statecraft
Noun
Meaning
The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.
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As a result, in the former Transkei, funerals have become sites of contestation and confusion, as culture, spirituality and statecraft collide.
In addition to its oracular power, the I Ching has had a major influence on the philosophy, literature and statecraft of China since the Zhou period.
A realist orientation for Indian foreign policy will be premised on the fact that force and diplomacy go hand in hand and coercion is often a valuable instrument of statecraft.
And magic was central to pre-modern Indian statecraft, from fortune-telling and longevity spells to spying, police work, warfare and even oratory.
For an ethnic tribe that constitutes part of the large population of the Nigerian statecraft, it is pitiable that they are the weeping child of the Nigerian family.
But, since taking power after his father’s death, the youthful Kim has displayed a mixture of ruthlessness, pragmatism and statecraft to get this prize: to sit across the table with the leader of the United States and be treated as an equal.