How to Use gunboat diplomacy in a Sentence
gunboat diplomacy
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Yet the White House may be reaching the limits of its gunboat diplomacy.
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Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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Two centuries later, some classics never go out of style—gunboat diplomacy included.
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Newsweek Editors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
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If the hope is that gunboat diplomacy will encourage Maduro to resign peacefully, the administration should be ramping up talks to seek a credible handover of power.
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Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
2 Dec. 2025
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Few Trump supporters, however, cast their ballots for international adventurism and gunboat diplomacy.
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Jonathan Lemire,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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Why gunboat diplomacy fell out of use Gunboat diplomacy declined not because countries abandoned the use of force but because changes in the international system made naval intimidation less effective and more costly.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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Although gunboat diplomacy declined as a routine instrument of statecraft after World War II, naval power continued to serve as a visible means of signaling resolve.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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