diplomacy

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Mr. Bush employed threats, sanctions and diplomacy but ultimately ruled out the use of force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Claim: “My first preference was always the path of diplomacy, yet the regime continued their relentless quest for nuclear weapons and rejected every attempt at an agreement.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

"This is high-stakes diplomacy, no question about it," adds Lodhi.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

President Trump’s latest diplomacy efforts aren’t improving the tone on Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“Power is the greatest aphrodisiac,” Kissinger famously said, and it must have been true: because Chapter Eleven was glued to the set night after night, following the machinations of diplomacy.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides