Strong point

Definition

statecraft /'steÇtkra:ft / n [U] ႏိုင္ငံေရးပရိယာယ္။ ႏိုင္ငံေရး ဦးေဆာင္မႈ။

Examples

1. ‘The political history of ancient or medieval India and the conventions of statecraft unearthed by that history have influenced Indians even less.’
2. ‘The most difficult task of our statecraft is to strike the right balance among these imperatives and arrive at the policy mix that best advances an entire set of our values and interests.’
3. ‘He merely mentioned - with a polite
4. deferential cough - the possibility of voluntary restrictions
5. in the middle of talks focusing on trade and statecraft.’
6. ‘It is a profoundly irresponsible approach to statecraft; the future it portends is desolate.’
7. ‘It is the precise role of statecraft to work with other countries with which one shares common economic
8. social and security interests to maximize mutual benefit from that relationship.’
9. ‘Membership in NATO has helped correct these defects of statecraft and government
10. although much work remains once a nation is included in the alliance.’
11. ‘This stand adheres to a leading principle of statecraft
12. called ‘establishing credibility’ in the rhetoric of statecraft and scholarship.’
13. ‘Should we care about them any less
14. because of a quirk of geography and statecraft?’
15. ‘Economic statecraft
16. whereby nations use trade
17. loans
18. grants and investment to influence the action of other states
19. is now becoming more important.’
20. ‘A strategy of disengagement would require bold
21. risk-taking statecraft of a high order
22. and much diplomatic competence in its execution.’
23. ‘It regards international relations as a ‘society’ of states in which the principal actors are statespeople who are specialized in the practice of statecraft.’
24. ‘But it flourishes at the highest levels of American statecraft.’
25. ‘What then is distinctive about it is that it is best understood as an extended phase of peacemaking
26. and possesses many of the characteristics of that genre of statecraft.’
27. ‘The Shield of Achilles synthesises his various strands of expertise
28. weaving history with statecraft
29. law
30. diplomacy and military strategy.’
31. ‘His considerable exertions notwithstanding
32. truth in matters of statecraft remains implacably gray.’
33. ‘Of course
34. throughout history
35. various observers have championed war as a preferred instrument of statecraft.’
36. ‘But it's also a history play
37. and crams in all the issues of statecraft
38. politics
39. and morality that obsessed the Elizabethans.’
40. ‘The dominant philosophy of statecraft has become a form of pragmatic meliorism with markets and Western democratic institutions as the chosen means for improving our lives.’
41. ‘Instead
42. they have replaced statecraft with stagecraft
43. substance with style
44. and not a very fashionable style at that.’
45. ‘Once new trade routes were forged to the Americas
46. Africa and Asia
47. mercantilism involved statecraft and realpolitik as well as trade and commerce.’