chequebook diplomacy

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chequebook diplomacy (countable and uncountable, plural chequebook diplomacies)

  1. Alternative spelling of checkbook diplomacy
    • [2023 July 6, Annalena Baerbock, “Russia’s war on Ukraine has forced us in Germany to think differently about our role in the world”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      For decades, German governments pursued what came to be known as “chequebook diplomacy” – the belief that our cash rather than our soldiers should help resolve conflicts.]