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chequebook diplomacy

chequebook diplomacy is the alternative spelling of checkbook diplomacy.

Meaning of checkbook 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.
    • 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.2014, Dennis T. Yasutomo, Japan's Civil-Military Diplomacy: The Banks of the Rubicon, Routledge, →ISBN

Forms of chequebook diplomacy

pluralchequebook diplomacies

Questions about chequebook diplomacy

What is chequebook diplomacy the alternative spelling of?
Chequebook diplomacy is the alternative spelling of checkbook diplomacy.

Words near chequebook diplomacy in the dictionary

  1. cheque card
  2. cheque cards
  3. cheque, please
  4. chequebook
  5. chequebook diplomacies
  6. chequebook diplomacy
  7. chequebook journalism
  8. chequebooks
  9. chequee
  10. chequeen
  11. chequeens

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