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International Security
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Summary
Realpolitik is at the heart of realist approaches to foreign policy, but it requires a level of detached rationality that is rare among leaders. Otto von Bismarck’s role in German reunification demonstrates that Realpolitik is the exception and not the norm.
Recommended citation
Brian Rathbun, "The Rarity of Realpolitik: What Bismarck’s Rationality Reveals about International Politics," Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 7–55, doi:10.1162/isec_a_00323.
