Defiance
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Even with inter-bank liquidity strained, the PBOC is refusing to lower the deposit reserve rate to release liquidity – in
defiance
of market expectations.
They are doing this by the use of terrorism and by brutal intimidation of the civilian population and in
defiance
of the expressed and plain will of the international community.
We shall soon find out whether Manal al Sharif’s
defiance
of the Saudi regime’s systemic confinement of women produces a similar effect.
If North Korea is, indeed, continuing to develop not only its nuclear arsenal, but also various types of ballistic missiles, in
defiance
of international commitments, it is truly a rogue state.
They see French
defiance
as more than just a narrow issue over fiscal numbers.
They are being trained to use power in ways that their grandmothers could scarcely have imagined: publishing newspapers (as Sanaa el Seif did, in
defiance
of a government order to cease operating); campaigning for student leadership posts; fundraising for student organizations; and running meetings.
More important, Padoan has started to implement fiscal stimulus by cutting taxes and maintaining public spending plans, in
defiance
of German and EU Commission demands to tighten his budget.
Financial markets immediately rewarded Italy for its defiance, with the share price of the country’s biggest bank, Unicredit, jumping by 25% in three days.
Shiraz Maher of the International Center for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR) at King’s College London identifies a common thread of sentiment among recruits: “righteous indignation, defiance, a sense of persecution, and a refusal to conform.”
After all, they achieved what they wanted in
defiance
of enormous international pressure, and even succeeded in transferring nuclear technology to Syria several years ago without being punished.
Moreover, growing
defiance
reflects the public’s perception that the authorities have grown afraid of the people and tend to yield to their demands when confronted by angry protesters.
The success of their
defiance
shows the power of the idea that bewilders outgoing President Leonid Kuchma and his acolytes: that democracy means taking responsibility for one’s fate into one’s own hands.
While Russia has warmed to China in recent years, not least by entering into a big natural gas deal and engaging in joint military exercises, it has largely done so as a gesture of
defiance
against the US and the European Union.
First, despite the heroic leadership of the Buddhist clergy and the pro-democracy community, almost 50 years of military misrule and terror tactics have worn down Burma’s people, who will likely find it hard to maintain their
defiance
without obvious splits among the ruling generals or widespread desertions among ordinary soldiers.
Sitting in the square became more than an act of defiance: in Spain, Greece, and in the Occupy Movements of the United States and the United Kingdom, the occupied zones became places where a new democratic society could be practiced, sometimes through the time-consuming General Assembly process of group decision-making.
The first obstacle – indeed, the issue that stands front and center today – is the ongoing Palestinian civil war, with Hamas controlling the Gaza Strip in
defiance
of Abu Mazen’s Fatah-led Palestinian Authority.
My generation, born not long after the war, grew up with myths based on truth, promoted in comic books and Hollywood movies: myths of Spitfires fighting Messerschmitts over the home counties, of Winston Churchill’s growling defiance, and Scottish bagpipers walking onto the beaches of Normandy.
Nixon’s
defiance
was direct, and the result was disastrous.
DiEM25 is imbued with this spirit of defiance: we will not be forced by the prospect of the EU’s disintegration to acquiesce to an EU of the establishment’s choosing.
For example, the M5S/League coalition suggested that it might issue a parallel currency, which lent further credibility to its threat of pursuing fiscal expansion in
defiance
of EU rules.
As a result, dysfunctional or failing states suddenly emerged in the 1990’s, constituting a threat to regional and international security by becoming home to transnational pirates (Somalia) or transnational terrorists (Pakistan and Afghanistan), or by their
defiance
of global norms (North Korea and Iran).
Unfortunately, given Bush’s repeated assertions – in
defiance
of America’s constitutional tradition of checks and balances – that his office endows him with unilateral powers to violate rights, he appears to be untroubled by that prospect.
But, instead of consistently pursuing either strategy, Varoufakis veered between
defiance
and conciliation, losing credibility both ways.
If Greece tries such unilateral defiance, the ECB will almost certainly vote to stop its emergency funding to the Greek banking system after the troika program expires on February 28.
This
defiance
reflects Boko Haram’s strong position.
Liu’s tomb would have become a political monument, an eternal symbol of
defiance
against autocratic rule.
By contrast, for Britain, the legacy of its heroic
defiance
of Europe has been much bleaker.
Consider this month’s summit in Paris, where attention focused either on the Trump administration’s absence, or on other world leaders’
defiance
of him.
The gesture of
defiance
would damage both its reputation and other territorial interests, not least its claims against Japan in the East China Sea, which rely on UNCLOS’s continental-shelf provisions.
On the contrary, China could now double down on its defiance, by establishing an ADIZ in the South China Sea – a move that would effectively prohibit flights through the region without Chinese permission.
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