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There was a fourth specific feature fuelling the global protests, too: the exceptionally high level of
arrogance
and ineptitude displayed by the Bush Administration.
Finally, in choosing between multilateral and unilateral tactics, Americans must consider the effects of the decision on its soft power, which can be destroyed by excessive unilateralism and
arrogance.
And though thoughtful Russians may be hostages to Putin’s
arrogance
and blunders, the rest of the world is not.
In the past, anguish at home and abroad about the quality of US governance – its apparent arrogance, mindless parochialism, and incapacity to deliver coherent, credible, and decent policy outcomes – has for the most part proved short-lived.
Instead, it brought massive corruption and administrative incompetence, together with breathtaking
arrogance.
To understand Zidane’s popularity, one need only set his modesty and attention to others against the
arrogance
and indifference that characterize the behavior of so many other celebrities, including football players.
Courtiers also learned to avoid showing
arrogance
toward their opponents – this might alienate potential allies – and they thought little of using logical reasoning with their prince.
Even with Obama as president, they may be quick to denounce the combination of
arrogance
and hypocrisy that they see as linked to America’s view of her “special and unique mission.”
The fawning article was devoted to one Donald Trump, in whom the author found a thousand virtues because of his supposed hostility to “the system,” the likelihood that he would abandon the West’s “liberal orientation,” and his willingness to attack “media power,” “economic globalization,” and “Wall Street’s arrogance” (and that’s not the half of it).
Taiwan’s missed opportunity reflects its government’s sheer incompetence, arrogance, and ignorance.
Yet Chinese officials’ deportment in London on their latest visit demonstrated a particular kind of arrogance, offering insight into the way China’s leaders regard their country’s position in the world today.
The US suffers from an
arrogance
of military power disconnected from today’s geopolitical realities.
It is not that Tudjman, on occasion, did not prove useful – the Croatian army's blitzkreig in 1995 led to Dayton – but ultimately his
arrogance
galled more than his cooperation helped.
The Yom Kippur War was, in many ways, Israel’s punishment for its post-1967
arrogance
– hubris always begets nemesis.
Doing so would unite the world against US
arrogance
and the new US military threat.
Europeans can no longer look down upon Asians with a “Western” combination of
arrogance
and ignorance, perceiving themselves as the unique carriers of a universal message.
A warning against the
arrogance
of rationality is at the same time a warning against the
arrogance
of social engineers -- those who believe that a freer and happier life for mankind can be secured solely by devising scientific plans for it from above.
Science means constantly walking a tightrope between blind faith and curiosity; between expertise and creativity; between bias and openness; between experience and epiphany; between ambition and passion; and between
arrogance
and conviction – in short, between an old today and a new tomorrow.
In both football (soccer) and politics, the country had come to embody an unseemly mixture of
arrogance
and denial.
Over the last decade, a range of answers has been offered, with experts being blamed for arrogance, complicity, or being just plain overrated.
("The news of the day is: India defies world opinion," Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee proclaimed with insane arrogance.)
In the weeks leading up to the elections, it seemed that the public had grown weary of a prime minister who had been in office long enough to be corrupted by the
arrogance
of power and tainted by a raft of petty scandals.
Second, exposing the
arrogance
and venality of the state was no doubt necessary to enact liberal reforms.
This breeds
arrogance
and a sense of smug superiority over their counterparts – policymakers who must balance multiple, complicated agendas.
Trump’s epistemological
arrogance
is something that we tolerate, and strive to correct, in children.
That, it seems, is the price of their
arrogance.
Still, the
arrogance
of Russia’s rulers may have breached the West’s tolerance.
Launching losing wars may make Islamists feel good, but being defeated is a costly proposition, for their
arrogance
and belligerence antagonizes many who might otherwise be won over to their cause.
It is about official
arrogance
and indifference to suffering, and a cult of secrecy that allows information to be shared only among a narrow elite obsessed with stability.
Indeed, President Jimmy Carter sent a memo to various US government departments instructing them to help in China’s rise – an approach that remains in effect today, even as America seeks to hedge against the risk that Chinese power gives rise to
arrogance.
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