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In the ’90s and 2000s, under Senegalese presidents Abdou Diouf and Abdoulaye Wade, who extended Leopold Senghor’s vision of art as statecraft, Dak’Art benefited from government backing not just as a matter of policy but because these presidents understood that culture mattered.
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Smooth Nzewi, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
The primary goal of Iranian statecraft, Margaret, is survival of the regime.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Although gunboat diplomacy declined as a routine instrument of statecraft after World War II, naval power continued to serve as a visible means of signaling resolve.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Indeed, the covert interventions so central to the Cold War, which these men embodied, relied on some of the cruelest instruments in the tool kit of modern statecraft—assassination, coup d’état, mass murder, psychological manipulation, surrogate warfare, torture, and terror.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
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Smooth Nzewi, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
The primary goal of Iranian statecraft, Margaret, is survival of the regime.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Although gunboat diplomacy declined as a routine instrument of statecraft after World War II, naval power continued to serve as a visible means of signaling resolve.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Indeed, the covert interventions so central to the Cold War, which these men embodied, relied on some of the cruelest instruments in the tool kit of modern statecraft—assassination, coup d’état, mass murder, psychological manipulation, surrogate warfare, torture, and terror.
—Alfred McCoy, Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Statecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statecraft. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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statecraft
noun
state·craft
ˈstāt-ˌkraft 
: the art of conducting government affairs
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