gunboat diplomacy

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Meaning: (idiomatic)The pursuit offoreign policyobjectives with the aid ofconspicuousdisplaysofmilitarypower.1956Dec. 3,Acclaim & Misgivings,Time:The British and French, who had sought to make policy by reviving 19th centurygunboat diplomacy, had temporarily lost their credentials for world statesmanship.2004Feb, 21, Yan Hua,China warns Taiwan with military exercises,Asia Times Online(retrieved 23 March 2015):China has ratcheted up its standardgunboat 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.

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