Get to know Statecraft better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like statesmanship or diplomacy.
Statecraft in a sentence
Statecraft meaning
Synonym of statesmanship (“the ability to guide a state well”).
Synonyms of Statecraft
Using Statecraft
- The main meaning on this page is: Synonym of statesmanship (“the ability to guide a state well”).
- Useful related words include: statesmanship, diplomacy, wisdom, wiseness.
- In the example corpus, statecraft often appears in combinations such as: of statecraft, and statecraft, economic statecraft.
Context around Statecraft
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Statecraft
- In this selection, "statecraft" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, economic, responsible, cyber, espionage, initiative and depression stand out and add context to how "statecraft" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include diplomacy economic statecraft espionage or and failure of statecraft if we. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "statecraft" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with statecraft
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Statecraft needs to improve in Nigeria. (6 words)
Statecraft as Soulcraft is the work of an operator wearing the moralist’s mask. (14 words)
Hillary has called this “economic statecraft”; others have called it a “neoliberal” approach to aid. (15 words)
As such, he became hostage to G40, especially his nagging wife, Grace, whose inexperience in statecraft gave those who felt threatened by the G40 cabal ample time to ease him out of power after 37 years of iron-fisted rule. (40 words)
Trita Parsi, an executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, says there have been tangible signs that Saudi Arabia was serious about cooling tensions with Iranian proxies, such as the Yemeni rebels known as the Houthis. (39 words)
If the objectives are realistic, is military force the most efficient, least costly way of achieving them — or are other nonmilitary options, such as diplomacy, economic statecraft, espionage or a combination of the three, more appropriate? (36 words)
If the objectives are realistic, is military force the most efficient, least costly way of achieving them — or are other nonmilitary options, such as diplomacy, economic statecraft, espionage or a combination of the three, more appropriate? (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Andrew Bacevich, a TomDispatch regular, is chairman and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
If the objectives are realistic, is military force the most efficient, least costly way of achieving them — or are other nonmilitary options, such as diplomacy, economic statecraft, espionage or a combination of the three, more appropriate?
Trey Herr is the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative under the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council.
Young, who recently released her book "The Economic Statecraft of Gulf Arab States," pointed out that Oman is not yet the most significant green hydrogen player in the region.
Immerse yourself in tales of Machiavellian statecraft, Depression-era scandal and emotional turmoil on an R.A.F. air base.
As a result, in the former Transkei, funerals have become sites of contestation and confusion, as culture, spirituality and statecraft collide.
I think it would be an appalling failure of statecraft if we were not in a position to get a deal over the line.
It is impossible to remove this historic piece of statecraft from the zero-sum game of either helping or hurting Trump’s reelection.
The same document shows that the Institute for Statecraft also played a role in the formation of the 77th Brigade.
Trita Parsi, an executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, says there have been tangible signs that Saudi Arabia was serious about cooling tensions with Iranian proxies, such as the Yemeni rebels known as the Houthis.
Yet after every great global trauma of the last 100 years, prominent Americans have hoped that the old ways of statecraft could be left behind.
As a tool of statecraft, proxy wars provide the means for all states, not just the great powers, to engage in foreign interventions.
Cyber-attacks do not, apparently, generate audience costs in the same ways that other forms of statecraft can, and so are even less likely to result in escalation spirals.
Hillary has called this “economic statecraft”; others have called it a “neoliberal” approach to aid.
Statecraft as Soulcraft is the work of an operator wearing the moralist’s mask.
Statecraft needs to improve in Nigeria.
They exhibited no knowledge of women’s powerful worldwide contributions in health, statecraft, science, mathematics and art.
Today’s explosive testimony (10 am, overshadowing the Hanoi statecraft and stagecraft for the day) makes the second less likely.
Whether prompting its citizens to work at “ speed” or setting a deadline for Washington, Pyongyang deploys time management as a key facet of its statecraft.
As such, he became hostage to G40, especially his nagging wife, Grace, whose inexperience in statecraft gave those who felt threatened by the G40 cabal ample time to ease him out of power after 37 years of iron-fisted rule.
Common combinations with statecraft
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of statecraft 7×
- and statecraft 6×
- economic statecraft 3×
- statecraft and 3×
- responsible statecraft 2×
- statecraft of 2×
- in statecraft 2×