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Noun Concept
Categories: Foreign policy doctrines of the United States, International relations theory, Nuclear strategies, Pages with missing ISBNs, Cold War terminology
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brinkmanship  brinksmanship  nuclear brinkmanship  nuclear brinksmanship
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The policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety) WordNet 3.0
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The policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Brinkmanship is the practice of trying to achieve an advantageous outcome by pushing dangerous events to the brink of active conflict. Wikipedia
Extreme strategy Wikidata
The practice of pushing a dangerous situation to the verge of disaster in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome. OmegaWiki
Pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to risk a dangerous policy rather than concede a point. Wiktionary
Pursuit of an advantage. Wiktionary (translation)
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The diplomat accused the other nation's leader of brinkmanship for refusing to redeploy the troops along their nations' shared border. Wiktionary
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