hawks and doves

Cultural  

1. Popularly, “hawks” are those who advocate an aggressive foreign policy based on strong military power. “Doves” try to resolve international conflicts without the threat of force.

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Example Sentences

The sometimes-conflicting messages suggest that Powell has sought to balance competing demands from hawks and doves on the Fed’s interest-rate setting committee.

From Seattle Times

The meeting this week "will likely set the stage for a ... period where hawks and doves duke it out over the June policy decision," said Joe Brusuelas, chief U.S. economist at RSM.

From Reuters

Both hawks and doves in policy circles in Seoul will have reason to feel disappointed by the Washington Declaration, which “neither signals a push for dialogue with Pyongyang nor promises Seoul getting a nuclear deterrent of its own,” said John Delury, an East Asia scholar at Yonsei University in Seoul.

From New York Times

Hawks and doves is central-bank shorthand for the tension between policymakers more concerned about the risks of inflation - hawks - and those who prioritize the Fed's other goal of maximum employment - doves.

From Reuters

Participants also judged that an increase of 50 or 75 basis points would likely be appropriate at the policy meeting later this month, a show of unanimity that has erased typical fault lines between inflation “hawks” and “doves.”

From Reuters