Bismarckian

The better road is for PACOM to deter China in Bismarckian fashion, from a geographic hub of comparative isolation — the Hawaiian Islands — with spokes reaching out to major allies such as Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and India.

How We Would Fight China 2005

The better road is for PACOM to deter China in Bismarckian fashion, from a geographic hub of comparative isolation — the Hawaiian Islands — with spokes reaching out to major allies such as Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and India.

How We Would Fight China 2005

Change the ideological descriptors and the voter demographics and Bismarckian tactics are evident in today's political rhetoric, voter blocs and entitlement demands.

Bismarck's Welfare State Legacy 2011

In that respect, David is being a typical postmodern Republican: shameless, Bismarckian, and contemptuous of communitarians.

Nigel Hamilton: David Brooks: Soft in the Head Nigel Hamilton 2010

After a good bit of study and thought about the issue, I do support universal care on the Bismarckian model: e.g. along the lines of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, etc.: universal coverage through a government regulated, but nevertheless private insurance system, with care provided by the private sector.

Only Rep. Frank could go kill health care rationing… - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2010

In that respect, David is being a typical postmodern Republican: shameless, Bismarckian, and contemptuous of communitarians.

Nigel Hamilton: David Brooks: Soft in the Head Nigel Hamilton 2010

In the progressive era, the population of this northern American outpost was largely German, and they imported not merely bratwurst and beer, but also Bismarckian policies such as workmen's compensation.

Wisconsin: Laboratory of reaction | Editorial 2011

The welfare state is living on borrowed money and can no longer be afforded due to the combination of (1) adverse demographics, (2) the rise of lower cost Asian manufacturers, and (3) political hurdles to dismantling entitlements (all three of which are partially caused by the success of the Bismarckian welfare state model to begin with).

Matthew Yglesias » Is The Left in Crisis? 2010

Put that Bismarckian proposition together with a new small business bank and lending could start to motor.

It's time to prove you are also an iron chancellor, Mr Osborne | Will Hutton 2011

It is a Bismarckian moment for Obama to capitalize upon this momentum of international credibility just weeks before the massive review conference of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, bringing together 44 heads of state (including China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and others) in the largest international political summit in the past 50 years.

Obama's Expensive Dinner at Prague Castle 2010