Meaning of brinkman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. One who advocates for brinkmanship.

Examples

“It compels the 'brinkmen' to realise⟳ that, if they seek⟳ to make⟳ war on the Soviet Union, they cannot count⟳ on cooperation from Britain or France, and probably not from Western Germany.”

“The brinkmen Kennan abhorred were supreme realists, and if "the assumption that state behavior is a fit subject for moral judgment" is baseless, then anything, even the realism of atomic blackmail, would be permissible.”

“The Syrian force⟳ was pulled back quickly and with reportedly heavy losses, but it stayed around long enough to remind⟳ the world that the Syrians are still the biggest blusterers and brinkmen in the Middle East.”

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