statecraft
noun
state·craft ˈstāt-ˌkraft 
: the art of conducting state affairs
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web And as a result, the U.S. has missed opportunities to move forward through economic statecraft. 
Stephanie Murphy, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022 Her approach to diplomacy and statecraft was colored by her own experiences as a refugee who fled what was then Czechoslovakia with her family in the aftermath of World War II. Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2022 Taken together, these economic sanctions are a new kind of economic statecraft with the power to inflict damage that rivals military might. Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022 This effort will provide a platform for private sector engagement in advancing our binational goals, creating opportunities to support CoRe and usher in this new era of technology statecraft. Deborah Wince-smith, Forbes, 29 June 2022 The move comes amid a broader push to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into American statecraft. Jimmy Quinn, National Review, 10 June 2022 Those genies include the risk of nuclear war itself, the return of nuclear blackmail as a tool of statecraft and the emergence of new incentives for other nations to acquire nuclear arms. Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 9 May 2022 The shift may have been inevitable, given the barbarism of the war, which has claimed thousands of civilian lives, and Russia’s challenge to the conventions and obligations of modern statecraft. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 1 May 2022 But, to practitioners of economic statecraft, the situation is as clear as looking in a mirror. The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2022 See More
Stephanie Murphy, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022 Her approach to diplomacy and statecraft was colored by her own experiences as a refugee who fled what was then Czechoslovakia with her family in the aftermath of World War II. Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2022 Taken together, these economic sanctions are a new kind of economic statecraft with the power to inflict damage that rivals military might. Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022 This effort will provide a platform for private sector engagement in advancing our binational goals, creating opportunities to support CoRe and usher in this new era of technology statecraft. Deborah Wince-smith, Forbes, 29 June 2022 The move comes amid a broader push to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into American statecraft. Jimmy Quinn, National Review, 10 June 2022 Those genies include the risk of nuclear war itself, the return of nuclear blackmail as a tool of statecraft and the emergence of new incentives for other nations to acquire nuclear arms. Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 9 May 2022 The shift may have been inevitable, given the barbarism of the war, which has claimed thousands of civilian lives, and Russia’s challenge to the conventions and obligations of modern statecraft. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 1 May 2022 But, to practitioners of economic statecraft, the situation is as clear as looking in a mirror. The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1642, in the meaning defined above