statecraft
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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
But good statecraft consists not only of bold decision-making and efficient execution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Managing conflict defined the aim of statecraft, at least until history purportedly ended in the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 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
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