Examples of statecraft in a Sentence
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India would not define statecraft or governance in accordance with the views of the majority religious community.
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Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
By committing to his maritime statecraft initiative, Del Toro is obviously surfing a populist wave, trying to meld together a big and unwieldy coalition.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
For political sustainability and strategic self-interest, American statecraft should point toward a world consistent with its values.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The comments, which may be taken more as mischievous meddling than serious statecraft, were the Russian leader’s most direct in public on the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
Espionage has been and will remain an integral part of statecraft, even as its techniques continually evolve.
—William J. Burns, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2024
Nor is an organization like this going to replace all the competitive power balancing that has long been a hallmark of Middle East statecraft.
—Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2024
The United States has a long history of economic statecraft and industrial strategy, particularly in the national-security realm.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
Yet these are the imperatives of statecraft and aid work when confronted by a crisis of Gaza’s dimensions.
—Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
By committing to his maritime statecraft initiative, Del Toro is obviously surfing a populist wave, trying to meld together a big and unwieldy coalition.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
For political sustainability and strategic self-interest, American statecraft should point toward a world consistent with its values.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The comments, which may be taken more as mischievous meddling than serious statecraft, were the Russian leader’s most direct in public on the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
Espionage has been and will remain an integral part of statecraft, even as its techniques continually evolve.
—William J. Burns, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2024
Nor is an organization like this going to replace all the competitive power balancing that has long been a hallmark of Middle East statecraft.
—Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2024
The United States has a long history of economic statecraft and industrial strategy, particularly in the national-security realm.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
Yet these are the imperatives of statecraft and aid work when confronted by a crisis of Gaza’s dimensions.
—Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
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“Statecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statecraft. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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statecraft
noun
state·craft
ˈstāt-ˌkraft 
: the art of conducting government affairs
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