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Gunboat Diplomacy is a Diplomatic Policy Card in Civilization VI. In Gathering Storm, it is unlocked with Ideology.
Strategy[]
Gunboat Diplomacy is a substantial improvement over Charismatic Leader: it provides twice as many 
Influence points toward earning 
Envoys and also gives you Open Borders with all city-states. It can help you win a Domination Victory by giving your army and navy much greater freedom of movement, or a Diplomatic Victory (in Gathering Storm) by helping you earn the Envoys you need to become the Suzerain of multiple city-states and receive more 
Diplomatic Favor.
Civilopedia entry[]
Gunboat diplomacy – or, in Teddy’s words, the “Big Stick” policy – is the pursuit of foreign policy objectives through conspicuous demonstrations of overwhelming military force, with the threat of open hostilities underlying the display by the more powerful nation. Roosevelt himself described it as “the exercise of intelligent forethought and of decisive action sufficiently far in advance of any likely crisis.” The term came into popular usage during the period of European imperialism, as the colonial powers used the presence of warships to force concessions (e.g. Perry's Black Ship, the Paknam Incident, etc.).
See also[]
- Gunboat Diplomacy in other games
