gunboat diplomacy
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gunboat diplomacy (countable and uncountable, plural gunboat diplomacies)
- (idiomatic) The pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of military power.
- 1956 Dec. 3, Acclaim & Misgivings, Time:
- The British and French, who had sought to make policy by reviving 19th century gunboat diplomacy, had temporarily lost their credentials for world statesmanship.
- 2004 Feb, 21, Yan Hua, China warns Taiwan with military exercises, Asia Times Online (retrieved 23 March 2015):
- China has ratcheted up its standard gunboat diplomacy—the repeated warnings that it would use force if necessary to unite the island and mainland—more than a month before Taiwanese voters go to the polls.
- 1956 Dec. 3, Acclaim & Misgivings, Time:
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the pursuit of foreign policy objectives by display of military power
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