Presence
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Add to that the potential deployment of a US-led missile-defense system in South Korea and the prospect of a US military
presence
in Vietnam, and it is not difficult to understand China’s anxiety.
In Afghanistan, US force levels have peaked and are declining; the only questions concern the pace of withdrawal and the size and role of any residual US military
presence
after 2014.
Mitt Romney, the likely Republican nominee for president, pledges to increase the rate of shipbuilding – a commitment linked to an increased US
presence
in the Pacific.
If that is not possible because of the
presence
of a large and disciplined military, the Islamists might attempt to carve out some space for themselves in which to establish a separate system of governance more fully aligned with what they view as the principles of Islam.
Many Poles are wary of the Church's equivocal attitude towards democracy, and are allergic to its aggressive
presence
in politics.
Most notably, Santos signed the Victims and Land Restitution Law in June 2011, in the
presence
of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The extent to which this framework is provided will depend on the nature of the political process, on clear rules of the game in the political arena, on the
presence
of constraints -- formal and informal -- on governments that prevent politicians and bureaucrats from predatory acts.
In response to America’s failed policies in the Middle East, whether in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, or Palestine, Russia appears to be using its oil-fired wealth to knit together a new bloc to counter the US
presence.
Mugabe would prefer to limit the
presence
of international observers to those sent by neighboring states – the same allies that somehow managed to deem the violent and fraudulent elections of the past seven years “legitimate.”
Indeed, it is increasingly obvious that the threat to capitalism today emanates not from the state’s presence, but rather from its absence or inadequate performance.
I was truly impressed that this small synagogue could marshal the
presence
of New York’s two senators, Clinton and Charles Schumer, and several other congressmen for an early breakfast gathering.
Syria’s leaders also continue to dismiss demands from within Lebanon for an end to Syria’s 28-year military
presence.
France’s opposition to Syria’s
presence
in Lebanon was at least partly a reflection of disenchantment with Assad’s reformist ambitions, and the European Union has expressed similar reservations.
They view their
presence
on the West Bank as an obligation to a higher authority than the Israeli government represents.
Consider the Bosnian conflict in the early 1990s, when the Security Council decided to send in UN peacekeepers, rather than deploying a more robust multilateral presence, as would have been allowed under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter.
The result, as we now know, was that the killing continued, sometimes in the
presence
of UN peacekeepers whose countries had not given them a strong enough mandate to intervene.
After all, Iran is not simply going to give up its land bridge to the Mediterranean Sea, and Israel is not going to accept the
presence
of Iranian Revolutionary Guards and missiles in Syria.
In fact, he explained, “the TB granuloma has many of the pathological features of cancer: hypoxia, a necrotic core, fibrous collagen at the outer rim, the development of a surrounding capillary network, and the
presence
of phagocytic cells.”
Then Rusbridger, with considerable
presence
of mind, asked Baker several times to repeat what he had just said.
Indeed, Baker has hinted at a similar threat in print, arguing that by choosing to destroy Snowden’s material in the
presence
of British intelligence agents, rather than hand it over to them, the Guardian was choosing to “sacrifice UK intelligence sources and methods.”
Hence, the first symbolic step was to get the US to move its marines from Okinawa, an island that has carried the burden of a US military
presence
for much too long.
In 1969, the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) completed a seabed survey of the East China Sea, and reported the possible
presence
of vast underground mineral resources, including abundant oil and natural gas reserves near the Senkakus.
In Afghanistan, Germany, with its strong military
presence
in the north, has been turning a deaf ear to calls for help from the Canadian allies fighting a revived Taliban in the south.
His stance reflects no consideration of whether their individual cases might justify clemency, as well as apparent indifference to mounting evidence that sentencing in capital cases might have owed less to a case's merits than to the
presence
or absence of bribes.
The state’s larger
presence
during Lula’s term in office helped Brazil find its way again.
Both are openly opposed not only to the tax increase, but also to the continuing
presence
of the US Marine base on Okinawa.
While committed to the bilateral US-Japan alliance, Ozawa has said that Japan’s security requires the continued
presence
only of the US Seventh Fleet, not of US ground troops.
Of course, some Okinawa residents remain opposed to the US base’s continued
presence
on their island, but most Japanese recognize the need for this tangible symbol of their alliance with America, which remains the bedrock of Japan’s national-security strategy.
And establishing a strong physical
presence
throughout the country will be time-consuming and expensive.
The American forces invading Afghanistan were originally welcomed as liberators, but NATO got involved without a proper plan of engagement, and after eight years the
presence
of foreign troops is no longer welcome.
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