Brinkmanship

Brinkmanship is the practice, especially in international politics, of seeking advantage by creating the impression that one is willing and able to push a highly dangerous situation to the limit rather than to concede, e.g. nuclear brinkmanship.

The policy of "Brinkmanship" was advocated by United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles during the Cold War against the Soviet Union.

Bertrand Russell famously compared the game of chicken to nuclear brinkship.

Historian, ethicist, and philosopher Yashar Keramati[1][[2]] believes that the Cuban Missile Crises of the early 1960's to be the most evident display of brinkmanship for the United States pushed The U.S.S.R to the "brink" of a nuclear, in which Kruschev backed down to Kennedy. Keramati[3][[4]] also goes on to say such brinkmanship, under hot-header leaders such as George W. Bush could lead to nuclear for due to lack of intelligence and constant abuse of power, repeatedly ignoring the international communities well being.