瀬せ戸と際ぎわ政せい策さく

noun

brinkmanship

A political strategy of pushing a dangerous situation to the limit to achieve one's goals, especially in international relations.

• 冷れい戦せん時じ代だい、米べいソは瀬せ戸と際ぎわ政せい策さくを繰くり返かえした。

  During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union repeatedly engaged in brinkmanship.

• その交こう渉しょうは瀬せ戸と際ぎわ政せい策さくに近ちかい手しゅ法ほうだった。

  The negotiation was a tactic close to brinkmanship.