They did this by trade, political intrigue, and direct military action.

The public interest, not political intrigue, should guide government officials.

The Institute doesn't care for most of your games, but every society and government ends up with political intrigue.

Do we remember the political intrigues in the court of Elizabeth?

Was Clark caught up in a political intrigue he couldn't get out of?

Instead I am almost killed - by mistake - and find myself in some sort of political intrigue.

The bill's history provides a case study of the political intrigue behind the legislative process.

And she was always involved in high crime, political intrigue or espionage.

It was far from any city and the sort of political intrigue that made secrets impossible to keep.

A world with a lot of political and military intrigue in its past would never be taken in so quickly.