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power politics plural noun

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Definition

the threat or use of military force to end an international disagreement
Woodrow Wilson hoped the League of Nations would replace power politics with international cooperation.

(Definition of power politics plural noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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