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He argued that if Israel were to take the lead in sounding the alarm on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the issue would be perceived as yet another “Israeli problem.”
In a paper published prior to the release of their much-debated book The Israel Lobby, they argued:“… Iran’s nuclear
ambitions
do not pose an existential threat to the US.
Moreover, Dubai has done a good job of branding itself to attract the foreign investment and labor needed to achieve its growth
ambitions.
As for the opposition, various presidential
ambitions
have been manifested, perhaps most especially those of Drazen Budisa (HSLS), a former dissident and political prisoner, and his Social Democratic partner Ivica Racan, the last head of Croatia's Communists.
But neither Mattis’s speech, nor the muscle flexing at sea, did much to bolster US credibility in South Korea, or to restrain the North’s nuclear
ambitions.
China’s leadership
ambitions
and emphasis on rules may be good news.
As the Kim regime’s principal patron, China is viewed as the key to containing Kim’s nuclear
ambitions.
The other is a burst of militarism in response to frustrated
ambitions.
There are those that revel in what they see as a come-uppance for brash Dubai’s outsized
ambitions.
Yet, despite Russia’s
ambitions
for reshaping its neighborhood – and despite decreasing US involvement in the Middle East – Europe is hardly prepared to act.
Whereas America’s goal in seeking to topple Assad was mainly to undercut Iranian and Russian influence, Turkey’s motive was to expand its influence in former Ottoman lands and, more recently, to counter Kurdish
ambitions
for territorial autonomy, if not statehood, in Syria and Iraq.
While the Chinese may have good reasons to prefer the status quo on the Korean Peninsula, continuing to indulge the North Korean leadership’s nuclear
ambitions
is a risky option.
But, in recent years, China became an obstacle to Qaddafi’s African ambitions, and China did so by copying his methods: buying the support of dictators with weaponry and finance.
The terrorism, proxy wars, arms shipments, nuclear ambitions, and grandiose delusions emerging from Iran are part of an age-old struggle with which the Saudis have had enough.
As communism was discarded, so was the concept of the state as an agent around which our collective interests and
ambitions
could be organized.
But this will prove difficult, given not only Trump’s Sinophobic rhetoric, but also ongoing disagreements about Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea and North Korea’s nuclear
ambitions.
For example, China needs access to Europe’s industrial technology to realize its economic ambitions, and it needs access to European ports to complete its Belt and Road Initiative.
But, in pursuit of these difficult objectives, the West must get both its
ambitions
and its methods right.
But China’s adherence to WTO rules on foreign investment prevented it from participating in TISA negotiations, ultimately impeding its trade and investment
ambitions.
The more Russia is accused of neo-imperial ambitions, the weaker Russia's actual sway becomes.
The same is true of Klaus’s nationalism; it may appeal to a popular streak of Czech provincialism, but even if the conservative Civic Democratic Party, which Klaus founded, wins the parliamentary election next year, EU membership will temper nationalist
ambitions.
In today’s Asia, it is impossible to manage rival
ambitions
through hegemony, given the size of the countries involved and the structure of their alliances.
Political leaders must put the national interest ahead of personal and partisan
ambitions.
Yet this recognition may be part of the problem: though China continues to reassure the West that it is not nurturing imperial or expansionist ambitions, Western political leaders remain dubious, if not outright suspicious.
India’s hyperactive media began to celebrate the
ambitions
of the BJP’s most visible leader, Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of the western state of Gujarat, who has assiduously presented himself as an avatar of effective government, in contrast to the controversy-ridden establishment in New Delhi.
Modi came and campaigned for the BJP, but the party lost seats in every location at which he appeared – a huge setback in a state that it had hoped to use as a platform for its national
ambitions.
But rhetoric has consequences, and a politician as gifted as Modi must be aware that those in his party who are deploying public speech to undermine reputations can also weaken the very institutions that are crucial to his own laudable economic
ambitions
for India.
The trouble is that lofty
ambitions
come with a high price tag, and there remains a funding gap of around $2.5 trillion if all 17 goals are to be met.
And it has established a $40 billion Silk Road Fund, to support its
ambitions
to re-create the ancient overland and maritime routes connecting Asia to Europe.
His efforts to thwart Ukraine’s European future will continue, as will his efforts to hollow out our democracy and replace it with a Kremlin echo chamber, unless the world imposes such a high price for his imperial
ambitions
that the Russian people refuse to bear it.
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