Bring realism, not idealism, to science By Anthony Sadar February 6, 2025 6:00 am ...

The choice that Obama had once rejected, between realism and idealism, seemed ever-present. And more often than not, Obama was choosing the realist course.

Call the Trump Doctrine Mater-Realism His Riyadh speech lays out a foreign policy stressing U.S. economic interests shorn of idealism.

Its central insistence is that it's possible to be tough-minded and idealistic, to adhere to a realism rooted in values. One speech will not resolve Europe's minor bout of Obama malaise.