About The Word Brinkmanship

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Brinkmanship

Brinkmanship Meaning & Definition
Brinkmanship Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Brinkmanship?

[n] the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)

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Related Terms | Find terms related to Brinkmanship: 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 | Eisenhower Doctrine | 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 | Monroe Doctrine | nationalism | neocolonialism | neutralism | Nixon Doctrine | 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 | Truman Doctrine | world politics

See Also | foreign policy

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