brinkmanship
Brinkmanship is pushing a situation to the point of disaster without quite going over the edge. Brinkmanship is mainly a political policy.
When you're on the brink of something, you're right on the edge. In politics, brinkmanship is an approach in which a country pushes a situation extremely close to a dangerous point. Many considered the Cold War between the U.S. and Russia an example of brinkmanship; the accumulation of so many deadly weapons could have led to disaster. Brinkmanship is a gamble: by coming close to a dangerous outcome, you hope to get an agreement or concession you wouldn't otherwise get.
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the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)type of:foreign policya policy governing international relations
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