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But, judging by the appetite shown worldwide for this narrative, it seems clear that identification with such
adventures
is almost universal.
Before a lasting peace can be achieved, the US will need to reflect on the mistakes that characterized its post-Cold War period of hegemony, when its unilateral military
adventures
and neo-imperial ambitions left it overstretched, highly indebted, and locked in perpetual war.
Similarly, military
adventures
in the South China Sea could damage China’s links to the rest of the world long before it is able to count on domestic demand for economic growth.
Leaders whose foreign-policy
adventures
end in defeat do not usually survive long in office.
As his term winds down (the next presidential elections are two years away), he will be even less inclined to involve Mexico in foreign
adventures.
Lacking democracy’s most effective brakes on unpopular wars, the US has become relatively free to get itself mired in unwelcome foreign
adventures.
American shame would be salutary if it led Americans to realize that they live in an interdependent world where nations cannot undertake unilateral military
adventures
without suffering unexpected disasters.
Like Austria-Hungary, the EU finds itself lodged between two powerful neighbors: a resurgent Russia intent on regaining lost influence, and a seemingly revisionist United States preoccupied with foreign military
adventures.
Namely, he can try to “wag the dog,” by fabricating an external threat or embarking on foreign military
adventures
to distract his supporters from what he and congressional Republicans have been doing.
Deng Xiaoping warned his compatriots to eschew external
adventures
that might jeopardize internal development.
There would be no room left for
adventures
on either side.
In classical nineteenth-century capitalism, politics and economics were idealized as distinct spheres, with interactions between government and business confined to the (necessary) raising of taxes for military
adventures
and the (harmful) protection of powerful vested interests.
President Barack Obama’s America, rendered prudent by the costs of the country’s military
adventures
in Iraq and Afghanistan, is only too happy to count on the interventionist traditions of Great Britain and France.
Tempered by the US public’s fatigue with overseas adventures, America’s missionary zeal to save the world from the wickedness of faraway autocrats will be reduced substantially.
The Kremlin is pursuing military
adventures
in Eastern Ukraine and Syria, and though these conflicts are limited in scope, one wonders if the country can really afford them.
It is these Putin cronies who now face targeted sanctions by the United States and the European Union over Russia’s recent
adventures
in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Britain was entangled in military
adventures
in Asia and the Middle East.
But, as the master of the political game in Ankara, he will try to shape the agenda, and remain on his current course, by relying on domestic polarization and, perhaps, daring foreign
adventures.
Obama the PragmatistCAMBRIDGE – Last month, in his address to the graduating cadets at the US Military Academy at West Point, President Barack Obama stated that some of America’s most costly mistakes since World War II were the result not of restraint, but of a “willingness to rush into military
adventures
without thinking through the consequences.”
The countries along Zheng’s route therefore recall his
adventures
not just as initiatives to promote trade and establish commercial links, but also as direct military intervention in their affairs, under the pretext of ushering in a harmonious world order under China’s emperor.
India’s
adventures
in space exploration are not merely about its scientists’ ambitions.
Foreign military adventures, after all, are most appealing when the domestic front is on fire.
For Brazil, there can be no satisfaction in seeing so close a neighbor separate itself from international law and engage in dangerous adventures, to the ultimate detriment of its own people.
In the case of Brazil, it means that the people are no longer willing to accept or vote for the heterodox political and economic
adventures
that characterized the 1980’s and early 1990’s.
This may translate into military
adventures
abroad and repression at home.
Other byproducts of both the Beijing and Brisbane summits were some usefully clear messages to Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the unacceptability of his Ukraine
adventures
(though Abbott’s message was more diplomatic than the “shirtfront” entertainment he promised); accelerated bilateral agreements (for example, a long-awaited Australia-China free trade treaty); and a deserved boost for Obama, following his party’s mid-term election drubbing a few days earlier.
Parties lose ground against the caudillist
adventures
of people like Lopez Obrador in Mexico and Chavez in Venezuela, and congresses are assured only of public antipathy.
If Brazil is to remain on its prosperous path, it must continue to give higher priority to its social and economic programs than to foreign
adventures.
For that, they need access to energy, but they are not about to engage in military or even diplomatic
adventures.
When Americans are forced to choose between foreign
adventures
and higher taxes, they will be much less likely to support expensive military operations abroad.
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