shuttlecock diplomacy

shuttlecock diplomacy (plural shuttlecock diplomacies)

1. Alternative form of shuttle diplomacy
   • 1988, Anwarul Haque Haqqi, West Asia Since Camp David, page 83:

     Afghanistan, the traditional buffer state between the British and the Russian powers in Central Asia, passed into the hands of the communists of that country while the Americans were intensifying their shuttlecock diplomacy between the Arabs and Israel and, shortly after the Camp David peace process had borne some intended result with some climatic stimulants fot eh Afghan rebels, the Karmal government came to get planted in that country with the sharp follow-up of the Soviet military intervention.

   • 2013, Imre Kertész, Dossier K: A Memoir:

     Rumours about the shuttlecock diplomacy being conducted by Prime Minister Miklós Kállay went the rounds, with people saying that “a deal” was going to be struck with the Allies behind the backs of the Germans.

   • 2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 287:

     Behind the scenes, international shuttlecock diplomacy moved at a frenzied pace.