brinkmanship

brinkmanship englannista suomeksi

1. uhkapeli, tasapainoilu

0. Substantiivi

1. uhkailu

brinkmanship englanniksi

1. The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point. (defdate)

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4. (quote-hansard) in the ''(w)'', 17 May 1965|debate=Vietnam Debate: Democracy at Work|report=Record|Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 89th Congress, First Session: Appendix|house=United States Senate|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=States Government Publishing Office|United States Government Printing Office|date=17 May 1965|volume=111, part 8|page=10688|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qUeqOnPyUQC&pg=PA10688|column=2|issn=0363-7239|oclc=13530005|passage=Having said this much, perhaps I can ask you in return that these critics should recognize that the administration, which now bears responsibility for the conduct of our foreign affairs, does not admire force for its own sake, or brinkmanship of any sort.

5. (quote-journal)|editor=Amalendu Bose|journal=Review|The Calcutta Review|location=Calcutta, West Bengal|publisher=University of Calcutta|month=April–June|year=1972|volume=III|issue=4 (New Series)|page=324|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=67FMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA324|issn=0045-3846|oclc=487321879|passage=It is high time to look back from the abyss where we are going to step in and give up the brinkmanship until the point of no return is reached.

6. (quote-journal)&93; is in Belfast today, hoping to repeat his triumph of brinkmanship of last April, when he emerged from an apparent negotiating gridlock with the Good Friday peace agreement.

7. (quote-journal) and its European creditors over a cash-for-reforms plan that would give Greece the €7.2bn worth of rescue funds that it needs to meet its debt payments.