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statecraft

[steyt-kraft, -krahft] / ˈsteɪtˌkræft, -ˌkrɑft /




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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 will not attend the talks, but is central to Tehran's nuclear policy and strategic diplomacy.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Commodus, now a teenager, had shown he had none of his father’s nature; he so preferred athletics to statecraft that some believed he’d been sired by a gladiator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

But even a quiet meeting with the emperor suggests the Japanese know, like their counterparts in the U.K., how to wield their monarchy as a tool of statecraft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 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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