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In Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History, Vali Nasr sets out to make sense of the international statecraft that, over many decades, has led Iran to its current precarious position.
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Any algorithmic bias, no matter how noble, that promotes cooperation skews strategy and statecraft.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Trump’s approach to Greenland illustrates a key principle of effective statecraft: leveraging rhetoric to influence allies and adversaries alike.
—Ryan P. Burke, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025
Trump is transitioning the old order to a new regime remade in his image—one where statecraft is entirely transactional and the strong, not international lawyers, write the rules.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Any algorithmic bias, no matter how noble, that promotes cooperation skews strategy and statecraft.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Trump’s approach to Greenland illustrates a key principle of effective statecraft: leveraging rhetoric to influence allies and adversaries alike.
—Ryan P. Burke, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025
Trump is transitioning the old order to a new regime remade in his image—one where statecraft is entirely transactional and the strong, not international lawyers, write the rules.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Statecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statecraft. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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statecraft
noun
state·craft
ˈstāt-ˌkraft 
: the art of conducting government affairs
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