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chequebook diplomacy en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of checkbook diplomacy.
    • For decades, German governments pursued what came to be known as “chequebook diplomacy” – the belief that our cash rather than our soldiers should help resolve conflicts. [2023 July 6, Annalena Baerbock, “Russia’s war on Ukraine has forced us in Germany to think differently about our role in the world”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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chequebook diplomacies Number=Plur lexicographic