Presence
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Obama also took steps to establish a security
presence
that could be built up when NATO allies needed additional military capacity.
But this is best addressed in Copenhagen, in the
presence
of all world leaders, not in the cozy confines of the G-20.
This is one reason why Russia has become so aggressive with its neighbors, Ukraine and Georgia, and seeks to maintain a military
presence
in places like Transdniestria, the breakaway region of Moldova.
At its root it is possible to find concrete US government decisions made over the years, from nurturing alliances with corrupt and authoritarian Middle Eastern regimes to maintaining a conspicuous military
presence
in Saudi Arabia and showing a general obliviousness to the plight of Palestinians in the occupied territories.
But Russia has dragged its feet, suggesting that Moscow may seek to use the
presence
of the fleet as a means of pressuring Ukraine.
Indeed, the US has trimmed its
presence
abroad by refusing to contribute to a eurozone bailout, intervene in Syria, or use force to contain Iran’s nuclear breakout (despite strong Israeli support).
On the French, English, and Portuguese teams, too, it is the young players that have shone – despite the continuing
presence
of Zidane, Beckham, and Figo.
South Korea’s Growing Soft PowerCAMBRIDGE – When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Thailand last month, South Korea was an important
presence.
Thus the new EU border with Ukraine is making its
presence
felt in the most negative way imaginable - by hurting business on both sides of the border.
We face a challenge that is unprecedented in human history: creation of a powerful political ethic of solidarity self-consciously grounded on the
presence
and acceptance of very different views.
Many ICT firms benefit from British intellectual-property laws, but they need not maintain a physical
presence
in the UK to write these protections into their contracts.
One reason why they can engage in this dangerous brinkmanship is the continuing
presence
of the US as the regional policeman.
The US
presence
allows East Asia’s rival powers to act irresponsibly.
Although his
presence
dramatically fuelled the situation for a time, Brazilian diplomats, working with the US, were able to reach agreement with Honduran authorities to allow Manuel Zelaya to return to office.
But they are not perfect; they underperform in the
presence
of externalities (the un-priced consequences – for example, air pollution – of individual actions), informational gaps and asymmetries, and coordination problems when there are multiple equilibria, some superior to others.
By making these boats’
presence
appear ordinary, China seeks to establish its jurisdiction in the waters surrounding the islands as a fait accompli.
The sea-faring democracies in Japan’s part of the world would be much better off with their renewed
presence.
This expression of wounded national pride was enabled by South Korea's tremendous performance in the World Cup football tournament last summer, which helped convince ordinary Koreans that their country was fully grown up--and thus might be able to stand on its own without the
presence
of 37,000 US troops.
Indeed, many ordinary people now view the US presence, and not North Korea's communist regime, as the biggest obstacle to unification.
More than half of the Council of Ministers are now online, as is the statistics-dispensing Planning Commission, and most government offices are establishing a social-media
presence.
In 1995 at the United Nations he declared that Russia would not support an American
presence
in Bosnia; after a personal meeting with President Clinton, however, he suddenly agreed to back up the American president, apparently for the sake of the presidential buddy system.
But the parliamentary elections held on December 4, which gave barely 50% to United Russia (Putin used to be able to guarantee about 70%), had to be fiercely controlled, with an overwhelming police
presence.
It is true that Tibetans, sparsely represented in local government, may not have benefited as much as the Han Chinese, whose
presence
in cities, such as Lhasa, as soldiers, traders, and prostitutes is so overwhelming that people worry about the extinction of Tibetan culture, except as an official tourist attraction.
This year’s election took place in relative peace, partly owing to the
presence
of 370,000 troops at polling sites.
Ironically, Avatar will probably do more to exhume Americans’ suppressed knowledge about the shallowness of their national mythology in the face of their oppressive
presence
in the rest of the world than any amount of editorializing, college courses, or even protest from outside America’s borders.
NATO decided in Istanbul to expand its stabilising
presence.
While our
presence
in Kosovo remains unchanged, the much improved security situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina allows us to conclude our successful SFOR mission there by the end of this year.
But NATO will retain a
presence
in Sarajevo, in particular to help Bosnia and Herzegovina with defense reform.
On December 1, Suthep demanded – and received – a meeting with Yingluck in the
presence
of Thailand’s military chiefs, whom he had asked to “guarantee” his safety.
But it is more plausible to think that it is the
presence
of nuclear weapons that has made the world safer for such wars.
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