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But only Pope John XXIII—whose fraternal letter to President John F. Kennedy and the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is thought to have eased the Cuban missile crisis—can be credited with an act of statecraft that helped preserve peace between nations.
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Paul Elie, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
The notion of offering market access in exchange for geopolitical alignment—a hallmark of U.S. statecraft during the Cold War—is increasingly obsolete in today's political climate, with its populist emphasis on the American working class.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The evidence of this century does not bode well for an approach that throws ever more money at the Pentagon while decimating non-military tools of statecraft, as has happened with the virtual elimination of the Agency for International Development (AID).
—William Hartung, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Western countries need to adopt a statecraft that reduces this risk.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2025
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Paul Elie, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
The notion of offering market access in exchange for geopolitical alignment—a hallmark of U.S. statecraft during the Cold War—is increasingly obsolete in today's political climate, with its populist emphasis on the American working class.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
The evidence of this century does not bode well for an approach that throws ever more money at the Pentagon while decimating non-military tools of statecraft, as has happened with the virtual elimination of the Agency for International Development (AID).
—William Hartung, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Western countries need to adopt a statecraft that reduces this risk.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for statecraft
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“Statecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statecraft. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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statecraft
noun
state·craft
ˈstāt-ˌkraft 
: the art of conducting government affairs
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