Realpolitik is politics stripped of illusions. It begins with one blunt question: what is possible with the power at hand? Not what would be virtuous, not what ought to be, but what can actually be done. Ideology is a costume; realpolitik sees the bones underneath.

The Arab Spring promised a future for Political Islam, but that dream has collapsed under the weight of assassinations, Arab complicity, and Israeli force. Hamas leaders are struck in Doha, Hezbollah is broken, Quds commanders are killed in Tehran, and Houthi leaders fall in Yemen. The message is unmistakable: the Middle East is done with Political Islam. A new age of Realpolitik has begun.

د رئال‌پولېټیک کلمه په ۱۸۵۳ کال کې په آلمان کې د لودویګ فون روشاو له خوا جوړه شوه. هغه وليدل چې د ۱۸۴۸ انقلابونه څنګه مات شول او لوړ لوړ ارمانونه د پوځونو او رژيمونو پر وړاندې څنګه خم شول.