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No one seems to know how to respond to China’s diplomatic and military muscle flexing in Asia, for the extent of China’s ambitions remains utterly unclear.
Thus, an unexpected window of opportunity has opened for the Kurds to achieve full independence, though their dependence on good relations with both Turkey and Iran for access to global markets will moderate their political ambitions.
There are other areas in which we must make progress if the EU’s military resources are to be brought into line with its political ambitions.
Now, women like Noushin, a student from Esfahan who told the BBC that she wanted to be a mechanical engineer, are unable to achieve their ambitions, despite getting high scores on their entrance exams.
It depends, first, on whether leadership ambitions and divisions over Brexit consume the Conservative Party and, second, on whether the recent rebellion of more than 50 senior Labour members over Corbyn’s Brexit policy escalates.
Russia’s assistance to Iran in realizing its nuclear ambitions also falls into the category of self-destructive folly.
Meanwhile, just as Europe’s bold experiment in international governance is faltering, Russia is emerging as a dangerous rival to the EU, one that has global geopolitical ambitions and is willing to use force.
Moreover, despite the changes in Iran since its presidential election in June, international negotiations over its nuclear ambitions remain a dead letter.
In a Middle East so full of uncertainty, a more predictable Iran – one that behaves like a regionally important state, not a destabilizing Shia movement whose ambitions exceed what international law permits – would be in everyone’s interest.
If Europeans want their ambitions to be taken seriously, they must find ways to deal with the decline in Europe’s military power.
Otherwise, not only will Europe’s global political ambitions become untenable, but its allies on the other side of the Atlantic will lose patience with Europeans’ refusal to shoulder their share of the security burden.
China’s role in restraining North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and its tense relations with Japan are an additional burden on ties.
Israel is not wrong to cast serious doubts on the efficacy of the measures that the United States pretends to take in the hope of curtailing Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Aquino’s success in bringing the decades-old MILF rebellion to a peaceful end highlights a courage and tenacity that will enable him to play a key role in reining in China’s regional ambitions.
In the aftermath of World War II, by contrast, the US managed successfully to contain Soviet ambitions.
Nor must the US give up hope on the Israel-Palestine front, or on its efforts to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
In the face of China’s rise and maritime ambitions, East Asia’s two great democracies must seek to do no less.
Taming North KoreaThe fires of the Middle East must not be allowed to distract the world’s attention from the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, which it demonstrated by its recent test of a long-range missile.
China Goes to SeaBRUSSELS – China has traditionally been a continental power, with Asia’s strategic rivalries and relentlessly fluctuating spheres of influence blocking its international ambitions and preventing it from becoming a dominant maritime power beyond the Taiwan Strait.
History also looms over China’s maritime ambitions, as memories of more than a century of of foreign transgressions on its territory linger in the minds of contemporary strategists.
Sarkozy’s popularity is hitting new lows, and Strauss-Kahn’s friends say that he has never made a secret of his political ambitions.
What is happening in Italy directly affects France and its ambitions for European reform.
On the contrary, Russia’s imperial ambitions persisted, and persistence has paid off.
The last thing that Trump wants is a crumbling world economy and a massive dollar rally, which could derail his domestic economic ambitions.
When she became the first woman to be British Prime Minister, she fired the ambitions of countless young women around the world (including mine).
But the regime’s ambitions cannot be denied.
Although North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are worrying and destabilizing, China’s rise is the key strategic issue in East Asia.
But they won’t act because they fear civil war and opportunistically use Hezbollah to promote their own goals or ambitions.
With both North Korea and Iran openly pursuing nuclear ambitions and a potential nuclear arms race in South Asia, it is critical that America provide leadership, in both word and in deed, to reduce the risks and the role of nuclear weapons throughout the world.
Peace with Pakistan would strengthen his personal standing nationally and internationally, thus constituting a step toward fulfilling the BJP’s great-power ambitions for India.
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