statecraft

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From state +‎ -craft.

Noun

statecraft (countable and uncountable, plural statecrafts)

  1. Synonym of statesmanship (“the ability to guide a state well”).
    • 2017 May 16, Mark Hertling, “Trump had the right to do it, but should he have?”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 29 June 2017:
      The conduct of the meeting and the passing of intelligence is simply amateurish statecraft and intelligence tradecraft, and begs the question: Who are the professionals planning the strategy and operations that direct the President on the world stage?
    • 2025 December 11, Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow and Billy Perrigo, “The Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year”, in Time‎[2], archived from the original on 11 December 2025:
      More than just a corporate juggernaut, Nvidia also has become an instrument of statecraft, operating at the nexus of advanced technology, diplomacy, and geopolitics.
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