brinkmanship 邊緣策略

brinkmanship
繁:邊緣策略;邊際策略
简:边缘策略;边际策略

他使用的是「邊際策略」(brinkmanship):通過認為製造不存在的危機,不惜把雙方拉至戰爭邊緣,卻在危機不可收拾前退讓,以謀求最大利益。例如瓦魯法基斯警告,希臘不再希望債權人減免逾3000億歐羅的借款,而是建議換貸,以永久債券換取歐洲央行手上的希臘債券;又聲稱若被迫脫離歐羅區,就會放大批非法移民進入歐洲國家;更提出向德國追討二戰賠償。

沈旭暉(2015年7月6日)。博弈論、邊際策略與希臘公投。信報財經新聞,A24版。

不錯世上有所謂「邊緣策略」(brinkmanship),那是始創於美國總統艾森豪時期的國務卿杜勒斯(John Foster Dulles),意思是指將衝突情况逐步升級,直至戰爭爆發邊緣,藉此施加強大壓力,迫使對方作出對己有利的退讓。

蔡子強(2013年4月11日)。核戰邊緣的博弈:「瘋子策略」抑或是「瘋子」?。明報,A32版。

For five months, the Greek government has been attempting to change the nature of the eurozone through brinkmanship. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was elected on a promise that he could keep Greece in the eurozone while embarking on a major expansion of public spending. The only way he could hope to fulfill this promise was by forcing the rest of the eurozone to abandon its rules-based approach to bailouts and instead cough up the cash to fund his giveaways with minimal conditions.

Nixon, S. (2015, June 21). A Reckoning for Greek Brinkmanship. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-reckoning-for-greek-brinkmanship-1434919720.