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checkbook diplomacy en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A foreign policy which openly uses foreign aid and investment between countries to curry diplomatic favor.
    • Japan's initial contribution to Kabul resembled “checkbook diplomacy plus” with a pledge of ODA plus the dispatch of the Maritime SDF to the Indian Ocean. These steps appeared sufficient. 2014, Dennis T. Yasutomo, Japan's Civil-Military Diplomacy: The Banks of the Rubicon, Routledge, →ISBN:

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chequebook diplomacy alternative lexicographic
checkbook diplomacies Number=Plur lexicographic