Gunboat diplomacy is the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of naval power, implying or constituting a direct threat...

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protecting U.S. foreign policy and its citizens abroad "gunboat diplomacy". The U.S. Navy, China gunboat, USS Asheville, was sunk by the Japanese in March 1942...

A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military...

known for a series of his works published between 1971 and 1994 about gunboat diplomacy. The Telegraph described him as "one of the most influential naval...

political power that resembles Machiavellian ideals. It is comparable to gunboat diplomacy, as used in international politics by the powers. The term derives...

Defence diplomacy is often associated with conflict prevention and security sector reform. It is distinct from the concept of gunboat diplomacy, which...

Economic diplomacy is the use of aid or other types of economic policy as a means to achieve a diplomatic agenda.[citation needed] Gunboat diplomacy is the...

during trade disputes is reminiscent to an earlier era of American gunboat diplomacy. Other instances of alleged economic coercion include bans on Australian...

independent or foreign colonial markets to open up, often through gunboat diplomacy or concerted interventionism, such as policing actions. From early...