0 the activity, especially in politics, of trying to get what you want by saying that if you do not get it, you will do something dangerous: --
1 the activity, especially in politics, of trying to get what you want by saying that if you do not get it, you will do something that could be harmful or dangerous: --
The purpose of the exercise was political brinkmanship and to cover up the clear divisions between the individual authorities.
It should be made clear to them that brinkmanship will not suffice next time round.
Then, the threat of nuclear war had its deterrent effect on brinkmanship.
It is this element of brinkmanship which concerns me.
But by the blackmail of brinkmanship it has more than once brought us to the very edge of the precipice of human disaster.
The reason we are taking this position is not some dangerous piece of brinkmanship.
Unless the détente gathers strength quickly, there will be further crises, and brinkmanship will not always pay.
In these events there were two essays, and we must not forget that there were two, in "brinkmanship".
