for the creeds of others, is simply power politics masquerading as philosophy.
Abba Kyari rode on the series of gaps in the presidency to insinuate himself in the power politics that played on his filial relationship with the president.
China opposes all forms of hegemonism and power politics and will never seek hegemony or engage in expansion."
As there were many territories, so their arms were complex and reflected the waxing and waning position of the Habsburgs within European power politics.
His harshest European critics rightly thought the speech reflected indifference on Wilson's part; indeed, Wilson never wavered from a belief that the war was the result of corrupt European power politics.