| 单词 | brinkmanship |
| 例句 | In the midst of charged dialogue, characters pause to define “brinkmanship” or “credibility of threat,” as if footnoting the conversation. Theater Review: ‘Fast Company,’ Carla Ching’s Tale of Grift 2014-03-25T22:06:16Z In an era of military brinkmanship abroad and economic growth at home, New Yorker cartoonists skipped between joking about the anxiety of the Cold War and lampooning all the shiny new consumer comforts. The New Yorker’s Ninetieth: Cartoons from 1955 to 1965 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z "This is a unique situation because of the ticking clock and this kind of brinkmanship," said Michael Cornfield, a George Washington University professor. Advertising blitz seeks to sway debt debate 2011-07-29T21:43:06Z One of Lew’s parting gifts may be precisely what allowed White Columns to continue past his brinkmanship. After Half a Century, White Columns Still Surprises 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z I was Taiwan-bound for stinky tofu, not for a whiff of international brinkmanship. A foodie’s stinky-tofu tutorial in Taiwan 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The deceit and delusions of the spy trade are echoed in the travails of everyday life; the brinkmanship and bartering between superpowers are not so different from the tensions and transactions of marriage. Season 3 Finale of ‘The Americans’: More Secrets, Lies and Torture 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Beefy’s outburst marks a shift in the movie’s atmosphere: every interaction with a nosy neighbor or bigoted cop starts to feels like a dangerous game of brinkmanship. What “Babylon” Captured About Racism and Reggae 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z In the wake of these tragedies, the stunt community, a close-knit crew of thrill-seekers and physical virtuosi, grieved collectively, forced to consider the existential brinkmanship of the profession. 'It's a terribly fine line': the stunt performers risking their lives for Hollywood 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Since then the discipline has thrived, often dominating political science, economics and biology departments with densely mathematical analyses of phenomena as diverse as nuclear brinkmanship, the fate of protest movements, stock trading and predator behavior. Michael Chwe, Author, Sees Jane Austen as Game Theorist 2013-04-22T22:06:09Z The earliest works in the show are three small dry point etchings from 2008, 2010 and 2012 remarkable for their variety of delicate marks and their brinkmanship between abstraction and representation. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z "These guys always play a game of brinkmanship," DiClemente said in an interview Thursday. CNN, other Turner channels return to Dish Network after blackout 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z He draws some sketchy but alarming parallels between Europe’s descent into disaster 100 years ago, and East Asia’s fractious security today, which is beset by a familiar cocktail of strident nationalism and brinkmanship. Blindly over the brink 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Economics is still the focus, but the scope is global, with the narrative moving from striking metalworkers in Buenos Aires to imperial brinkmanship between Japan and China to postwar U.S. investment in Australia. Book review: ‘The Deluge, the post-World War I global order, by Adam Tooze 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The humor comes from the brinkmanship between Ron and his precocious charges; he may be a con artist, but he can’t out-con a television child. Television Review | 'Sons of Tucson': What a Charming Loser on New Fox Sitcom 2010-03-12T00:40:00Z “He played brinkmanship very aggressively in contract negotiations,” said Lisa Henson, president of the Jim Henson Company, and Jim Henson’s daughter, in a telephone interview. Kermit the Frog Performer and Disney Spar Over an Ugly ‘Muppet’ Firing 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Ruby’s art always involves bad-boy brinkmanship, but here the qualities that make his work compelling are present in uncompelling ratios. 2010-02-12T00:07:00Z And finally, Jason Robards’s two stem-winding monologues—galvanized versions of Bradlee’s quotations scattered through the book—drive home the movie’s core themes about journalism’s necessary balance of canny brinkmanship with social responsibility. William Goldman Turned Reporters into Heroes in “All the President’s Men” 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z How did we, and countless other couples I know, come to this state of marital brinkmanship? This Life: Take Back the Trash 2011-03-04T19:17:02Z There are stories of items valued at a few thousand pounds that would suddenly be nudging seven figures because the Sheikh and an under-bidder were locked in an act of brinkmanship. Qatari art collector Al-Thani dies 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z And the company’s financial model, which keeps forcing the need for cuts and brinkmanship with the unions, is no closer to being permanently solved. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Is New York’s Conductor Now 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z It didn't seem quite the time for Redknapp to engage in brinkmanship with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy over the renewal of his contract. The real Harry Redknapp 2013-04-30T14:49:41Z He applied a "mad genius" approach to "Jeopardy!" brinkmanship. 'Jeopardy!' champ Chu unseated after 12-day run 2014-03-13T13:37:24Z In fact, Republicans have made budget brinkmanship routine — when a Democrat is in the White House, that is. Opinion: The GOP shutdown drama in Washington costs us plenty, even when Congress averts a stoppage 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The move follows a rating downgrade of the sovereign by another ratings agency, Fitch, this year, which came after months of political brinkmanship around the U.S. debt ceiling. Moody's turns negative on US credit rating, draws Washington ire 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z He said he would like to see the House go straight into government funding negotiations with the Democratic-majority Senate as a way to expedite the appropriations process, avoiding last-minute brinkmanship. US House Republicans eye stopgap funding measure to head off shutdown risk 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The United States, where brinkmanship around a debt limit brought it close to a default, Italy and Britain are of most concern, more than 20 prominent economists, former policymakers and big investors told Reuters. Insight: As global debt worries mount, is another crisis brewing? 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The stakes are high if this brinkmanship turns to miscalculation in the South China Sea. Near collision, tense encounter as Beijing flexes muscles in the South China Sea 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Fitch had warned months earlier that “debt ceiling brinkmanship” and the continued questioning of the 2020 presidential election were worrisome signs. Opinion: The GOP shutdown drama in Washington costs us plenty, even when Congress averts a stoppage 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Biden on Sunday pressed congressional Republicans to back the aid, saying he was "sick and tired" of the political brinkmanship that had nearly shut the government. Kyiv brushes off US, Slovakia wobbles as EU ministers come to town 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Biden on Sunday pressed congressional Republicans to back the aid, saying he was "sick and tired" of the political brinkmanship that had nearly closed the government down. EU ministers convene in Ukraine to show support after US, Slovakia wobbles 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z President Joe Biden on Sunday pressed congressional Republicans to back a bill to provide more aid to Ukraine, saying he was "sick and tired" of the political brinkmanship that nearly led to a government shutdown. Biden presses Republicans after spending bill drops Ukraine aid 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z The repeated brinkmanship has raised worries on Wall Street, where Moody's has warned it could damage the nation's creditworthiness. Hardline Republican holdouts push U.S. government closer to shutdown 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Credit agencies have warned that brinkmanship and political polarization are harming the U.S. financial outlook. Shutdown odds grow as Senate, House advance separate spending plans 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Credit agencies have repeatedly warned that brinkmanship and political polarization are harming the United States' financial outlook. US Senate, House hold procedural votes as partial government shutdown looms 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The repeated brinkmanship has worried credit rating agencies, with Moody's this week warning that a shutdown could hurt the nation's creditworthiness. Shutdown countdown: US Congress has four days to fund government 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z "The brinkmanship has to end. And there shouldn’t be another ... crisis," he said. Biden presses Republicans after spending bill drops Ukraine aid 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Earlier this year political brinkmanship around the U.S. debt limit threatened to cause a U.S. sovereign debt default. US government shutdown bad for country’s credit, warns Moody’s 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z But the chamber is hardly immune to political brinkmanship. The Senate’s bipartisan approach to government funding is putting pressure on a divided House 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Political brinkmanship already has prompted the Fitch rating agency to downgrade U.S. debt to AA+ from its top-notch AAA designation, partly because of repeated down-to-the-wire negotiations that threaten the government's ability to pay its bills. Top US House Republican McCarthy warns: 'Nobody wins in a gov't shutdown' 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Yet, in these strange times not even literary altruism escapes scrutiny or political brinkmanship. Free books for WA kids from a country music legend and literacy fairy godmother | Editorial 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Their brinkmanship came to a head in June, when Mr. Musk, in a reply to someone on Twitter, said that he would fight Mr. Zuckerberg in a physical cage match. Zuckerberg Pressures Musk to Set Date for ‘Cage Match’ 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z In Washington, D.C., facts often get lost to political brinkmanship. How Head Start budget cuts would hurt WA kids | Op-Ed 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z The recurring debt-ceiling brinkmanship highlights the structural weaknesses in U.S. fiscal governance — so the more acrimonious they are and the closer they come to the cash-flow precipice. ‘Vindicating’: An Analyst Who Lowered the U.S.’s Credit Rating in 2011 on Fitch’s Downgrade 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z But the decision is another sign that Wall Street is worried about political chaos, including brinkmanship over the debt limit that is becoming entrenched in Washington. Fitch’s Warning About America’s Fiscal Future 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z However, this year saw another round of political brinkmanship over government borrowing. Fitch downgrades US credit rating from AAA to AA+ 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The downgrade follows a debt ceiling agreement in June that came after months of political brinkmanship and ultimately lifted the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. Fitch cuts US government's AAA credit rating by one notch 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Much of this is brinkmanship that has gone on for years. Israel-Lebanon border tension raises fears of bloody escalation 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z But after years of brinkmanship and chaos management by the Israeli leader, this feels different. Netanyahu Scores Another Victory, but at What Price? 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z The spy-balloon incident earlier this year showed just how quickly brinkmanship can get out of control. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The emerging dynamic raises the potential for another round of economy-rattling brinkmanship in Washington just months after lawmakers narrowly avoided a damaging federal default. Some Democrats are already warning of a government shutdown as budget battle with GOP takes shape 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Fitch had placed its "AAA" rating of U.S. sovereign debt on watch for a possible downgrade in May, citing downside risks including political brinkmanship and a growing debt burden. Fitch cuts US government's AAA credit rating by one notch 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z “What is new is the increased chutzpah of the PLA’s brinkmanship in playing chicken with the mighty U.S. military with less and less care for the devastating consequences for its own,” said Mr. Yu. New Cold War? U.S., China defense chiefs square off in Singapore 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The agency also mentioned a "steady deterioration" in governance over the last 15 years, increased political polarization, and repeated brinkmanship around raising the government's borrowing cap, as well as rising fiscal deficits and debt. Fitch keeps U.S. credit rating on negative watch despite debt limit deal 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The country’s renewed attention came in response to China’s growing regional assertiveness; a rising brinkmanship between the two powers now threatens all the islands caught between. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z And just before its expiration, in another example of Moscow’s brinkmanship, it agreed on May 17 to another two-month extension until July 17. UN warns of new threat to global food security after Russia limits Ukraine grain shipments 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Rep. Adam Smith, D-Bellevue, said he will vote yes and likened the deal to a fairly standard annual budget bill, albeit one struck with the high-stakes brinkmanship of a looming default. WA's Pramila Jayapal to vote against debt limit deal 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Even without a default, all the partisan brinkmanship could erode more faith in the U.S. government. Asian stocks sink before US Congress votes on deal to avoid debt default 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Last week, credit rating agency Fitch placed its "AAA" rating of U.S. sovereign debt on watch for a possible downgrade, citing downside risks including political brinkmanship and a growing debt burden. Risks lie ahead for US credit standing after tentative debt ceiling deal 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Americans and the world were uneasily watching the negotiating brinkmanship that could throw the U.S. and global economy into chaos and sap world confidence in the nation’s leadership. Biden, GOP reach tentative deal to raise debt ceiling, avoid calamitous US default 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the brinkmanship in Washington could also prompt rating agencies to downgrade U.S. debt. Analysis: Debt deal could boost unloved corners of US stock market 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z The agency said that “brinkmanship over the debt ceiling” threatened the U.S. rating — the highest available — but it expected a resolution before the projected June 5 deadline. Biden and McCarthy reach last-minute deal to raise U.S. debt limit 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Still, Americans and the world uneasily watched the negotiating brinkmanship that could throw the U.S. economy into chaos and sap world confidence in the nation’s leadership. Biden: Debt deal ‘very close’ even as two sides far apart on work requirements for food aid 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z "The brinkmanship over the debt ceiling, failure of the U.S. authorities to meaningfully tackle medium-term fiscal challenges ... and a growing debt burden signal downside risks to U.S. creditworthiness," Fitch said in its statement on Wednesday. White House, Republicans seek to close US debt-ceiling deal as deadline nears 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z No one knows precisely how the political brinkmanship will play out, but history suggests that the impacts — including those for US science — could be felt for years to come. The U.S. Debt-Ceiling Crisis Could Harm Science for Years to Come 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z One source of concern for policymakers was brinkmanship over the nation’s debt limit, which caps how much money the United States can borrow. Fed Officials Were Split Over June Rate Pause 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z The Treasury secretary said she was already seeing “the beginnings” of stress in financial markets due to the brinkmanship. Yellen Warns of Missed Payments if Debt Limit Is Not Lifted 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z And as the political brinkmanship gets intense, there was no sign of a substantive breakthrough in talks late Tuesday. Morning Bid: Fears of 6% and US debt jam 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z But the brinkmanship highlights that as long as there is no deal, the potential for a disastrous U.S. default is impossible to ignore. Morning Bid: Not so fast, debt ceiling bulls! 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Many currency analysts say brinkmanship is to be expected heading toward the ostensible "X-date" in early June, when the Treasury is likely to run out of money. Dollar on defensive after dovish Powell, debt ceiling setback 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z "In the art of brinkmanship, it feels that to get a deal we must see greater market volatility," said Chris Weston, head of research at Pepperstone. Markets on edge as US debt ceiling talks approach crunch time 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z "If brinkmanship pushes the U.S. closer to X-date without a deal in place, then we're more likely to see market stress indicators amplify. The macroeconomic consequences of a short default would be somewhat more severe." Fed to keep rates untouched this year; risk of U.S. default high - Reuters poll 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Such brinkmanship isn’t new: With a similar extension in the balance in March, Russia unilaterally decided to renew the deal for just 60 days instead of the 120 days outlined in the agreement. Russia’s threat to exit Ukraine grain deal adds risk to global food security 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Half of the 28 respondents in the May 5-11 Reuters poll said the risk of a default was higher this time compared to prior episodes of debt ceiling brinkmanship. U.S. Treasury yields to rise amid debt ceiling standoff: Reuters poll 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Democrats have warned that the brinkmanship could undermine progress in a strong economy with slowing inflation, while Republicans argued on Wednesday that rapid inflation is evidence that they are correct to demand spending cuts. Inflation Slowed in April, Marking 10th Month of Moderation 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Treasuries were broadly steady overnight, though debt-ceiling brinkmanship is warping the bills market as investors avoid bills maturing early in June. Stocks stumble as investors' nerves show ahead of US inflation data 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z A slight majority, 22 of 41 respondents, said the risk of a default was higher this time compared to prior episodes of debt ceiling brinkmanship. Fed to keep rates untouched this year; risk of U.S. default high - Reuters poll 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The closest parallel to the current standoff is the brinkmanship over the debt ceiling in August 2011. How Wall Street is Preparing for a Debt Ceiling Showdown 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z This kind of brinkmanship has been part of U.S. politics for decades but worsened significantly after fiscal hawks in the Republican Party grew in power since 2010. Explainer: Washington edges closer to debt ceiling deadline 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Risking default to secure budget cuts could bring "enormous harm to American households," and even the current brinkmanship would harm financial markets and could jeopardize U.S. government credit ratings and undermine the U.S. currency. Yellen says 'no good options' if Congress fails to raise debt ceiling 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Like previous moments of brinkmanship, the discussions have echoes of 2011 and 2013, when congressional Republicans refused to raise the debt ceiling unless a Democratic president agreed to curb federal spending and reduce budget deficits. In Debt Limit Talks, Biden and Republicans Start Far Apart 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The White House released estimates showing that brinkmanship over the debt limit — even if a deal comes together — could still cost the economy 200,000 jobs. Biden hopes strong job market means soft landing for economy 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z He called the debt ceiling brinkmanship a national security issue, especially as the U.S. government’s relationship becomes more strained with China, as a major creditor holding U.S. debt. Faster IRS offering better picture on looming debt ‘X-date’ 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The White House released estimates showing that brinkmanship over the debt limit - even if a deal comes together - could still cost the economy 200,000 jobs. Biden hopes strong job market means soft landing for economy 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z U.S. credit default swaps - which reflect insurance against a default - are illiquid but have surged lately as political brinkmanship pushes the U.S. government near its borrowing limit. Stocks on edge as traders wait on central bankers 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z On Monday, Mr. Biden reiterated his accusation that Republicans are engaging in brinkmanship with the U.S. economy. Biden says clean debt-ceiling boost crucial for economy 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z But brinkmanship over the debt ceiling that leads to an outcome that harms the economy, even if Republicans are the principal cause, could easily spill over onto the president. Analysis | For Biden, navigating the debt ceiling is an early test of his 2024 strategy 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z “You have to raise the debt limit, so in the end you have no leverage. It’s a disservice to the country to do this brinkmanship.” The GOP wonks trying to get their party not to detonate the debt limit bomb 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z "You don't use brinkmanship on not paying our bills to back people into a corner," Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown told reporters. Democrats, Republicans dig in on debt-ceiling standoff after House action 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “There are real costs to brinkmanship, even if an outright disaster is avoided.” Wall Street stirs as debt ceiling brinksmanship mounts 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Worse, they are now risking our progress with brinkmanship, bravado, and not much else. McCarthy makes a dirty deal with MAGA 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “House Republicans must avoid default and stop playing economic brinkmanship with the American people’s livelihoods and retirements,” she said. White House says McCarthy debt limit plan will ‘devastate’ economy 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Only one other industrialised nation - Denmark - has a formal debt ceiling, but it is handled without the drama and brinkmanship often seen in Washington. What Americans can learn from Denmark on handling debt ceiling crisis 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z But the renewed sense of fiscal brinkmanship troubled Democrats back in Washington, where lawmakers said they are bracing for economic turbulence in the months to come. Fiscal crisis nears as McCarthy takes debt ceiling plan to Wall Street 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Democrats and the White House dismissed Mr. McCarthy’s speech, saying the speaker was engaging in “brinkmanship” with the country’s ability to pay its bill. House Republicans move to put Biden on defense in debt-limit fight 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z We need solutions here, not brinkmanship that could jeopardize the progress made. McCarthy makes a dirty deal with MAGA 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z In a 1987 radio address highlighted by the White House, Reagan warned that debt “brinkmanship threatens the holders of government bonds and those who rely on Social Security and veterans benefits.” White House invokes Reagan, Trump to slam McCarthy’s debt-ceiling plan 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z “The budget process is largely a game of brinkmanship,” said a senior Republican aide. Congress to miss budget deadline as debt ceiling showdown looms 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z The year may be 1984, but any hint of Orwellian gloom here is dissolved in a wave of merry capitalist brinkmanship. Review: Ben Affleck's entertaining Michael Jordan-Nike drama is more than hot 'Air' 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z “I have no interest in brinkmanship — only in doing what is best for the American people,” Mr. McCarthy wrote in a recent letter asking Mr. Biden to start debt limit talks. Biden says U.S. debt took over 200 years to accumulate, knocks GOP for refusal to hike debt limit 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Putin “plays all these little games of bluffing and brinkmanship,” Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Thursday. Russian spy charges for U.S. reporter spark outrage 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z “I have no interest in brinkmanship – only in doing what is best for the American people,” Mr. McCarthy wrote in a letter to Mr. Biden urging the start of debt limit talks. House GOP eyes competing lists of spending cuts for debt limit showdown 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z “I have no interest in brinkmanship — only in doing what is best for the American people,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy wrote in a letter last month asking Mr. Biden to start debt limit talks. Congress to miss budget deadline as debt ceiling showdown looms 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z In 2022, North Korea launched at least 95 ballistic and other missiles, more than in any previous year, continuing its campaign of brinkmanship in the face of international sanctions. Tracking North Korea’s Missile Launches 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Rizvi warned that the brinkmanship between the government and a very “obstinate” Khan could spiral out of the control. Pakistani police battle protesters in attempt to arrest opposition leader 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The warning comes at a moment of fiscal brinkmanship. Debt Default Would Cripple U.S. Economy, New Analysis Warns 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z It is a tragedy years in the making — born of racial distrust, political brinkmanship and systemic failure at every level of government. The problems in the pipes With North Korea continuing its nuclear and missile brinkmanship, Washington and Seoul agreed to expand their annual military exercises this year to strengthen their combined deterrence against the North. North Korea Launches ICBM 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z It is a demand President Biden has rejected out of concern about the consequences of fiscal brinkmanship. U.S. faces possible default between July and September as deficit rises 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z It marked a moment of geopolitical brinkmanship amid deepening concerns about the trajectory of the relationship between China and the United States, now at its lowest point in decades. China Tries to Depict Furor Over Spy Balloon as Sign of U.S. Decline 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z During President Obama’s first term, partisan brinkmanship over the budget took the country to the edge of defaulting on its debt. Wait, layoffs and job growth? What's going on with the economy and is recession still coming? 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The outright rejection of revisions puts Social Security and Medicare on a trajectory that now looks almost certain to culminate in unprecedented high-wire congressional brinkmanship over benefits for the country’s elderly population. Social Security, Medicare brawl awaits Washington, even if not this year 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Instead, we are again witnessing a dangerous game of unnecessary brinkmanship that puts our global credit rating at risk and could cost American families and businesses much more if our leaders fail. Opinion | Joe Manchin: Stop the political blame game and start cutting the debt 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z And the Senate majority leader brings a confidence that Republicans will eventually fold on their economic brinkmanship that comes from weathering many similar standoffs in his more than 40 years in Congress. As debt ceiling talks kick off, Schumer fights to stay at center 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z A vague post from the White House earlier this month dropped one important hint: Biden's likely to try using the presidential bully pulpit to defuse impending budget brinkmanship. State of the Union 2023: Everything we know so far about Biden's tightrope walk next week 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Like me, many of these Republicans have closely watched past episodes of brinkmanship over the debt limit. Column: On the debt-ceiling crisis, take it from moderate Republicans: Be afraid, be very afraid 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z But Republicans have occasionally attempted to attach future spending cuts or other legislative goals to debt limit increases, plunging the United States into partisan brinkmanship. Wall Street Is Counting on a Debt Limit Trick That Could Entail Trouble 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Democrats and the White House have accused Republicans of playing political brinkmanship with the nation’s debt that it has already incurred by tying it to future spending. McCarthy, Biden to meet on debt limit as speaker says entitlements are ‘off the table’ 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z “The side that’s not taking hostages, not playing brinkmanship always has an upper hand. The side that’s unified has an upper hand.” As debt ceiling talks kick off, Schumer fights to stay at center 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z But scrapping the payroll tax cap is not among the changes that House Republicans have floated in recent weeks as they threaten another round of debt ceiling brinkmanship. Critics rip "MAGA extremists" over plan to hike Social Security retirement age to 70 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “If Republicans want to play brinkmanship with the deficit and demand cuts, they need to show exactly what they want to cut,” said Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. McConnell says GOP’s spending cuts ‘reasonable,’ House must lead debt-ceiling talks with Biden 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z A crucial ingredient in this brinkmanship is divided government. Routine Crisis 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Those Republicans’ clashes with President Barack Obama resulted in months of political brinkmanship, generated panic globally and yielded a decade of significant caps on domestic spending that Democrats have long decried as damaging. U.S. begins ‘extraordinary’ steps to avoid debt ceiling 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Whatever the intentions, that was certainly a consequence of debt-ceiling brinkmanship in the Obama era, as well as the resulting austerity “compromise” that dragged on the recovery post-Great Recession. Opinion | New species discovered: Republicans who (sometimes) care about deficits 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Analysts are warning that the fight could tip from partisan brinkmanship to outright catastrophe. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Republican brinkmanship over the debt ceiling has become almost an annual affair. Column: The U.S. economy is again being held hostage to our ridiculous federal debt ceiling 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z “Congress needs to act and do so swiftly. There is no excuse for political brinkmanship when American jobs and economic safety is on the line.” Biden, McCarthy dig in on debt ceiling, setting stage for showdown 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Those Republicans’ clashes with President Barack Obama resulted in months of political brinkmanship, generated panic globally and yielded a decade of significant caps on domestic spending, which Democrats long decried as damaging. U.S. will begin ‘extraordinary measures’ to stay under debt limit 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z That brinkmanship rattled investors, consumers and business owners, with concrete consequences. The U.S. May Finally Breach the Debt Ceiling. Here’s Why That Would Be Very Bad. 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z If anything, their brinkmanship could raise U.S. borrowing costs going forward — increasing deficits — because our government will be judged a riskier borrower than had previously been assumed. Opinion | The GOP is wrongly trying to blame Democrats for a debt ceiling blowup 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The House can freely debate the merits of defense spending, but budgeting by this kind of brinkmanship is no way to govern. Opinion | McCarthy’s House now has fewer ways to avert chaos — but still a few 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z But more often it results in brinkmanship that has led to stalemates, standoffs and shutdowns. Speaker McCarthy: A weakened leader or emboldened survivor? 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z As a result, the next round of debt-limit brinkmanship could be the most fraught on record — as evidenced by the battle over the speakership. Speaker Drama Raises New Fears on Debt Limit 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Some of his opponents also say they don't trust him to mount the political brinkmanship necessary to contain the federal debt and impose spending cuts on Biden and the Democratic-controlled Senate. U.S. House speaker fight enters fourth day amid antebellum-era dysfunction 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Democratic Representative Ro Khanna told Reuters he and others could support a moderate Republican who would agree to share subpoena power with Democrats and to avoid brinkmanship over government funding and the debt ceiling. After two days of failure, U.S. House Republicans to try again to pick a leader 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z With Republicans set to take control of the House — and vowing to force deep spending cuts — lawmakers in both parties were eager to finish the compromise and remove one possible threat of political brinkmanship. Lawmakers Unveil Sprawling Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z The 24 hours that followed — a flurry of meetings and threats and raised voices and brinkmanship — are just a memory this weekend as Argentina and France prepare to play in the World Cup final Sunday. How FIFA silenced a World Cup armband campaign 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z “We have said that we should not be using the debt ceiling as a matter of political brinkmanship,” she said. Speaker Drama Raises New Fears on Debt Limit 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z There is an element of clever brinkmanship here. Opinion | Kyrsten Sinema’s surprise switch is an epic gamble 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The threats from Republicans recall brinkmanship in 2011, when congressional Republicans sought to pressure President Barack Obama to accept similar spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt limit. Leaders Back Away From Raising Debt Ceiling, Punting Clash to New Congress 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z In the current partisan climate, it is easy to imagine toxic brinkmanship that would disrupt the bond market, and may do much more damage than that. After a Terrible Year for Bonds, the Outlook Is Better 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z But because of Hungary’s ability to wield veto powers on such issues, everything has become linked in a massive package of political brinkmanship. EU ministers mull whether to punish Hungary over rule of law 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Without an agreement, Iran will be tempted to use its nuclear program for brinkmanship and barely veiled threats. Column: Iran protests have shoved the nuclear issue off center stage. It will be back 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z That would escalate a brinkmanship experts say is aimed at forcing the United States to accept the idea of the North as a nuclear power, and negotiating concessions from a position of strength. Seoul places new sanctions on North Korea over arms buildup 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Experts say Kim’s brinkmanship is aimed at forcing the United States to accept the idea of the North as a nuclear power and negotiating economic and security concessions from a position of strength. North Korea’s Kim calls for meeting to review state affairs 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z We’ve reported on this variety of brinkmanship before — in fact, almost too many times to count. Column: 'Moderates' like Mitt Romney are threatening Social Security. Democrats don't have to let them. 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Most likely a return to the gridlock and brinkmanship that have defined a divided federal government in recent years. Divided Government 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z But the nearly $48 billion ask presages one final spending showdown with Democrats still at the helm in both chambers as Congress again caps a legislative session with government-funding brinkmanship. White House asks Congress for $48 billion to battle COVID, aid Ukraine 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z While Republicans won far fewer House seats than expected, they're still favored to take narrow control of the chamber, leaving Democrats with dwindling time to prevent GOP debt ceiling brinkmanship. Elizabeth Warren sounds the alarm on GOP plot to "blow up the economy" to help Trump win in 2024 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z “So he is mobilizing everything he has got to achieve a quick breakthrough. What we see is a familiar pattern of North Korea resorting to brinkmanship.” North Korea Sees New Opportunities in ‘Neo-Cold War’ 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z That raises the potential for a return to the brinkmanship that risks more government shutdowns and potential defaults on the nation’s debt. Republicans confident of House control, Senate remains close as first polls close 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The outcome could shape whether the rest of his term is marked by additional steps on his priorities — or the standoffs, investigations and brinkmanship that could follow a GOP takeover. Biden’s future closely tied to midterm outcome 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Experts say North Korea is escalating brinkmanship aimed at forcing the United States to accept it as a nuclear power and at negotiating economic and security concessions from a position of strength. Rival Koreas scramble warplanes in extension of tensions 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Experts say North Korea is escalating a brinkmanship aimed at forcing the United States to accept it as a nuclear power and negotiating economic and security concessions from a position of strength. North Korea keeps up its missile barrage with launch of ICBM 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The debt ceiling, which caps how much the federal government can borrow, has increasingly become a fraught arena for political brinkmanship. Republicans Denounce Inflation, but Few Economists Expect Their Plans to Help 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Since then, the GOP has become more politically unhinged, which means brinkmanship might well go further, which makes a debt default — even by accident — more likely. Opinion | Republicans’ secret economic agenda? A global financial crisis. 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z And they have already launched plans to use must-pass bills as leverage, like those funding the government or increasing its debt limit, raising the prospect of political brinkmanship and financial turmoil. Biden’s future closely tied to midterm outcome 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z They never gain from it politically, but at some point this stupid brinkmanship could tip over into a real disaster. Newt throwback! GOP's death wish is back — they want another government shutdown 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The single overarching need is for senators and representatives to insist that U.S. participation in nuclear brinkmanship is unacceptable. Instead of freaking out about nuclear war, let's do something to prevent it 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The former KGB agent has demonstrated an appetite for risk and brinkmanship. What’s Putin thinking? Tough to know for nuclear analysts 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of using the specter of nuclear disaster in brinkmanship in the war by making attacks near the plant. The director general of the Zaporizhzhianuclear plant has been released from detention, the U.N. nuclear agency says. 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Ukrainian and Russian military forces have accused each other of using the specter of nuclear disaster in brinkmanship in the war by making attacks near the plant. The U.N. nuclear agency calls for the release of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s director general. 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Their brinkmanship has played out against the backdrop of their re-election bids. The Megastate G.O.P. Rivalry Between Abbott and DeSantis 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The brinkmanship comes at a sensitive time for unions, railroads, shippers, consumers, and President Joe Biden - who appointed an emergency board to help break the impasse. U.S. railroad unions warn of cargo delays as contract deadline looms 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Putin’s gas brinkmanship dates to 2004, when Gazprom cut deliveries to Belarus, in a battle for control of a transit pipeline into Western Europe. Europe Says Putin’s Gas Power Is Weakening 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z In her wake, she set the stage for new brinkmanship between China and the United States over power and influence in Asia. Welcomed by Taiwan, Pelosi Leaves Rising Tensions With China in Her Wake 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Biden's mealy-mouthed response to that move was a subtler type of brinkmanship. Nancy Pelosi's reckless trip to Taiwan: A decision that could get us all killed 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z He came to interview security officials and observe the brinkmanship and extremism at play in one of the world’s potential nuclear flash points. Michael Krepon, campaigner to limit nuclear arms, dies at 75 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z And anxiety that President Vladimir V. Putin may not to switch the gas back on — as a display of brinkmanship with countries that oppose Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — is particularly sharp. Germany Hopes to Outrace a Russian Gas Cutoff and Bone Cold Winter 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z But Mr. Musk revels in impulsiveness and brinkmanship and is backed by a fleet of top bankers and lawyers. The Elon Musk-Twitter Saga Now Moves to the Courts 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z But his brinkmanship Friday and his unwillingness to take the Yankees’ seven-year extension offer worth $213.5 million this spring confirmed he will offer no hometown discount. Analysis | Aaron Judge avoids arbitration, but will he be a Yankee for life? 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The rhetoric on Russian state TV has risen to a high pitch, with commentator Vladimir Solovyov accusing the West of brinkmanship that has set the clock ticking toward World War III. EXPLAINER: Why Russia-Lithuania tensions are rising 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z You can feel a terrible novel about golf-based brinkmanship arrive in the Idea file. Review | James Patterson shares his formula for success. It’s pretty simple. 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could further escalate his brinkmanship by conducting what would be the country’s seventh nuclear test since 2006. US official vows ‘forceful response’ if N. Korea tests nuke 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Despite the crises, spy scandals and brinkmanship of the Cold War, relations between Moscow and Washington have not been broken off since the United States established ties with the Soviet Union in 1933. Don't close the embassy, U.S. ambassador tells Russia 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Here’s a look at Erdogan’s latest brinkmanship and what he can hope to gain: EXPLAINER: What Turkey’s Erdogan could gain in NATO debate 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Diplomats in European capitals say they have seen brinkmanship from Erdogan before leading to a deal. How Turkey spoiled NATO's historic moment with Finland, Sweden 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Kane had, at one point, refused to train with Tottenham, the club he supported as a child, in the hope of forcing Spurs’ hand, but his act of brinkmanship failed. Manchester City Had the Money. Haaland’s Team Had the Plan. 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The unusually fast pace in testing activity underscores a brinkmanship aimed at forcing the United States to accept the idea of the North as a nuclear power and remove crippling sanctions, experts say. South Korea: North Korea test-fired missile from submarine 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z As Putin rewrites the geopolitical textbooks on risk, deterrence, escalation and nuclear brinkmanship, his pupil Kim is clearly taking notes. Opinion | Kim Jong Un is adopting Putin’s Ukraine playbook 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Kim has also been reviving nuclear brinkmanship aimed at forcing the United States to accept North Korea as a nuclear power and to remove crippling economic sanctions. N. Korea’s Kim vows to bolster nuke capability during parade 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z The parade comes as Kim is reviving nuclear brinkmanship aimed at forcing the United States to accept North Korea as a nuclear power and remove crippling economic sanctions. North Korea begins military parade amid revived tensions 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Wagner’s car rolled off of a VW Beetle assembly line in 1962, the year Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev played nuclear brinkmanship with President Kennedy. They'll turn your gas guzzler into an EV. But be prepared to wait 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z That Simeone’s team had been able to run City so close was not despite its brinkmanship, but because of it. Manchester City Still Standing After Taking Atlético’s Best Shots 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z They will be a referendum on Mr. Khan’s political brinkmanship after a public rebuke to his leadership from both the country’s courts and lawmakers, including some of his political allies. Pakistan’s Supreme Court Blocks Imran Khan’s Move to Stay in Power 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Many in the party are likely to welcome new rounds of brinkmanship over government spending and the debt. House Republicans, bullish on midterms, plot return to power 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z North Korea’s resumption of nuclear brinkmanship reflects a determination to cement its status as a nuclear power and wrest badly needed economic concessions from Washington and others from a position of strength, analysts say. North Korea confirms test-firing of biggest ICBM 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z For Russia, military analysts note, edgy displays of the less destructive arms have let Putin polish his reputation for deadly brinkmanship and expand the zone of intimidation he needs to fight a bloody conventional war. The Smaller Bombs That Could Turn Ukraine Into a Nuclear War Zone 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Realizing that significant changes to the system would be tense and full of brinkmanship, the union spent years preparing for this fight against M.L.B. owners, who ran an estimated $11 billion-a-year business before the pandemic. Play Ball! Lockout Ends as M.L.B. and Union Strike a Deal 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z "I think its rhetoric and brinkmanship," Raab told Sky News when asked about a possible nuclear escalation by the Kremlin. UK's Raab: Talk of Russian nuclear escalation is rhetoric and brinkmanship 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Digital brinkmanship involving global powers may leave you feeling that there’s only so much you can do to help. A Paranoid Person’s Guide to Preparing for Digital Danger 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z The policy of brinkmanship meant going to the brink of war to make the other side back down. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The threats may just be part of the inevitable last-minute brinkmanship that typically accompanies the final hours of negotiations, analysts say. Iran nuclear talks down to the wire against backdrop of global tensions 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Thus, when one side wants to make significant changes to the system — the talent on the field, in this case — negotiating can be tense and full of brinkmanship. Deadline Day Arrives as M.L.B. and Players Continue Negotiations 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Most participants ostensibly elided or downplayed Russia's recent invasion into Ukraine, which was launched last week on the heels of months of brinkmanship along the Ukrainian border. "I have morons on my team": Mitt Romney blasts radical Republicans in Congress 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “Unless we see that kind of thing,” Mr. Kristensen said, “it’s rhetoric — it’s madman brinkmanship.” Putin Declares a Nuclear Alert, and Biden Seeks De-escalation 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z This willingness to go to the brink, or edge, of war became known as brinkmanship. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as unnerving for the United States and its allies was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he had moved his nuclear deterrent forces into alert, heightening worries of nuclear superpowers forced back into brinkmanship. Putin puts Russian nuclear forces on alert as Ukrainian civilian deaths mount 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Reagan, a hardcore Cold Warrior, involved the world in nuclear brinkmanship. Putin's threat to the world grows — and much of our news media is not up to the challenge 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z But it's also a game of brinkmanship between Russia and the West, rapidly building to a showdown. Putin's angry speech rewriting Ukraine's history 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Reviving an old pattern of brinkmanship, North Korea kicked off 2022 with a flurry of missile tests before apparently pausing the displays during the Winter Olympics in China, its main ally. S. Korea’s outgoing president calls for US-North Korea talks 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z In the 1970s, the United States and the Soviet Union finally backed away from the aggressive policies of brinkmanship that they had followed during the early postwar years. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Putin’s brinkmanship has, unfortunately, foreclosed progress toward a more stable Ukraine. Opinion | What’s the best fate for Ukraine? Think Austria. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Some argued later that the movie — and, more importantly, Koppel's frank discussion — seen by millions led to a walk away from nuclear brinkmanship. Putin's threat to the world grows — and much of our news media is not up to the challenge 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z For all his brinkmanship with Russia as it amasses its forces for a possible new invasion of Ukraine, Biden could not afford to take his eyes off IS. Lethal US raid on IS encounters a doll, crib, bomb, bullets 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z "How the hell did we get to the point where we had so much brinkmanship going on with this? We had five years in the making." U.S. lawmakers blast agencies over 5G C-Band aviation spectrum 'ridiculousness' 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The brinkmanship policy followed during the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson led to one terrifying crisis after another. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But Putin’s brinkmanship has already achieved some Russian objectives. Analysis | Putin claims Ukraine crisis is over Russia’s future, but that rings with Cold War brinkmanship 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z This year, lawmakers from both parties have pledged to steer clear of the same brinkmanship that characterized negotiations in fights past. Democrats, GOP inch ahead toward potential deal to fund government, avert shutdown 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z His comments coincide with brinkmanship soaring around Ukraine amid fears of an invasion. U.N. session fails to unite amid heightening tensions in Ukraine 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z On Capitol Hill, some Republicans appear to share Carlson's isolationist attitudes, suggesting that the U.S. should do nothing in response to Russian brinkmanship. Republicans splinter over Russia 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Détente, a policy of lessening Cold War tensions, replaced brinkmanship under Richard M. Nixon. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z While aggressively expanding his military capabilities despite limited resources, Kim is also reviving Pyongyang’s old playbook of brinkmanship to wrest concessions from Washington, which leads international sanctions over the North’s nuclear program. N. Korea confirms missile tests as Kim visits munitions site 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z For decades, North Korea has mastered the art of brinkmanship, manufacturing diplomatic crises with weapons tests and threats before offering negotiations aimed at extracting concessions. North Korean missile tests signal return to brinkmanship 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Some experts say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is reviving Pyongyang’s old playbook of brinkmanship to extract concessions from Washington and neighbors as he grapples with a broken economy and pandemic-related difficulties. North Korea: Tactical guided missiles fired in latest test 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z “Novak is a victim of brinkmanship by shameless populists, exclusively driven by snap opinion polls.” Serbia’s Leader Denounces Australia’s Treatment of Djokovic as ‘Orwellian’ 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z “Novak is a victim of brinkmanship by shameless populists, exclusively driven by snap opinion polls,” he said. How the ‘Djokovic Affair’ Finally Came to an End 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Putin’s brinkmanship of recent months is a case study in his ability to use tension and unpredictability to seek high returns with what may seem like a weak geopolitical hand. Putin’s Next Move on Ukraine Is a Mystery. Just the Way He Likes It. 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Putin’s brinkmanship of recent months is a case study in his ability to use tension and unpredictability to seek high returns with what may seem like a weak geopolitical hand. Putin’s next move on Ukraine is a mystery — just the way he likes it 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z But Putin could not have known Almaty would be burning to the ground just as his brinkmanship with Kyiv and Washington was coming to a head. Opinion | Putin can’t afford crises in both Kazakhstan and Ukraine 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z For Mr. Putin, the talks came at a high-stakes moment in his brinkmanship over Western influence in Ukraine. Putin and Xi Show United Front Amid Rising Tensions With U.S. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z What they are envisioning is, at a minimum, a return to the brinkmanship seen the last time a Democratic president confronted a new Republican majority, in 2011. Republicans warn Biden: The next debt limit increase won’t be so easy 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z “This is the responsible path forward: no brinkmanship, no default on the debt, no risk of another recession.” Republicans help Senate Democrats approve bipartisan deal to avert debt ceiling crisis 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, called the deal “the responsible path forward. No brinkmanship, no default on the debt, no risk of another recession.” GOP senators help create one-time filibuster exemption for Dem debt-limit hike 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Nonproliferation experts fear any brinkmanship could push Iran toward even more extreme measures to try to force the West to lift sanctions. Israel urges hard line against Iran at nuclear talks 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z It was just the latest instance of the brinkmanship around government funding that has triggered several costly shutdowns and partial closures over the past two decades. Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Republicans and Democrats alike hoped that panel might offer solutions to a dysfunctional cycle of deadline-driven negotiation and brinkmanship. Republicans warn Biden: The next debt limit increase won’t be so easy 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Practically no one on Capitol Hill appeared to have an appetite for reviving the brinkmanship of the past, including a recent September showdown that nearly brought the government to a halt. Government nears possible shutdown as Republicans take aim at vaccination and testing mandates 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Nonproliferation experts fear any brinkmanship could push Tehran toward even more extreme measures to try to force the West to lift sanctions. Iran strikes hard line as talks over nuclear deal resume 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Nonproliferation experts fear the brinkmanship could push Tehran toward even more extreme measures to try to force the West to lift sanctions. Iran nuclear deal talks resume, chair feels ‘positive’ 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The deal came after weeks of political brinkmanship driven chiefly by Republicans, who initially refused to supply their must-have votes in the Senate as part of a campaign to undermine Biden’s economic agenda. Congress returns to work staring down fiscal deadlines and fights over Biden’s agenda 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z But some predicted he would do so only after a show of brinkmanship, since a clash with Brussels could unify an otherwise querulous Conservative Party. Boris Johnson Battered in Parliament as Scandal Puts Him on Defense 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Third, for the first time since the Reagan era, the United States has a true great power rival in China and a zone of Cold War-style brinkmanship around Taiwan. Opinion | Can Reaganism Rise Again? 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z “This may be the high-water mark of the violent aspect of this brinkmanship around the election,” said Patrick Osgood, a senior analyst at Control Risks who monitors Iraq. Drone attack on Iraqi prime minister’s home is widely condemned 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Yet beneath the surface brinkmanship, the two global rivals are now also doing something else: talking. Rivals on World Stage, Russia and U.S. Quietly Seek Areas of Accord 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z The failure of both bills would be so catastrophic that it’s made Representative Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee and longtime member of the progressive caucus, anxious about what he described as his colleagues’ “brinkmanship.” Opinion | Pramila Jayapal Won’t Let the Biden Presidency Fail 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Such was the bile and bad blood stirred up by the diplomatic brinkmanship and bitter divorce that, two months from another Christmas, insults of treachery and duplicitousness are flying again. Christmas comes early: EU, UK back to Brexit wrangling 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The calamitous ramifications of default are why lawmakers have been able to reach a compromise to lift or suspend the debt cap some 18 times since 2002, often after frequent rounds of brinkmanship. House returns to stave off default with debt-limit vote 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Senators can decide for themselves whether serial brinkmanship is good politics. Opinion | Stop the Debt Ceiling Nonsense 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z “Republicans played a dangerous and risky partisan game, and I am glad that their brinkmanship did not work,” he said. McConnell seizes on debt standoff to undermine Biden agenda 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z “Republicans played a dangerous and risky partisan game,” he added, “and I am glad that their brinkmanship did not work.” Senate passes bill to raise debt ceiling into early December 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “Republicans played a dangerous and risky partisan game, and I am glad that their brinkmanship did not work,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader. Senate approves bill to raise debt ceiling and avert default, for now 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Over the past several months, Republicans and Democrats have played a game of political brinkmanship with respect to the debt ceiling, each prodding the other to make the first move. Ted Cruz threatens to filibuster Democrats' debt ceiling hike, throwing wrench into McConnell's plan 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z These past few weeks of completely unnecessary brinkmanship have only served to strengthen that judgment. Opinion | Stop the Debt Ceiling Nonsense 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Despite these warnings, military brinkmanship remains a powerful tool for China’s leadership to build nationalist support at home. Chinese jets menace Taiwan, pressuring U.S. support of island’s defenses 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z US lawmakers are once again locked in a dangerous game of brinkmanship over lifting the debt ceiling - a limit on how much the US government can borrow. Debt ceiling: Is the US about to overshoot its debt limit? 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The Senate will vote on Wednesday on a Democratic-backed measure to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling, a key lawmaker said on Tuesday, as partisan brinkmanship in Congress risks an economically crippling federal credit default. Schumer sets U.S. debt ceiling vote for Wednesday as tensions rise 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Senator Jon Tester, Democrat of Montana, visibly frustrated, said the brinkmanship “speaks to how broken this country is.” Biden Accuses Republicans of Being ‘Reckless’ Over Debt Limit Increase 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Fitch Ratings has recently warned that the United States could be hit with a credit downgrade as brinkmanship continues over the matter, which could drive up the costs of borrowing. Biden says he cannot promise U.S. will not breach debt-ceiling limit: ‘That’s up to Mitch McConnell’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Fitch Ratings has recently warned that the U.S. could be hit with a credit downgrade as brinkmanship continues over the matter, which could drive up the costs of borrowing. Schumer says debt ceiling must be addressed ‘by the end of this week’ as crisis date nears 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z “This brinkmanship legislation is not smart policy,” said Elrich, who faces reelection next year. Montgomery County Council considers mandating coronavirus vaccine for county workers 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Fiscal brinkmanship has become a regular feature of U.S. politics over the past decade thanks to ongoing partisan polarization, with debt ceiling deals coming down to the wire in 2011 and 2017. Exclusive-JPMorgan's Dimon cautions a U.S. default would be 'potentially catastrophic' 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The dire stakes of the debt limit impasse add a level of seriousness to what has become a perennial exercise of political brinkmanship in Washington. Biden Accuses Republicans of Being ‘Reckless’ Over Debt Limit Increase 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Fiscal brinkmanship has become a fairly regular feature of U.S. politics over the past decade, as increasing polarization has made it harder for lawmakers to keep government checks flowing regularly. Biden's Democrats in Congress race to head off shutdown, default 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Debt ceiling brinkmanship in Washington is a prime example. The Economy Looks Solid. But These Are the Big Risks Ahead. 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z If Congress and governors show backbone and together be direct with these and similar messages that help the public and support health-care workers, rather than bicker and play brinkmanship, we all would benefit. Opinion | Slowing the spread of the coronavirus — with vaccines 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z They said the standoff was at least as risky as in 2011, when brinkmanship disrupted bond yields and the stock market. America’s Need to Pay Its Bills Has Spawned a Political Game 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z The danger, as with Cold War “brinkmanship,” is that you never know if things will go too far and someone will decide to test the nuclear option. Perspective | The debt limit fight is a scam. The GOP counts on voters not knowing that. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z The demands were not met, but the brinkmanship became an annual GOP custom that's still playing out today. Mitch McConnell is trying to troll Democrats — but the debt limit fight will blow back on the GOP 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z However, she has reviewed some of the ideas that were developed by Treasury during the debt limit standoff of 2011, when partisan brinkmanship brought the nation to the cusp of default. As Debt Default Looms, Yellen Faces Her Biggest Test Yet 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Months of partisan brinkmanship over the debt ceiling in 2011 prompted Standard & Poor's Corp to downgrade the U.S. government credit rating for the first time in history. Factbox: Congress confronts U.S. debt ceiling drama - again 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Ever since 2011 — when the Republicans’ brinkmanship drove the government to the brink of default and drove even a fiscal conservative like me out of the GOP — things have been getting crazier and crazier. Perspective | The debt-ceiling debate is out of control. Here’s how to stop the madness. 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Some Republicans clearly are queasy with the brinkmanship. As G.O.P. Digs In on Debt Ceiling, Democrats Try Shaming McConnell 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The Republicans’ move Wednesday immediately invoked the specter of 2011, when party lawmakers similarly embarked on a game of brinkmanship over the debt limit under President Barack Obama. Republicans threaten to hold up debt ceiling days before deadline, raising potential for political showdown 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z “Iran is pursuing a strategy of brinkmanship,” says Andrea Stricker, a nonproliferation analyst at the nonprofit Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Iran’s plans for research reactor fuel imperil revival of nuclear deal 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z But while that brinkmanship persists, it’ll keep investors on their toes and perhaps away from investing in the region’s tech giants. China’s tech crackdown and growth worries hit markets – business live 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The arrest followed a week of tense brinkmanship in which the former president and his allies railed against the high court’s decision, suggesting, without evidence, that he was the victim of a conspiracy. Jacob Zuma, Former South African President, Is Arrested 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The timing and tenor of this debate, steeped as it is in Sinophobia, economic brinkmanship, and military hawkishness, is more than troublesome. Living in a country haunted by death 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z The underlying theme of this shadow war is brinkmanship. Iran and Israel's shadow war takes a dangerous turn 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z He let Tea Party racism flourish unchecked, viewing it as a valuable tool to garner support for his failed brinkmanship tactics. John Boehner doesn't deserve a rehabilitation tour: Mayor of GOP's "Crazytown" sparked rise of Trump 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z British foreign minister Dominic Raab hit back, accusing the European Commission of brinkmanship. French minister tells UK: you can't use COVID-19 vaccine 'blackmail' 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z “Lebanon’s political leaders need to put aside their partisan brinkmanship and form a government that will quickly implement critical and long-needed reforms, restore investor confidence, and rescue the country’s economy,” she said. ‘We are hungry’: Lebanese protest worsening economic crisis 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z “They’ve raised the stakes; I worry that it will lead to more of these on-the-edge brinkmanship deals — at a time when the world’s information ecosystem is already at a breaking point.” Facebook’s brazen attempt to crush regulations in Australia may backfire 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Listen to Moonrise: Our podcast tells a tale of nuclear brinkmanship, backroom politics, and science fiction. Jeff Bezos’s next act after Amazon: Getting his space company, Blue Origin, off the ground 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Rep. Van Taylor, R-Plano, released a statement also addressing the gridlock within Congress, stating that "Washington cannot be enveloped in endless battles of political brinkmanship." Republicans greet Joe Biden's inauguration with vows to fight his agenda 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z South Korea is desperate to avoid a repeat of this ramped-up rhetoric and brinkmanship. 'Your move, Mr President': North Korea sets the stage for Biden 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z He exhorted Republicans to “embrace the sort of brinkmanship that shows they are playing to win.” Opinion | Meet the Trump saboteur in charge of undermining Biden — and America 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z UK brinkmanship in this year’s trade talks with the EU has made an already large gap between the UK and Scotland even wider. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z At least that’s the way Boris Johnson was selling the deal to his eager backbenchers, who were all desperate to applaud his negotiating skills and brinkmanship, as he opened the debate. On Boris's big day, Tories kid themselves this is the deal they always wanted | John Crace 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Despite the vast interests at play, and recent weeks of brinkmanship, the trade talks unfolded for the most part with less drama or visibility than the political debate that preceded them. Britain and E.U. Reach Landmark Deal on Brexit 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z But the diplomatic brinkmanship continued despite the urgency for a deal. 5 to midnight on Brexit talks? No pressure! says France 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Wednesday’s overwhelming 343-67 vote in the House highlighted the appetite on both sides of the aisle to avoid any shutdown showdown brinkmanship. House buys more time on full-year spending bill 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Flournoy is grimly notable for urging potentially catastrophic military brinkmanship with China. Why some liberals and arms-control experts are backing war profiteers for Biden's Cabinet 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z No matter the path, business groups, economists and others are hoping for a coherent strategy that does not result in the type of economic brinkmanship Mr. Trump appeared to thrive on. Biden’s China Policy? A Balancing Act for a Toxic Relationship 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z I mean, the electoral college is tailor-made for someone who wants to engage in this kind of constitutional brinkmanship, because all you do is try to contest the vote in a handful of swing states. What if Trump won't go? Legal scholar Lawrence Douglas on the "world of hurt" that could follow 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z This strategy, along with a desire to banish the memory of Mrs. May’s premiership, explains much of what has since occurred in the fractious discussions between London and Brussels, and the consequent brinkmanship. For U.K.’s Boris Johnson, Hardball Tactics Seem the Only Way to a Brexit Deal 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z The long-term impact on cases involving health-care coverage and abortion rights will likely be muted by the Democratic Senate’s response to McConnell’s brinkmanship. Opinion | Trump and McConnell are speeding the GOP to permanent minority status 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Even with much attention on Capitol Hill focused on the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, there was little appetite on either side for brinkmanship over a government shutdown. House overwhelmingly passes bipartisan spending deal to avert government shutdown 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Powell said border communities are “horrified” over the uncertainties and brinkmanship of Brexit. Fear in Northern Ireland, as Boris Johnson threatens the E.U. over Brexit 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Whether Mr. Johnson’s brinkmanship with the European Union will crash the current trade negotiations or enable him to strike a better deal was not yet clear. Boris Johnson, Covid, Brexit and the Art of Policy Improvisation 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Despite all the theatrics, analysts said they believed Mr. Johnson would ultimately strike a deal with Brussels, much as he did last year after a similar round of brinkmanship. As Brexit Deadlines Loom, the Posturing and Bickering Flare Again 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Pierini suggested EU indecision toward developments in the greater Middle East since 2010, coupled with the U.S. pullback, essentially set the table for increased Turkish and Russian brinkmanship in the Eastern Mediterranean. Sea of troubles: Tensions flare across Mediterranean as world powers jockey for power 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Trump and Democrats have been locked in brinkmanship for years but often found ways to reach agreement on spending packages, including four bipartisan coronavirus relief bills in March and April. Coronavirus relief talks collapse on Capitol Hill as Trump readies executive actions 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Listen to Moonrise: Our newest podcast tells a tale of nuclear brinkmanship, backroom politics and science fiction. NASA astronauts aboard SpaceX capsule heading to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z Should Trump lose decisively – not only in the popular vote, but in the electoral college, too –his capacity to engage in constitutional brinkmanship will be limited. What if Trump loses but refuses to leave office? Here's the worst case scenario | Lawrence Douglas 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z “With their reckless brinkmanship, Moscow and Beijing are gambling with millions of Syrian lives,” Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in a statement after the vote. Humanitarian aid to Syrians threatened as Russia and China veto proposals at U.N. 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “Turkey’s intervention in Libya is part of this and Turkey’s brinkmanship with Greece is part of it.” Sea of troubles: Tensions flare across Mediterranean as world powers jockey for power 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z The brinkmanship set off a jolt of jingoism that, a few months later, helped propel him to a crushing reelection victory. Anger surges in India over deadly border brawl with China 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The result is a Hail Mary game of nuclear brinkmanship in the waning days of the Trump administration’s first term that is unlikely to be resolved before the election. Trump envoy to begin nuclear talks with Russia as key treaty hangs in the balance 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z While Mr. Henig said Mr. Johnson would probably prefer a deal — and indeed used similar brinkmanship to retain Brexit hard-liners’ support in the previous phase of negotiations — some around him would be happier without one. How the Coronavirus Makes a No-Deal Brexit More Likely 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z From international territory and airspace off Alaska to the Black Sea, combat planes and warships are pressing new boundaries and renewing years-old brinkmanship. As Virus Toll Preoccupies U.S., Rivals Test Limits of American Power 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Listen to Moonrise: Our newest podcast tells a tale of nuclear brinkmanship, backroom politics, and science fiction. NASA and SpaceX are go for historic launch 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Much as the brinkmanship with Pakistan last year helped strengthen his re-election campaign, the deadly pandemic is bringing many Indians to his side despite lingering concerns about his agenda. Modi’s Popularity Soars as India Weathers the Pandemic 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z The panel also suggested what the Judiciary Committee properly calls the “constitutional brinkmanship” of impeachment. Opinion | Two cases that could help ‘recage the executive lion’ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The pandemic is a time when Americans may have less tolerance for the usual partisan bickering or brinkmanship. In time of crisis, Trump-Pelosi relationship remains broken 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z After a lifetime of watching labor-management rancor or at least brinkmanship, I almost want to cheer. Perspective | MLB owners and players, facing a pandemic, put vision ahead of acrimony 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Critics of the high-stakes brinkmanship warned that it was undermining bedrock political institutions. Israeli Parliament Speaker Quits, but Political Deadlock No Closer to an End 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Russian brinkmanship has Kremlin officials boasting that they can withstand oil priced at $10 a barrel for years, given their cash and gold reserves. Oil price war pushes industry to tipping point 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “The fundamental assumption of this brinkmanship is that Russia would not want to enter a conflict with Turkey,” he said. Russia-Turkey talks a last chance to avert Idlib calamity 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z There will be hearings and amended offers and lots of brinkmanship, as Lipson called it. As Gymnasts Who Were Abused Seek Answers, They Are Offered Only Money 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z After months of high-profile diplomatic brinkmanship by top Israeli officials, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia pardoned Ms. Issachar in January. Russian Court Further Detains Ex-Marine on Charges His Family Calls False 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Studiously optimistic, he expresses confidence that, after the inevitable political brinkmanship, the politicians will strike a deal allowing business to carry on. Post-Brexit, Britain Is Going Its Own Way. That Way Looks Expensive. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z But, at least publicly, Iran remains defiant and wedded to brinkmanship tactics over its nuclear program and regional military influence. How Months of Miscalculation Led the U.S. and Iran to the Brink of War 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The justice minister accused Mr Jammeh's supporters of "political brinkmanship" because they knew he would not actually go home.. Gambia vows to arrest ex-leader if he returns home 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z And in the midst of dangerous brinkmanship with Iran, Trump falsely accused President Barack Obama of opening the U.S. treasury to Tehran and handing over a fortune. AP FACT CHECK: Trump says Pelosi, Dems defended Iran general 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z And as he done repeatedly, but this time in the midst of dangerous brinkmanship with Iran, he falsely accused Obama of opening the U.S. treasury to Tehran and handing over a fortune. AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s distortions are across the board 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z North Korea, meanwhile, appears to be heading back along a path of weapons tests and aggressive brinkmanship. How Trump’s North Korea nuclear talks gambit came undone 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z The U.S. ambassador at the United Nations, Kelly Craft, said the Trump administration also “rejects Iran’s use of nuclear brinkmanship to normalize its destabilizing behavior.” US will `curb malign Iranian behavior’ if it doesn’t stop 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The Senate’s vote on Thursday marks an end to a period of brinkmanship over federal spending. Congress passes $1.4 trillion spending packages one day before shutdown deadline 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z About the only thing the parties seemed ready to agree on was a new election date — though not without some Talmudic debate and another round of 11th-hour brinkmanship. Israel Heads to Record Third Election, Extending Deadlock 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Critics say Seoul dug itself into a hole by threatening to terminate the pact while desperately seeking U.S. help to end its dispute with Tokyo, a brinkmanship that clearly damaged its trust with Washington. Seoul faces major decision over military pact with Tokyo 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Officials and analysts in South Korea saw the North as resorting to its characteristic brinkmanship to gain leverage over Washington, rather than giving up dialogue completely. North Korea Rules Out Quick Resumption of ‘Sickening’ Talks with U.S. 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z The former Texas governor's deference earned him many fans in Congress, with even Democrats avoiding the political brinkmanship and hostility shown to other members of President Trump's Cabinet. Rick Perry’s most surprising legacy as energy secretary could be bigger science budget 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z It will eventually become a game of brinkmanship at sea. Perspective | Greece’s new prime minister wants to turn the country around 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z What seems clear is that this remains a game of brinkmanship, with all sides still hoping to be able to pull back from a direct military confrontation. Iran defiant after US-Saudi troops move 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Israel now faces an uncertain period of brinkmanship and hardball negotiating in which the possible scenarios are too numerous to list and the outcome impossible to handicap. After a Divisive Israeli Election, Calls for Unity 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Just five months after the last inconclusive ballot, the country could now face weeks of feverish coalition negotiations, political paralysis, brinkmanship and instability. With Israel Election Results Too Close to Call, Netanyahu Appears in Peril 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The former Texas governor's deference earned him many fans in Congress, with even Democrats avoiding the political brinkmanship and hostility shown to other members of President Trump's Cabinet. Rick Perry’s most surprising legacy as energy secretary could be bigger science budget 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z “He is also using brinkmanship, putting pressure on Japan to back down and at the same time hoping that the United States will intervene.” Embattled at Home, South Korea’s Leader Turns on Japan, Stoking Old Hostilities 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z And public taunting, saber-rattling and domestic politics are all contributing to an atmosphere of volatility and brinkmanship. The Israel-Iran Shadow War Escalates and Breaks Into the Open 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z While Iowa farmer Miller saw Trump’s brinkmanship with China as a necessary gamble to help American workers, the ethanol waivers smacked to him of favoritism for a wealthy and powerful industry - Big Oil. Farmers’ loyalty to Trump tested over new corn-ethanol rules 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Global political brinkmanship is adding to uncertainty just as factories around the world slow production and businesses hold off on investment, stoking fears of a more concerted slowdown. How Politics Constrain the Federal Reserve and Other Economists 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The public face of the new government’s brinkmanship, Mr. Cummings, served previously as a mastermind of the 2016 Brexit Leave campaign. What if Parliament Voted Out Boris Johnson, but He Refused to Go? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Pyongyang launches what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, the third test in just over a week, an activity seen as brinkmanship over stalled nuclear negotiations. 10 Things to Know for Today 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The deal passed on Thursday suspends the debt ceiling through July 31, 2021, removing the threat of default and the accompanying risk of political brinkmanship that typically accompanies debt limit negotiations. Senate passes two-year budget and debt ceiling bill, will send it to Trump 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The pending deal would seek to extend the debt ceiling and set new spending levels for two years, ratcheting back the budget brinkmanship that led to a record-long government shutdown earlier this year. Emerging budget deal likely to include few or no actual spending cuts, while lifting debt limit for two years 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Serious economic policy thinkers aren’t comforted by this sort of brinkmanship. Column: With the debt ceiling fight, Congress and Trump are playing with fire -- again 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z “They’re caught between two parties, the U.S. and Iran, who are in a brinkmanship dynamic,” Mr. Malley said in an interview Monday. European nations scramble to preserve Iran nuclear deal 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z In past rounds of budget brinkmanship, Trump repeatedly shifted stances or undercut his own top lieutenants, leading Democrats to question whether they have a partner in the White House they can work with. White House pushes Congress to strike deal as Treasury could run out of cash faster 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z "Such brinkmanship and extortion tactics will neither resolve the current impasse nor bring Iran sanctions relief. The path the regime is now on will only deepen its international isolation and raise the dangers it faces." Iran nuclear deal breaches are extortion, says US 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Mr Ravanchi said reports that Iran may dramatically raise levels of uranium enrichment to 20% purity in "phase 3" were hypothetical, suggesting a certain amount of brinkmanship. Europe 'must compensate' Iran to save nuclear deal 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Iran and the EU are likely to meet again before 7 July in what will probably be a decisive meeting in an episode of diplomatic brinkmanship. Iran breaks nuclear deal and puts pressure on EU over sanctions 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z In response to a question about Middle East policy, Biden launched into a passionate critique of Trump’s scuttling of the Iran nuclear deal and the ongoing brinkmanship with that nation. In Seattle and Eastside fundraisers, Biden touts his support for LGBTQ rights and charges Trump with ripping the nation’s ‘moral fabric’ 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, Mexican tariffs and Iran — is politically risky for the president, who is increasingly employing brinkmanship in an effort to achieve key policy goals. Trump’s erratic policy moves put national security at risk, experts warn 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Some saw a method to the perceived madness — a potentially shrewd act of brinkmanship. Trump’s Iran Reversal Raises Allies’ Doubts Over His Tactics, and U.S. Power 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z But with the United States and Iran still locked in an adversarial pose, with none of their underlying grievances resolved, the prospect for fresh brinkmanship loomed as U.S. officials contemplated an alternative response. ‘We were cocked & loaded’: Trump’s account of Iran attack plan facing scrutiny 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump’s brinkmanship with Iran is on the boil, spilling beyond diplomacy to a planned air attack on Iran that Trump said he ordered, then pulled back at least for now. The Latest: Trump to nominate Esper to lead Pentagon 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The threat may be brinkmanship, but, in theory, that uranium could also be used to fuel a bomb within a year. What Will Follow Trump’s Cancelled Strike on Iran? 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The reported contact with Oman suggests the White House might have been involved in brinkmanship with Tehran, but pulled back when Iran did not flinch. Trump says he stopped airstrike on Iran because 150 would die 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z In a move seen as a brazen act of brinkmanship, Turkey dispatched gunboats to prevent the Italian energy company ENI from conducting drilling operations commissioned by the Cypriot government last year. Greece and Cyprus call on EU to punish Turkey in drilling dispute 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z In Washington, meanwhile, Democrats described the turbulent week of tariff fears and political brinkmanship as another example of Trump’s claiming credit for fixing a crisis of his own making. Mexican officials hail tariff-averting pact with U.S. even as worries emerge 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z Trump’s threats to ramp up levies on Mexican goods had raised fears that the brinkmanship could backfire by contributing to a slowdown of U.S. economic growth. Trump announces migration deal with Mexico, averting threatened tariffs 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z However, Nadler has refused to cancel the proposed vote prior to beginning any new negotiations, but also criticized what he deemed DOJ “brinkmanship.” Collins on Nadler’s contempt vote: 'He wants to subpoena everything that moves' 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z “I think we are entering a long period of brinkmanship and uncertainty, with the calls for strikes on one side, and elections on the other,” Mr. Verjee said. Sudan’s Protesters Reject Military Plan a Day After Bloody Crackdown 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The sniping and brinkmanship being played out in public exposed months of behind-the-scenes infighting as negotiations lurched forward. Harvey Weinstein's $44-million settlement with his accusers is in jeopardy 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z A cumbersome state apparatus with 14 levels of government and no clear reconciliation strategy opened the door to continued ethno-nationalist brinkmanship and endemic corruption. Bosnia is close to the edge. We need Europe’s help | Aleksandar Brezar 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z The brinkmanship six weeks after the closely contested April ballot poses another challenge to Netanyahu’s decade-long rule and deepens political uncertainty in a country riven with division. Netanyahu hours away from deadline for forming coalition government 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Some analysts see the launches as measured brinkmanship aimed at increasing pressure on Washington without torpedoing the talks. Trump-Abe summit sparks fears of new North Korean provocation 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Last year, Turkey dispatched gunboats to prevent drilling operations by ENI, an Italian energy company commissioned by the Cypriot government, in what was seen as a brazen act of brinkmanship. Turkey insists on right to drill for energy reserves off Cyprus 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z The renewed brinkmanship has plunged the world’s two largest economies back into a trade war that had seemed on the cusp of ending. Trump Increases China Tariffs as Trade Deal Hangs in the Balance 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The trans-Pacific brinkmanship now spills over to face-to-face negotiations as trade talks resume late Thursday in Washington — just hours before Trump’s latest tariff threats are due to hit $200 billion in Chinese products. China warns of ‘countermeasures’ against U.S. products if Trump increases tariffs 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The two nations will probably make a trade deal soon, patching together a working relationship that has been frayed by about a year of tariffs and economic brinkmanship. Opinion | How Xi overplayed his hand with America 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z The brinkmanship, the dozens of “last ditch” and “cliff edge” summits and debates, the snakes and ladders — for those who like political drama, these are gripping times. Brits pretend they’re sick of Brexit. But truth is they’re obsessed. 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Michael McCarthy, an international affairs professor at George Washington University in Washington, called it brinkmanship: “the closest you can get to provoking without going after Guaidó himself.” Venezuela Crisis Escalates as Guaidó’s Chief of Staff Is Arrested 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Whether the WGA would actually ask clients to fire their agents or whether this is simply negotiating brinkmanship remains to be seen. In a twist, Hollywood writers are feuding with an unlikely subject: Their own agents 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z “It’s a very risky strategy. A lot of people’s livelihoods are at risk just for brinkmanship.” Will Brexit happen? When? And how? The uncertainty is maddening for business. 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z But Mr. Kim returned home empty-handed — without relief from international sanctions — prompting the question of what he will do next: Particularly, will he resume his nuclear and missile brinkmanship to reassert his leverage? Will Kim Jong-un Return to Brinkmanship? Weak Economy Is Forcing His Hand 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z “For any progress to happen, President Trump must avoid swerving back to his dangerous ‘fire and fury’ language and brinkmanship of 2017,” he said. North Korea summit failure called win for Trump 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z In business, he often operated by intimidating his foes, engaging in brinkmanship to force concessions and then moving on to the next project if things unraveled. Art of the retreat: Summit failure further scuffs Trump's dealmaker claims 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Even in times of relative peace the two nations readily engage in brinkmanship and aggressive rhetoric. Q&A: What’s at stake as India-Pakistan tensions rise? 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin must end the brinkmanship that brought them to this precipice and open up talks to resolve their differences. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The mood in the Capitol was less of enthusiasm than relief as negotiators finalized legislation that would end, for now, political brinkmanship over Trump’s demands for money for a southern border wall. Border deal nears passage as lawmakers prepare for votes, with Trump expected to sign 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z But Eric F. Phillips, the mayor’s press secretary, said the threat of federal receivership was “very real,” and it was not the time for brinkmanship. ‘Where the Hell Is HUD and Money?’ De Blasio’s Own Ally Pans Nycha Deal 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z On the 34th day of the shutdown, Jimmy Kimmel discussed the brinkmanship between Trump and Nancy Pelosi over his State of Union address. Jimmy Kimmel on Trump's SOTU delay: 'An embarrassing loss for our embarrassing president' 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Yet in private, key Republicans are signaling more concern about the long-term repercussions of the shutdown and the atmosphere in Washington deteriorating after weeks of bitter brinkmanship and no substantive negotiations to reopen the government. Senate Republicans all but surrender to Trump on wall despite shutdown’s toll 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z But many are beginning to fear that if the continuing brinkmanship between the world’s two largest economies is not resolved, American companies will be left in an even worse position. Pessimism Looms Over Prospect of a Sweeping China Trade Deal 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z It was the latest turn in the high-stakes brinkmanship between Trump and Pelosi that has played out against the stalled negotiations. The Latest: Trump’s plan trades protection for immigrants 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Yet Democrats fear that if they negotiate while the shutdown persists, it would encourage Trump to use such brinkmanship in the future. Who blinks first will matter in Trump, Democrats’ wall fight 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z That’s not how things work when you play brinkmanship with a quarter of the sprawling federal government, especially when it is over something — in this case, a border wall — that most Americans do not want. Opinion | Trump owns this shutdown debacle 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z “It’s high brinkmanship with the Legislature,” said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy organization. PG&E Bankruptcy Tests Who Will Pay for California Wildfires 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The problem was that Trump offered no path to victory — other than brinkmanship. ‘In the White House waiting’: Inside Trump’s defiance on the longest shutdown ever 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Bosack said the brinkmanship would benefit North Korea by potentially making the U.S. military less popular in South Korea and driving a wedge between Washington and Seoul. Trump's demand that South Korea pay more for U.S. troops leads to impasse 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Brexit supporters, some of whom are relaxed about leaving with no deal, believe that further brinkmanship could help Britain’s negotiating position. Brexit Is Coming Down to a Game of Brinkmanship 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Such a move would be a fraught act of brinkmanship at the dawn of a newly divided government, sparking a firestorm with House Democrats and certain challenges in federal courts. Trump aides lay foundation for emergency order to build wall, saying border is in ‘crisis’ 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Closed-door meetings lead to dueling news conferences, leaks about the presidential demands and congressional rejection — those are normal events, based on past shutdowns and congressional brinkmanship. Analysis | Congress isn’t feeling the pressure for a fast deal to end the shutdown — yet 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z The spreading impact shows the risks of border-wall brinkmanship at a time when federal agencies are struggling to cope with soaring numbers of migrant families and asylum seekers crossing the border and swamping U.S. courts. Shutdown worsens strain on U.S. immigration system 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Trump upped the brinkmanship by threatening anew to close the border with Mexico to press Congress to cave to his demand for money to pay for a wall. Dems, Trump trade blame as shutdown slogs into 2nd weekend 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Pelosi is determined to prevent the shutdown brinkmanship from interfering with the Democrats’ assumption of power and her ceremony-soaked return to the speakership. With No Votes Scheduled, a Government Shutdown Will Greet the Democratic House 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Numerous agencies would be affected immediately, and some on Thursday seemed unprepared for the brinkmanship. Trump says he won’t sign Senate deal to avert shutdown, demands funds for border security 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Alongside her well-known traits of grit, stubbornness and secrecy, May’s future biographers may add brinkmanship. With 100 days to go before Brexit, Theresa May is running out the clock 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z More brinkmanship, including a threat to impose sanctions on European companies that do work on the pipeline, is possible as Germans weigh whether to finalize Nord Stream 2. How Trump Made War on Angela Merkel and Europe 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z And they extracted from him a claim of personal responsibility for the current budget brinkmanship. ‘This has spiraled downward’: Democrats introduce Trump to divided government 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z But in Moscow, his death provoked an outpouring of nostalgia Saturday for an American leader who chose careful diplomacy over brinkmanship as the postwar order was thrown into disarray. Moscow looks back with nostalgia: Bush was a steady hand while Soviet Union collapsed 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z This round, too, might involve brinkmanship and delay, at least until after the presidential election. Social Security Runs Short of Money and Ideas Fly on How to Repair It 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Shocked and surprised when Mr. Trump imposed tariffs this year on European steel and aluminum, they are still struggling to cope with his use of brinkmanship to negotiate with a longtime ally. As Trump Threatens Car Tariffs, Europe Prepares to Strike Back 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z So now there’s little choice other than hoping Trump’s brinkmanship works, and doesn’t last too long. Trade war is costing Washington dearly 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z “There is strong appetite for economic brinkmanship from Washington,” he said, noting that the Trump administration’s “diplomatic and political capital” is “declining” in the region. With Trump absent, China and Russia to take center stage at Asia-Pacific summits 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z As Brexit brinkmanship builds, there is also the small but growing chance of a second referendum - an outcome analysts say should boost the pound because it increases the possibility of Britain remaining in the EU. Hedge funds caught short when Brexit talks surprise 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z A 16-year timeline, though, isn’t “particularly harmful,” as long as there’s a clear procedure like the review clause to help avoid last-minute brinkmanship. Republicans worried about time limit of proposed U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Part of the difficulty of discerning where things stand is the mix of agendas involved and the brinkmanship that always accompanies the final stages of negotiations. Opinion | Britain Stumbles Toward Disunion 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The tentative accord could begin to close days of high-stakes brinkmanship that have roiled Washington ahead of midterm elections and threatened to jeopardize Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the court. Talks continue on Kavanaugh accuser’s Thursday hearing 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z The tentative accord could begin to close days of high-stakes brinkmanship that have roiled Washington ahead of midterm elections and threatened to jeopardize Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the court. Talks continue on Kavanaugh accuser’s Thursday hearing 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Just one year ago, South Korea was in the midst of high-stakes brinkmanship between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim after a period of increased North Korean nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missile tests. Trump praises Kim Jong-un denuclearization pledge: ‘tremendous progress’ 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Trump’s letter to Congress capped a chaotic day of posturing and brinkmanship between the United States and one of its closest allies. Trump to advance trade deal with Mexico after NAFTA talks with Canada falter 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z In steering the country from nuclear brinkmanship to diplomacy, he hopes to build trade ties and ease the pressure of sanctions. Kim Jong-un Focuses on Economy as Nuclear Talks With U.S. Stall 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z His brinkmanship carries little domestic political risk for Erdogan, who was reelected in June and assumed vast new powers under a new presidential system. Erdogan capitalizes on Trump’s effort to break and isolate Turkey 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z He may be as talented as Trump is in brinkmanship, and he is a tough, wily negotiator. Tensions increase between U.S. and Turkey over detained American pastor. Here are the players involved 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z More likely, the report argued, trade brinkmanship will continue until global financial markets weaken, leading to a deal that results in some of the most severe risks being taken off the table. What Will Cause the Next Recession? A Look at the 3 Most Likely Possibilities 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps Mr. Trump is simply importing the brinkmanship and bluffing he espoused, in his real estate days, as negotiating tactics. Trump Shakes the International Order. Could It Break? 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z If his trade brinkmanship so far is any indication, the president seems willing to risk these dire results. America Needs the WTO 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The pause in brinkmanship reflects the quandary now facing Beijing. After Trump's new round of tariffs, China may either have to blink or widen the trade war 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z It might seem like psychological brinkmanship, but surely anything is better than the alternative – the most ubiquitous Tinder opening: “hey”. Investidating: why deep photo analysis has become part of online hook-ups 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The brinkmanship is not unusual and is often baked into government budget negotiations with threats of a shutdown serving as catalysts to last-minute deals. Feud Over Millionaire’s Tax Inches New Jersey Closer to Shutdown 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The insults and nuclear brinkmanship alarmed other world leaders, who feared war and a new nuclear arms race. Trump officially declares N. Korea still a threat, despite his claim after historic summit 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z One investor noted the brinkmanship of Trump’s strategy. U. S. stocks slump in global sell-off after Trump threatens more tariffs on China 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Our present leaders engage in such brinkmanship at every corner of the globe — even with our closest allies. Opinion | The Trump administration’s demands are disturbingly reminiscent of 1914 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Answered the other way round, what China most definitely doesn't want is any more nuclear brinkmanship on its border. China waits in the wings of Trump-Kim talks 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Last August, he said the exchange of fiery rhetoric and brinkmanship filled with nuclear threats was "more like two big kids deciding who's the toughest". Dennis Rodman: The Trump-Kim matchmaker? 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z After four years of legislative squabbling and brinkmanship, Virginia expanded its Medicaid program. Opinion | The Medicaid fallout for the Virginia Senate’s Gang of Four 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z You may be hoping that the Trump administration’s trade brinkmanship will lead to better access for your products abroad. The Economy Can Handle Steel and Aluminum Tariffs. The Real Risk Is Erratic Policy. 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The sweetening tone was just the latest change in a roller-coaster game of brinkmanship - talks about talks with two unpredictable world leaders trading threats and blandishments. Trump shifts stance on Korea summit from ‘off’ to ‘maybe’ 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z The sweetening tone was just the latest change in a roller-coaster game of brinkmanship. Trump shifts stance on Korea summit from ‘off’ to ‘maybe’ 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The president’s surprise exit capped weeks of high-stakes brinkmanship between the two unpredictable leaders over nuclear negotiating terms for their unprecedented sit-down. Trump welcomes NK ‘warm’ response to canceled summit 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z His letter could produce a renewed confrontation that would be damaging for U.S. relations with South Korea and China, in addition to resuming the brinkmanship with Pyongyang. Opinion | Trump’s risky breakup letter to Kim Jong Un 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The governor’s real failure was his inability to lead and sustain a thoughtful debate, and choosing instead the brinkmanship of a veto threat and the deadline pressure of encroaching adjournment. Editorials from around New England 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Many analysts view the threats as typical North Korean brinkmanship, doubting that they will derail the process. South Korea asks: Who is that mystery man with Pompeo and Kim? 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z It remains unclear whether the North’s sudden shift in attitude signaled a return to brinkmanship or mere posturing before the summit meeting, which is slated to take place in Singapore. North Korea’s Sudden Shift Puts South’s Leader on the Spot 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z He also appeared to walk back from brinkmanship that has threatened the United States’ trade talks with China. In About-Face on Trade, Trump Vows to Protect ZTE Jobs in China 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z “He managed to convince Washington that Pyongyang would change course after a year of brinkmanship. He convinced Pyongyang he would be able to move Washington.” Moon shines as he drives diplomacy with Pyongyang 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z No. His brinkmanship in bilateral trade negotiations is damaging U.S. agricultural and manufacturing interests. It’s Trump’s Iran Deal Now 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z “They play brinkmanship very artfully, but also out of careful calculation. And with this administration, they cannot really calculate.” For Netanyahu, Vindication and New Risk After Trump’s Iran Decision 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z And it is a clear example of Middle East brinkmanship that runs counter to what President Barack Obama intended when the nuclear deal was struck in July 2015. Behind Trump’s Termination of Iran Deal Is Risky Bet That U.S. Can ‘Break the Regime’ 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The threat of sanctions—and how strictly the U.S. plans to apply them—is part of the brinkmanship of negotiations. Companies Reassess Iran Operations as Sanctions Loom 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z In a world of Trump brinkmanship, all that could allow time for further negotiations. Unswayed by Allies, Trump Is Expected to Leave Iran Deal, Diplomats Say 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z His “America First” campaign of tariff threats, renegotiated trade deals and eyeball-to-eyeball brinkmanship may not have reduced the trade deficit. Nothing is certain about Trump’s trade policy other than the uncertainty 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z After years of disappointments and failed negotiations, a harder attitude prevails: One of the main goals now, for South Korea’s government and its people, is simply a lowering of tensions following a year of brinkmanship. South Koreans Take a Reality Check Ahead of Summit With North 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The Russians will undoubtedly try to protect their bases, if attacked, so the situation is fraught with superpower brinkmanship and the danger of accidental conflict. Syria: What can Western military intervention achieve? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Once the bank of photographers recedes from Zuckerberg's table and committee members adjust their microphones and talking points, a bristling mix of personalities, egos and brinkmanship is expected to unfold. Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before Congress has the makings of riveting televised political drama 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z It followed a year of threats, personal insults and nuclear brinkmanship between their respective leaders. N Korea to discuss denuclearisation - US 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z He believes the high-stakes brinkmanship is a way to get China to the negotiating table, where Trump will advocate for rural Americans, as he promised on the campaign trail. Analysis | They voted for Donald Trump. Now soybean farmers could get slammed by the trade war he started. 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z And more Americans would get hurt the further the brinkmanship goes, especially if the stock market sell-off ends one of the longest bull markets in U.S. history. Analysis | China just gut-punched Trump on trade. Is it time to get worried? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Last month, Turkish warships were ordered to prevent drilling operations by ENI, an Italian energy company commissioned by Cyprus’s government, in what was seen as a brazen act of brinkmanship. Turkey to send drill ship to contested gas field off Cyprus 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z And where Tillerson was a voice of restraint, Pompeo, an advocate of regime change in Pyongyang, is more likely to encourage brinkmanship. White House firings signal Trump's most hawkish era yet on North Korea and Iran 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z He has defended his brinkmanship toward North Korea by noting that the policies of past administrations had not shut down the North Korean nuclear program. Perspective | Trump promised this kind of presidency — unpredictable, ad hoc and impulsive 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Schumer suspects, as do many lawmakers in the Capitol, that Trump’s opposition to the project is aimed at winning leverage to fund the border wall, but the brinkmanship is adding uncertainty to the negotiations. Money’s not the problem as lawmakers tackle spending bill 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z If all fails, it is back to brinkmanship. US surprise at 'dramatic' N Korea shift 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z I can't see any real good coming from this, but it's better than nuclear brinkmanship. Trump Accepts North Korea’s Invitation to Discuss Its Nuclear Program 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z If all fails. it is back to brinkmanship. The political gamble of the 21st Century 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The account of how the deal came together — and how it briefly fell apart — adds a dimension of brinkmanship to the public understanding of the transaction. Days before the election, Stormy Daniels threatened to cancel deal to keep alleged affair with Trump secret 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Budgetary brinkmanship on behalf of illegal aliens risks alienating a growing left-populist base, whose members worry more about their own long-suffering bank balances. Civil War in the Democratic Party 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z He refused to accept that the document is part of a game of brinkmanship, saying: “I never bluff.” EU unveils Brexit draft, ramping up pressure on Britain 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z “He has nothing to lose and everything to gain by engaging in more Putin-like brinkmanship.” President Xi’s Strongman Rule Raises New Fears of Hostility and Repression 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z The Trump administration will be wary of this new phase in Korean brinkmanship—but not as opposed as some think. New Formula: Pressure Plus Diplomacy on North Korea 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z At the very least, the stage looks set for brinkmanship, if not an open trade war. Boeing’s biggest trade fight could spark a U.S. confrontation with Europe 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z In Washington’s latest display of governance by brinkmanship, the bipartisan accord bolstering military and domestic programs and deepening federal deficits crossed the finish line just before dawn - but not before the government shut down overnight. Immigration fight looks tougher after budget debate 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z In Washington’s latest display of governance by brinkmanship, the bipartisan accord bolstering military and domestic programs and deepening federal deficits crossed the finish line just before dawn — but not before the government shut down overnight. Immigration fight looks tougher after budget debate 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z “This budget deal is a genuine breakthrough. After months of fiscal brinkmanship, this budget deal is the first real sprout of bipartisanship.” Budget deal shows high cost of bipartisanship 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Senate negotiators rushed on Wednesday to forge a two-year budget plan that would ease Washington’s spending brinkmanship, even as President Donald Trump backed a government shutdown if it does not include his demands on immigration. Senate rushes to clinch budget deal to avert government shutdown 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z “Artists manage extraordinary balancing acts,” he wrote, “not merely of survival or brinkmanship but of analysis and raw nerve.” 'He wanted to get a rise out of people' - the violent paintings of Leon Golub 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z For the senator to suddenly pretend he sees no value in brinkmanship and hostage taking is to treat the public as fools. McConnell laments 'hostage-taking' as irony weeps in the corner 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Kaine, whose shutdown-averse state is home to the largest concentration of federal workers in the country, had praised the short-term spending bill in December as a “solution that avoided brinkmanship.” Shutdown could hurt Democrats seeking reelection in Trump states 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z In response to Trump’s volatile brand of dealmaking and brinkmanship, Moscow has sought to present itself as a trustworthy interlocutor. A year of Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda has radically changed the U.S. role in the world 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Senate negotiators rushed on Wednesday to forge a two-year budget plan that would ease Washington’s spending brinkmanship, even as President Donald Trump backed a government shutdown if it does not include his demands on immigration. Senate rushes to clinch budget deal to avert government shutdown 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z His nuclear brinkmanship with North Korea seems to involve a belief that nuclear war might just be feasible as a means, short of a blood bath, to bloody Kim Jong-un’s nose. Opinion | Year One in Donald Trump’s World 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z The Senate’s vote, late Friday, came after a day of budget brinkmanship in Washington that included the 90-minute Oval Office session between Trump and Schumer. US government shuts down, following fruitless last-minute negotiations 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z That confidence has emboldened Democrats to engage in some brinkmanship that they may have steered away from with a less bombastic figure in the White House. Shutdown? It Could Be Forgotten in a Trumpian Flash 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The Senate’s vote, late Friday night, came after a day of budget brinkmanship in Washington that included a last-minute negotiating session between Mr. Trump and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader. Government Shutdown Begins as Budget Talks Falter in Senate 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z “Its main implication for the U.S.’s sovereign creditworthiness would depend on whether it foreshadowed a further destabilization of US budget policymaking, or brinkmanship over the federal debt limit,” Fitch said. Possible U.S. shutdown won't affect U.S.'s AAA-rating: Fitch 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Security Council last month approved the most far-reaching sanctions against his regime for his nuclear brinkmanship. Don’t be fooled by North Korea’s Olympics stunt 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z In the meantime, as Congress points towards yet another round of brinkmanship over keeping the government open, lawmakers are growing frustrated with the process. US government shutdown looms as Republicans struggle to pitch bill 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z But with two days until a federal shutdown the legislative brinkmanship continues. US shutdown looms amid immigration feud 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Mills cautioned, “This is likely to be a week of brinkmanship and the potential of a government shutdown is elevated. Should a shutdown occur, we do not expect much of a market reaction.” U.S. government shutdown looms amid harsh immigration exchange 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z “Its main implication for the U.S.’s sovereign creditworthiness would depend on whether it foreshadowed a further destabilization of US budget policymaking, or brinkmanship over the federal debt limit,” Fitch said. Possible U.S. shutdown won't affect U.S.'s AAA-rating: Fitch 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z But plenty of Democrats — including many who are outspoken supporters of more liberal immigration policies — have voiced discomfort with the idea of engaging in the sort of shutdown brinkmanship that marked the Obama presidency. A division for Democrats: Force a shutdown, or push for a political victory? 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z “Political brinkmanship and a refusal to compromise will only result in further delays and deepening of the political crisis,” he said. UN official condemns Congo’s violent repression of protests 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, is a strong proponent of dialogue with North Korea, even as his country’s American allies say military action remains an option to halt the North’s nuclear brinkmanship. North Korea to Send Athletes to Olympics in South Korea in Breakthrough 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Mills cautioned, “This is likely to be a week of brinkmanship and the potential of a government shutdown is elevated. Should a shutdown occur, we do not expect much of a market reaction.” U.S. government shutdown looms amid harsh immigration exchange 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Such brinkmanship is extraordinarily dangerous, since it may convince Kim he is about to be attacked. Trump, Putin and Xi: a year of tough-guy leaders and foolish brinkmanship 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z “Turkey is following a brinkmanship policy. It is moving on a razor’s edge,” said Filis, noting Turkey’s rapprochement with Russia and Iran were distancing it from the West. Erdogan promotes Turkey as unfettered, independent power 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z On Friday, after The Washington Post reported that Trump is telling friends he would win a showdown with Democrats, Schumer criticized the president for his brinkmanship. Analysis | They have a win, but Republicans may stumble into another chaotic round of negotiations 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z He also decried the larger pattern of fiscal brinkmanship in which both parties have engaged. Trump and Democrats trade insults to start tense month of negotiations on year-end priorities 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z And their expiration would more acutely affect low- and middle-income families, who face drastic tax increases if political brinkmanship thwarts a compromise to extend them. Expiring provisions threaten to upend promised tax relief 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The government is under the control of an erratic racist who engages in nuclear brinkmanship on Twitter. Opinion | Anniversary of the Apocalypse 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Robert Blakeley, whose yellow-and-black fallout shelter sign became a grim symbol of the Cold War and, in many places across the country, a now-rusting reminder of the perils of nuclear brinkmanship, died Oct. Robert Blakeley, whose fallout shelter sign was a grim reminder of nuclear war, dies at 95 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z In his latest display of brinkmanship, Puigdemont sent a letter to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy just minutes before a deadline set by Madrid for him to backtrack on his calls to secede. Spain’s main parties agree new Catalan election needed 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z After his military briefing, Kennedy spent the rest of his day carrying on as if the Soviets and Americans were not engaged in nuclear brinkmanship. Opinion | JFK could help us prevent nuclear war 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z While most states will be OK until December, the brinkmanship and uncertainty is anxiety-inducing, as state budget-writers brace for potentially devastating cuts. Congress, don’t toy with children’s health 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z The end to D.C. business-as-usual just created a new normal of brinkmanship and gridlock. Opinion | The Bannon Revolution 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z But it seems likely that he will embark on a dangerous and pointless game of brinkmanship with Tehran by refusing to recertify the deal to Congress. Opinion | Trump’s dangerous folly on the Iran deal 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z What else is the plot of Batman v Superman but an imagined game of brinkmanship in which a simple misunderstanding, a stitch-up job fuelled by machismo, pushes two titans to the edge of war? In our troubled world, disaster movies are becoming obsolete | Ryan Gilbey 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Yet current and former senior officials said it was clear that Mr. Trump would continue his brinkmanship, particularly his belligerent tweets, no matter what his advisers do or say. Is Trump All Talk on North Korea? The Uncertainty Sends a Shiver 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z While most states will be OK until December, the brinkmanship and uncertainty is anxiety-inducing, as state budget-writers brace for potentially devastating cuts. Congress, don’t toy with children’s health 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z But Kim Jong-un’s unprecedented personal statement released on Friday, and his foreign minister’s threat to test a nuclear weapon over the Pacific Ocean, represent a new level of brinkmanship by the government. North Korea Hits New Level of Brinkmanship in Reacting to Trump 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z But many Kurdish politicians are dismayed by his brinkmanship. A Kurdish referendum on independence risks backfiring 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z But a permanent solution to the borrowing cap could eliminate the kind of legislative brinkmanship that leads to federal shutdowns. Morning Agenda: An End to Debt-Ceiling Fights, Maybe 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The Cuban missile crisis is the ultimate moment of nuclear brinkmanship. Opinion | History shows us how calamitous the North Korea crisis could become 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Gone are the confrontational talk of a government shutdown and the brinkmanship over the debt limit. Hurricane Harvey Shifts Political Winds in Washington 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Military brinkmanship and Trump’s attempt to draw strategic “red lines” over US territory, such as Guam, are not stopping the North from improving its missile and nuclear capabilities. North Korea’s missiles can be stopped – but not by ‘fire and fury’ | John Nilsson-Wright 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z But under divided government, Washington state lawmakers in recent years have wrestled with record-long legislative sessions, brinkmanship that threatened state government shutdowns, and closed-door negotiations over critical budget and education proposals. Does divided Olympia remind you of a certain other gridlocked capital? 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z “I think it eliminates maneuver space for him, because it looks like brinkmanship to me,” said Adm. Officials downplay idea that nuclear war with North Korea is imminent 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z “We’re big and they’re small, so they use brinkmanship” as a strategy for improving their power in the equation — pushing as far as they dare, then pulling back. No sane person wants to use nukes. So what’s the deal with Trump and Kim Jong Un? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z The wild card in the current situation is how far President Trump's rhetorical brinkmanship will deter the North from pushing ahead with its missile testing programme. North Korea crisis: What does Kim Jong-un really want? - BBC News 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z And his thoughts on atomic weaponry reflect a certain strain of Cold War arms-race enthusiasm and diplomatic brinkmanship. News Daily: Trump's warning and Grenfell money - BBC News 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z This protracted prep period would be a time of nuclear brinkmanship. Opinion | In dealing with North Korea, Trump needs allies — not bombast 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z His comments on North Korea, for instance, are unlikely to calm jitters around the world over the escalating nuclear brinkmanship between Trump and North Korea’s erratic leader, Kim Jong Un. ‘When you put this guy in a cage and think you’re controlling him, things like this happen’ 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z |
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