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brinkmanship

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Noun

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brink=man=ship

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun brinkmanship has 1 sense

brinkmanship(n = noun.communication) - the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety);

is a kind of

foreign policy

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CIDE DICTIONARY

brinkmanship, n. [brink + -manship. (1956).].

the policy or practise of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety), in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome; -- used especially of diplomatic maneuvers in crisis situations, and originally applied to the policies of John Foster Dulles under President Eisenhower. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

brinkmanship, n. the art or policy of pursuing a dangerous course to the brink of catastrophe before desisting.

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THESAURUS

brinkmanship

Eisenhower Doctrine, Monroe Doctrine, Nixon Doctrine, Truman Doctrine, adventurousness, appeasement, audaciousness, audacity, balance of power, boldness, coexistence, colonialism, compromise, containment, courage fou, courting disaster, daredevilry, daredeviltry, daring, detente, deterrence, diplomacy, diplomatic, diplomatics, dollar diplomacy, dollar imperialism, expansionism, fire-eating, flirting with death, foolhardiness, foreign affairs, foreign policy, forwardness, going for broke, good-neighbor policy, harebrainedness, imperialism, internationalism, isolationism, manifest destiny, militarism, nationalism, neocolonialism, neutralism, nonresistance, open door, open-door policy, peace offensive, peaceful coexistence, playing with fire, preparedness, presumption, presumptuousness, shirt-sleeve diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy, spheres of influence, the big stick, tough policy, world politics