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Though the deal does slow Iran’s development of nuclear weapons, it does not restrain – or even address – the regime’s hegemonic ambitions in the region, for which it has already spent billions of dollars and suffered crippling sanctions.
When such a culture takes root, people feel inspired to run further with their ideas, to aim higher with their ambitions, and to pursue bigger dreams.
In February, a high-level Israeli delegation visited Beijing to present the Chinese leadership with “evidence” of Iran’s atomic ambitions.
The Israelis then explained to their hosts – in considerable detail – the potential economic consequences for China if an Israeli strike on Iran should become necessary in order to stop Iran from fulfilling its “nuclear ambitions.”
Without such cooperation, China’s ambitions would be constrained only by domestic factors, such as a faltering economy, rising social discontent, a worsening environmental crisis, or vicious politics.
Which countries should take the lead in constraining China’s revisionist ambitions?
Clearly, both Japan and India are well aware that China’s ambitions, if realized, would result in a regional order inimical to their interests.
But Iran is not the only potentially volatile country with nuclear ambitions.
Clearly, something must be done to curb North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.
America’s policy of “strategic patience,” like China’s policy of “friendly persuasion,” has succeeded only in allowing North Korea to advance its nuclear ambitions.
It is time to apply the same commitment and cooperation to achieving a breakthrough on a feasible and viable way forward to end North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.
The question is how far they will take their reform ambitions.
Yes, there are important matters to discuss, notably Iran’s nuclear ambitions; but several countries in Iran’s neighborhood already possess nuclear weapons, threatening the entire region.
From Vietnam’s perspective, Japan is perhaps the most important strategic partner with which to counterbalance China’s maritime expansionism and constrain its hegemonic ambitions.
Djukanovic is a perfect figure to lead the opposition because, as a Montenegin, he poses no threat to the career ambitions within Serbia of Draskovic, Djindjic, and retired General Momcilo Perisic.
They were designed not to impede Iran’s nuclear program directly, but rather to increase the price that Iran’s leaders must pay for pursuing their nuclear ambitions.
At the end of the day, it is only the strength and determination of Ukraine that can block Russia’s revisionist ambitions.
The ambitions of such a Russia will not stop at the Dnieper River.
On one side stood people who understood how to operate in a democracy, attain power, and realize their ambitions.
Not interested in geopolitical power – a legacy of its Nazi past – Germany was content to back France’s ambitions as long as the Common Market allowed it to be Europe’s economic powerhouse.
Its difficulties are exacerbated by the dramatic disparity in military forces on either side of the Atlantic, and its belief that Europe's ambitions to become a military power will come to nothing because Europeans won't spend the money necessary to achieve that goal.
As Iran seeks to assert its influence and interests, as well as those of its Shia allies, its dispute with the Security Council over its nuclear program has become closely tied to its regional ambitions.
The demonstrations thus served as both an acknowledgement of and a challenge to Putin’s autocratic ambitions.
But Putin’s ambitions as a post-modern autocrat may be his Achilles’ heel.
Such practical proposals address key global issues, including international terrorism, strengthening of mechanisms for arms control, arms reduction, and non-proliferation, efforts to contain attempts by North Korea and Iran to develop nuclear weapons, encouraging transparency in China’s military, restraining Russia’s imperial ambitions, and building a global ballistic missile defense network against missiles that could be launched by rogue regimes.
Undoubtedly a strong patriot, Putin also knows that Russia's national idea of itself must be cleansed of haughtiness and imperial ambitions.
The expectation was that Russia would join the United States in putting pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
Furthermore, Canada has experienced the Kremlin’s brazen territorial ambitions firsthand.
Unfortunately, the international community’s increasingly severe economic sanctions have so far failed to deter its leaders’ ambitions.
The legacy of Khomeini’s expansionist ambitions is as powerful as ever.
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