big stick

• Политическая идиома, обозначающая использование военной силы или угрозы применения силы для достижения дипломатических целей, известная в связи с внешней политикой Теодора Рузвельта. Фраза подразумевает ведение переговоров с позиции силы.

A political idiom referring to the use of military power or the threat of force to achieve diplomatic goals, famously associated with Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy. The phrase implies negotiating from a position of strength.

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   A political strategy of negotiating peacefully while maintaining a strong military threat.

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   • The president's foreign policy was based on the big stick approach.
   • He used the big stick strategy to intimidate his opponents.
   • The big stick policy was famously associated with Theodore Roosevelt.