checkbook diplomacy

English

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Noun

checkbook diplomacy (countable and uncountable, plural checkbook diplomacies)

  1. A foreign policy which openly uses foreign aid and investment between countries to curry diplomatic favor.
    • 2014, Dennis T. Yasutomo, Japan's Civil-Military Diplomacy: The Banks of the Rubicon‎[1], Routledge, →ISBN:
      Japan's initial contribution to Kabul resembled “checkbook diplomacy plus” with a pledge of ODA plus the dispatch of the Maritime SDF to the Indian Ocean. These steps appeared sufficient.
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