noun
1 managing international relations
ADJECTIVE
▪ careful , shrewd
▪ clever , deft , effective , skilful/skillful
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It will take deft ~ to sustain the fragile momentum.
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His skilful/skillful ~ has secured new European allies.
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Effective trade ~ is vital.
▪ aggressive , coercive ( esp. AmE ), forceful
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He also wants more aggressive unilateral ~.
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Sanctions and coercive ~ have failed.
▪ gunboat
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What they could not take by political intrigue they took by gunboat ~ (= threatening military action) .
▪ checkbook ( AmE )
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The time for checkbook ~ is over.
▪ global , international , multilateral
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We will continue to seek solutions to the problems of this region through multilateral ~.
▪ secret
▪ personal
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Churchill's highly personal ~ in seeking a meeting with the Russians
▪ public ( esp. AmE )
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the challenge to improve public ~ and define the country's message to the world
▪ cultural
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Cultural ~ between the two countries was an integral part of this development.
▪ traditional
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a crisis lying outside the scope of traditional ~
▪ quiet
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The understanding between the two countries came about through quiet ~.
▪ failed
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The raid followed years of failed ~.
▪ preventive
▪ shuttle
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a round of shuttle ~ between Washington and Brussels
▪ American , Anglo-French , European , Russian , US , etc.
VERB + DIPLOMACY
▪ use
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We prefer to use ~ rather than force to get people to move.
▪ conduct , pursue
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This was no way to conduct ~.
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She urged the leaders to pursue ~.
DIPLOMACY + VERB
▪ fail
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if ~ fails and combat is necessary
▪ work
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There's a familiar rule that ~ works best when backed by the threat of force.
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~ , through ~
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We must try and resolve this situation through ~ rather than conflict.
2 skill in dealing with people
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ quiet
VERB + DIPLOMACY
▪ have
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We need someone who has tact and ~.
▪ exercise , show , use
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I thought you showed great ~ in dealing with him.
▪ try
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Kerry's willingness to try ~ holds out at least a hope of making progress.
▪ need , require
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Trying to get the divorced couple to agree calls for a great deal of ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~ , through ~
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The way forward in this situation is by ~ and negotiation.
▪ with ~
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She handled the awkward situation with her usual quiet ~.