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coercive diplomacy |
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A euphemism for the threat or use of force against an opponent to foster a more cooperative cast of mind. In the shape of bomber diplomacy, this was a tactic adopted by NATO against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo crisis in 1999. In many international relationships force needs to be either a spoken or unspoken accompaniment to diplomacy. Machiavelli found this to his cost when he was a representative of the virtually unarmed Florentine government at the court of Louis XII in 1500. ‘They call you Mr Nothing’, the exasperated envoy was obliged to inform his employers. |
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