Appeasement is a foreign policy strategy in which a state seeks to avoid conflict by making concessions to an aggressive power. The goal is to maintain peace and stability, often by yielding to some of the demands of the aggressor. This approach is most famously associated with the policies of Britain and France toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s. While intended to prevent war, appeasement is often criticized for encouraging further aggression by signaling weakness or lack of resolve.

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