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Gunboat Diplomacy

Gunboat diplomacy or the expression “gunboat politics” is still a reminder of how the gunboat was a symbol of power projection until the beginning of the 20th century. The "gunboat policy" consisted of firing cannons from the sea at the coasts of states that did not pay their financial debts.

Following Venezuela's refusal in 1902 to pay its debts to Germany and the United Kingdom, these countries threatened to use force. Luis María Drago, an Argentine jurist and politician, said that it was not possible to use force to collect debts until peaceful arbitration was reached. This doctrine, known as the Drago Doctrine served as the basis for the second Hague Convention of 1907.

This offensive diplomacy is similar to the Big Stick Doctrine, which under the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, aimed to protect American interests abroad by the threat of the use of force. .

Examples

18th century
Jenkins Ear War
Bombardment of Cabinda (1784)

19th century
Opium War
The Don Pacifico Incident (1850)
Black Ships (1853–54)
Bombing of Zanzibar

20th century
Agadir coup (1911)
Suez Canal crisis (1956-1957)
Taiwan Strait crises ( 1954-55, 1958 and 1995-96)

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