"gunboat diplomacy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-gunboat diplomacy.ogg [Australia] Forms: gunboat diplomacies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gunboat diplomacy (countable and uncountable, plural gunboat diplomacies)
  1. (idiomatic) The pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of military power. Wikipedia link: gunboat diplomacy Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Diplomacy, Military Related terms: commodity diplomacy, diplomacy, gunboat, hostage diplomacy, panda diplomacy, ping-pong diplomacy, sabre rattling, show the flag Translations (the pursuit of foreign policy objectives by display of military power): kanonbådsdiplomati [neuter] (Danish), tykkivenediplomatia (Finnish), diplomatie de la canonnière [feminine] (French), politique de la canonnière [feminine] (French), דִּיפְּלוֹמַטְיָה שֶׁל סְפִינוֹת תּוֹתָחִים (diplomatia shel sfinot totakhim) [feminine] (Hebrew), диплома́тія каноне́рок (dyplomátija kanonérok) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-gunboat_diplomacy-en-noun-Lt0~F9zn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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