Sentence examples for diplomatic machinations from inspiring English sources
For all the diplomatic machinations, Israel argues, with some Western backing, that the reality on the ground is what counts.
Yet the book makes no effort to sort out the political and diplomatic machinations that shaped policy.
Things trail off, after a smart opening full of intrigue about government agents, intergalactic diplomatic machinations and enjoyable encounters with unpleasant, moonshine-drinking humans alongside sophisticated friendly aliens.
There has long been a disconnect between those fighting and bleeding inside Syria and the political and diplomatic machinations of those in exile.
The picture that emerges is one of shifting allegiances and diplomatic machinations in which one city state, Palenque, was manoeuvred out of an area of rich farmland by two other states.Mayan religion, by contrast, still seems a little confusing.
They lay bare at least some of Washington's "cynical" and "unscrupulous" diplomatic machinations (although the state department's "front office" mischief is mild compared to the "back room" operations of the CIA and other covert forces).
He surrendered America's diplomatic authority to the machinations of Clemenceau and Lloyd George, who proceeded to impose the economically crippling terms on the Central Powers that helped shape the future political landscapes of Germany and Austria.
In April 1798 the machinations of the three French agents (called X, Y, and Z in the diplomatic correspondence) were made public in the United States.
Western machinations need willing partners.
