checkbook diplomacy

English

Alternative forms

• chequebook diplomacy

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.