statecraft
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Leverage in the Middle East is thus an essential element of East Asian statecraft and broader Eurasian order.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
But the country sits in a better position than its neighbours, after years of statecraft that have prepared it for a global energy crisis.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Adept at balancing ideological loyalty with pragmatic statecraft, Larijani was central prior to the war to Iran's nuclear policy and strategic diplomacy.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
Douglass now recognized Lincoln’s early caution as wise statecraft, a way to hold together a North where many opposed slavery but balked at equality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
According to Cicero, he was executed some years later when an asp was slipped into his hammock—his end providing a fitting case history for another book on statecraft.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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