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But perhaps it is such certainty in their good
intentions
that makes them blind to the damage that they are doing.
Many of China’s neighbors fear that its ongoing economic and military expansion poses a growing threat to their interests and independence, and are reaching out to the US to diversify their security partnerships and hedge their bets on China’s benign
intentions.
To use it effectively, each side must first gain some insight into the other’s perspective and
intentions
– an effort in which semi-official talks can play an important role.
Parliamentary committees advised by legal experts try too hard to get things right forever and forget their original
intentions
in the process.
And even if the North could read the Trump administration’s intentions, there is no telling how it would respond.
Talks are needed, if only to try to find out the North’s true intentions: is its nuclear program a defensive or offensive project?
Putting an Australian mining executive behind bars for ten years, squeezing out Google, keeping the European Union at bay for an important dialogue, and letting a mid-level official wag his finger at US President Barack Obama at the Copenhagen Climate summit is not, after all, the best way to convince partners of your constructive
intentions.
In trying to account for the way British newspapers sneered at her good intentions, he said: “My own and only explanation is that genuine goodness is threatening to those at the opposite end of the moral spectrum.”
Diana might have had a better life in the US, where people and the media are more ready to accept good
intentions
at face value.
While Sarkozy claims that Europe is his priority, his methods seem to contradict his
intentions.
By contrast, Santos, despite his good intentions, negotiated a peace plan that creates rights for the FARC.
How could such a keen observer of the US, whose former career as a spy honed his ability to decipher people’s motives and intentions, fail to recognize the falseness of Trump’s promises?
But it is certainly possible to describe how the road to hell is paved, whatever the
intentions.
The only way to resolve this problem is for NATO to assert its pacific
intentions
before the world.
Finally, Iran’s regional
intentions
are reflected in its diplomacy.
Focusing on green R&D might not feel as good as participating in a global gabfest with flashlights and good intentions, but it is a much brighter idea.
But, despite good intentions, little has changed.
The European Central Bank has been less clear about its intentions, but has sounded notably more optimistic about growth in the eurozone, noting that all the job losses associated with the crisis have now been offset.
Still, Carney has been doing his best to drop heavy hints about his own
intentions.
Blair will also likely press Israel to prove its
intentions
by stopping all settlement activity in the West Bank – no new settlements, no expansion of existing ones.
Indeed, they have announced their
intentions
to move forward with conducting a national referendum scheduled for Saturday to approve a new constitution, which they hope will entrench their power for decades to come.
The result is that many leading Europeans begin to define their
intentions
for the Union by contrasting it to the USA.
Khamenei is deeply mistrustful of US intentions, for he is convinced that America’s ultimate goal – regardless of who is US president – is not behavioral change but regime change in Iran.
These developments, of course, follow from the US-led invasion of Iraq, which turned a vague and distant threat into an imposing neighbor whose
intentions
towards Syria's Baathist regime are anything but friendly.
It would be both tragic and ironic if a restored Germany, by peaceful means and with the best of intentions, brought about the ruin of the European order a third time.
“The intention to live as long as possible isn’t one of the mind’s best intentions,” the author Deepak Chopra once observed, “because quantity isn’t the same as quality.”
Its recent agreement with China on border demarcation notwithstanding, Russia can never be assured of China’s ultimate
intentions
as a colossal power hungry for raw materials for its booming economy and living space for its massive population.
Nor is Putin shy about his
intentions
in Syria.
There are only the slightest of indications that Senators Obama and Clinton or even Senator McCain have any different
intentions.
China’s
intentions
and practices have long been an irritant in Sino-American relations.
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