Brinkmanship

: Perhaps the most famous example, where the US and USSR came "eyeball-to-eyeball" on the verge of nuclear war before reaching a deal.

: US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles popularized the term in the 1950s, arguing that the "ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art". Modern Geopolitics : brinkmanship

: Recent "tit-for-tat" signaling and military posturing are often labeled as modern brinkmanship . : Perhaps the most famous example, where the