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Brinkmanship

//ˈbɹɪŋk.mən.ʃɪp// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point. uncountable, usually

    "The diplomat accused the other nation’s leader of brinkmanship for refusing to redeploy the troops along their nations’ shared border."

  2. 2
    the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety) wordnet

Etymology

From brink (“border, edge”) + -manship (suffix denoting expertise, involvement, or special status in an area).

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