diplomacy

gunboat diplomacy

if a country uses gunboat diplomacy, it uses the threat of military force to make another country obey it. Gunboat diplomacy is a dangerous option in the age of nuclear weapons.

shuttle diplomacy

an attempt to make peace between two groups of people who refuse to meet and talk to each other by meeting both groups separately and travelling between them. The shuttle diplomacy continues this week as ambassadors fly to Paris for more talks with the French.