power politics

English

Etymology

Calque of German Machtpolitik.

Noun

power politics (uncountable)

1. A form of international relations in which sovereign entities protect their own interests by threatening one another with military, economic or political aggression.

Translations

politics that threatens aggression

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: voimapolitiikka (fi)
• German: Machtpolitik (de) f
• Indonesian: politik kekuasaan
• Malay: politik kuasa

See also

• realism
• realpolitik

References

• Hans J. Morgenthau, Scientific Man vs. Power Politics. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1946.
• Hans J. Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.
• Hans Köchler, "The United Nations Organization and Global Power POlitics: The Antagonism between Power and Law and the Future of World Order," in: Chinese Journal of International Law, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2006), pp. 323-340. ABSTRACT