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Brinkmanship

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

the policy or practise of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster to the limits of safety in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome used especially of diplomatic maneuvers in crisis situations and originally applied to the policies of John Foster Dulles under President Eisenhower

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