brinkmanship
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The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics,
/ˈbriNGkmənˌSHip/,
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The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics,
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The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics
Web Definitions:
- the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
- Brinkmanship is the practice of pushing dangerous events to the verge of disaster in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome. ...
- Pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to risk a dangerous policy rather than concede a point
- a threat which creates a risk but not a certainty of hurt to the opponent
- Purposely escalating a dangerous situation to the limit (brink), while giving the impression that you are willing to go to war, in the hope of pressuring your opponents to back down.
- a term used in negotiating in which one party bluffs or pushes the other to the very limit on price, terms, conditions, etc and refuses to concede further; the second party must call the bluff at the risk of losing the business.
- the technique of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage; a willingness of the USA to go to the edge of all-out War, as formulated during the Eisenhower administration; also spelled "brinksmanship". ...