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The art of preserving and strengthening the state relative to other states without serious reference to political ideals or any system of private morality; that is to say, the practical application of the doctrine of raison d\'état. Statecraft is thus a very broad concept, including foreign policy (for example, whether alliance or neutrality in a war is best for the state) as well as the appropriate deployment of instruments in its support: diplomacy (sense 1), war, and propaganda. Henry Kissinger\'s book published in 1994 may be called Diplomacy but it is really about statecraft. However, the term smacks of the Old World and power politics in general and of Machiavelli in particular, and for these reasons is out of fashion. |
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