adventurism
noun
ad·ven·tur·ism
əd-ˈven-chə-ˌri-zəm 
: improvisation or experimentation (as in politics or military or foreign affairs) in the absence or in defiance of accepted plans or principles
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There is extraordinary work that the United States must do to deter a conflict or, failing that, to deny and defeat Chinese military adventurism.
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Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025
This scenario was no doubt pushed by Vice President JD Vance and the more neo-isolationist members of the administration, who have been skeptical of U.S. military adventurism from the start.
—April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2025
The series explores how Bao personifies the idealism and adventurism that defined the city in the 1990s.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Accordingly, the most effective U.S. strategy—the one that has most unsettled Beijing in recent years and can deter its adventurism in the future—is to build new, enduring, and robust capacities with these states.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
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Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025
This scenario was no doubt pushed by Vice President JD Vance and the more neo-isolationist members of the administration, who have been skeptical of U.S. military adventurism from the start.
—April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2025
The series explores how Bao personifies the idealism and adventurism that defined the city in the 1990s.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Accordingly, the most effective U.S. strategy—the one that has most unsettled Beijing in recent years and can deter its adventurism in the future—is to build new, enduring, and robust capacities with these states.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Adventurism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adventurism. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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