brinkmanship

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.

Usage notes
Refers especially to the threat of nuclear weapons / nuclear war.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 邊緣政策
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: afgrondpolitiek, riskant buitenlands beleid
 * Finnish:
 * French: stratégie du bord de l’abyme
 * German: gewagtes Spiel, Hochrisikopolitik,
 * Irish: bruachaireacht
 * Italian: politica del rischio calcolato
 * Japanese: 瀬戸際政策, 瀬戸際戦術
 * Korean: 벼랑끝 전술
 * Portuguese:, diplomacia arriscada, peribelismo
 * Russian: балансирование на грани, опасная игра, хождение по краю
 * Spanish: política del borde del abismo
 * Swedish: högt spel
 * Turkish: tırmandırma siyaseti
 * Ukrainian: балансування над прірвою, балансування на межі
 * Welsh: dibynfentro