Kissinger's realpolitik

Question 1

What was the Nixon government, especially Henry Kissinger, committed to?

Answer 1

Realpolitik

Question 2

What was detente an expression of?

Answer 2

Realpolitik, and focused on practical issues such as arms reduction, rather than resolving ideological difference

Question 3

What did realpolitik mean?

Answer 3

The USA maintaining realistic goals in their dealings with the USSR and China, rather than pursuing an ideological struggle between capitalism and communism