Weltpolitik
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Weltpolitik
literally: world politics
Example Sentences
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Rhodes takes a great part in Weltpolitik, as a sovereign ally of one or other of the royal courts.
From Project Gutenberg
The writings of such classic authorities as Clausewitz give full confirmation of this view, while it is the resounding note of most popular German political literature that deals with "Weltpolitik."
From Project Gutenberg
The awakening of the Continental States to their national possibilities and to political independence introduced quite new factors into Weltpolitik, and it was only a question of time as to how long England could maintain her position in the face of the changed circumstances.
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One of them is Thomas F. Millard, a hard-headed imperialist thinking in terms of weltpolitik for a "parochially-minded" Republic.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is the same conception which has triumphed in the Realpolitik and Weltpolitik, and the elimination of the moral factor from the activities of high policy.
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