statecraft
Example Sentences
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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
These themes, of statecraft and firepower, are explored in “Triumph and Illusion,” the fifth and final volume of Jonathan Sumption’s impressive narrative of the Hundred Years’ War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
We rightly fear nuclear proliferation, and yet “amazing grace and good fortune,” and admirable postwar statecraft, “actually bent the arc of history.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
Like an ancestor volume of Machiavelli’s The Prince, De Ora- tore is a treatise on statecraft that casts light on the idea of the state.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
