Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success.
[journalism]
There is a lot of political brinkmanship involved in this latest development.
brinkmanship in British English
(ˈbrɪŋkmənˌʃɪp)
noun
the art or practice of pressing a dangerous situation, esp in international affairs, to the limit of safety and peace in order to win an advantage from a threatening or tenacious foe
brinkmanship in American English
(ˈbrɪŋkmənˌʃɪp)
US
noun
the policy of pursuing a hazardous course of action to the brink of catastrophe
: also ˈbrinksmanˌship (ˈbrɪŋksmənˌʃɪp)
Word origin
brink + -manship
Examples of 'brinkmanship' in a sentence
brinkmanship
Iran has proved adept at nuclear brinkmanship in the past and may do so again.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They are engaged in a game of political brinkmanship.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Making British support conditional on renegotiation would be dangerous brinkmanship.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was pure political brinkmanship.
Arthur Herman THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World (2002)