Word: brinkmanship
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...actions of U.N. troops who killed more than 50 militiamen in a gunfight in the northeastern Ituri region. U.N. officials said the peacekeepers were fired on first and acted in self-defense. The militia was thought to be responsible for slaying nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers a week earlier. More Brinkmanship NORTH KOREA The government announced that it no longer felt bound by a self-imposed 1999 moratorium on long-range missile testing, and blamed the "hostile policy" of the U.S. toward Pyongyang for compelling it to boost its "self-defensive nuclear arsenal." The move came amid ongoing efforts to persuade North...
...with her performance for months, particularly after some dismal earnings numbers were posted last summer. Increasingly disillusioned with her inability to deliver the profits she promised, the board was stung by her refusal to make changes or relinquish operating responsibility in HP's floundering computer business. "She played a brinkmanship game and didn't realize the other side wouldn't budge," says Rob Enderle, a tech analyst in San Jose, Calif. "It's a game she's used to playing. She bet wrong...
...claiming vindication, arguing that the North's announcement shows that talking to the regime does nothing to deter it from the nuclear path. They may be right, although China and South Korea may be inclined to read the latest North Korean announcement as simply a new game of brinkmanship designed to push Pyongyang to the top of Washington's foreign policy concerns...
...hope of forcing the collapse of its regime. Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld noted Thursday that "I don't think that anyone would characterize the leadership in that country as being restrained," which would suggest that if it does, in fact, have nuclear weapons and has repeatedly used blackmail and brinkmanship as instruments of foreign policy, then trying to slowly starve it to death may not the most rational course of action. And initiating a direct military confrontation remains almost unthinkable, not only because analysts estimate it could cost up to one million lives but also because the government of South...
...mullahs, brinkmanship carries risks. An aggressive posture on nuclear issues runs counter to Iran's otherwise cautious foreign policy and could further undermine the regime's international legitimacy. Given the depth of their unpopularity at home, especially among young Iranians who want real democracy and better ties to the West, the clerics might not be able to count on the populace to rally around the flag if their reckless actions trigger a serious confrontation with the U.S. Some pro-West Iranians, believing that a showdown with the U.S. is just what is needed to make the mullahs' regime crumble, fault...