(A) ** Let your military might get you what you want.
(B) Don’t be tricked by foreign leaders.
(C) Always listen before you speak when conducting foreign relations.
(D) Don’t be too loud when dealing with other countries.
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Concept note-1: -The idea is negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong. Simultaneously threatening with the “big stick", or the military, ties in heavily with the idea of Realpolitik, which implies a pursuit of political power that resembles Machiavellian ideals.