brinkmanship

English

Alternative forms

brinksmanship

Etymology

Attested since 1956. From brink +‎ -manship.

Noun

brinkmanship (usually uncountable, plural brinkmanships)

Pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to risk a dangerous policy rather than concede a point.
The diplomat accused the other nation's leader of brinkmanship for refusing to redeploy the troops along their nations' shared border.

Derived terms

brinkman (back-formation)

Translations

pursuit of an advantage

Chinese:
Mandarin: 邊緣政策, 边缘政策 (biānyuán zhèngcè)
Finnish: uhkailu (fi)
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See also

Further reading

brinkmanship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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