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Russia’s foreign and defense ministries have both asserted
primacy
in the BMD dialogue with the US, but with competing perspectives and priorities.
And now it is seen as a major testing ground for Sino-American rivalry, with China stretching its new wings, and the United States trying to clip them enough to maintain its own regional and global
primacy.
These objections reflect a false opposition between the
primacy
of the individual and the paramountcy of society.
De Gaulle’s firmness and rhetoric – aided, it must be said, by the fumbling of the rebels – established the
primacy
of the state.
Rapid economic growth in China and India means that both countries will give
primacy
to a stable flow of energy – and therefore to placid relations with Russia.
The Manufacturing FallacyNEW YORK – Economists long ago put to rest the error that Adam Smith made when he argued that manufacturing should be given
primacy
in a country’s economy.
The region’s trajectory is worrisome: weak states unable to police their territory; the few relatively strong states competing for primacy; militias and terrorist groups gaining greater influence; and the erasure of borders.
Peaceful resolution of these conflicts requires giving China a role in the decision-making process, which implies that the US and China alike relinquish any desire for regional
primacy.
In a world of asymmetric threats, we should follow the US defense department’s field manual: in counterinsurgency, politics require
primacy.
For six years, the voices of reason have largely been drowned out, with passions and delusions claiming
primacy.
Others, opposing this claim, insist that the country must live up to the legacy of its 1971 secession from Pakistan, in a revolution that proclaimed Islam insufficient grounds for nationhood and asserted the
primacy
of Bangladesh’s secular culture and Bengali language over its allegiance to Islamabad.
Unfortunately, however, the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent invasion – without UN authority – of Iraq underscore the
primacy
of military solutions in the strategic thinking of affluent nations.
Obama and his advisers had hoped that, by creating a new US-centered trading bloc, the TPP would counter China’s clout and preserve American military and economic
primacy
in the world’s most dynamic region.
On the contrary, he might be anticipating that the two countries’ strategic standing will change very quickly if the US does not do more to preserve its global
primacy.
The days of America’s unequivocal
primacy
and unilateral capacity to write the rules are over.
With Obama unwilling – or unable, due to rising political partisanship at home – to take the lead in addressing crises like those in Egypt, Libya, and Syria, challengers to American
primacy
took heart in 2014, and US allies took fright.
Even as China’s leaders seek to deepen ties with a variety of countries, including the US, American policymakers view South Korea’s pursuit of closer ties with China as a direct threat to their country’s regional
primacy.
In Asia, US economic and military
primacy
has provided decades of stability; but a rising China is now challenging the status quo.
The recognition by the three parties of the
primacy
of the moral and spiritual over the political importance of the city could lead to arrangements on the ground which satisfy the legitimate claims of the three Abrahamic faiths, and subsume the eventual political status of the city to this moral authority.
During his visit, Trump emphasized the importance of the US-Saudi strategic relationship, offered his full support in Saudi Arabia’s rivalry with Iran for regional primacy, and signed various business and investment deals worth many billions of dollars.
This restatement of fundamental precepts restored Confucianism to a
primacy
in China and neighboring states that remained unchallenged for 700 years.
In general, Obama has pursued a policy of nuclear balance in which steps towards disarmament are accompanied by measures to retain America’s nuclear
primacy.
Britain needs to reestablish the
primacy
of free speech.
At the same time, Europe’s former powers are evidently struggling with China’s new international primacy, which can be addressed only through greater European unification – a goal for which they currently show little appetite.
The Return of Geopolitics to EuropeBERLIN – With Russia’s military invasion and annexation of Crimea, and the subsequent war in eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has made it abundantly clear that he has no intention of respecting the inviolability of borders and the
primacy
of international legal norms.
The
primacy
of this domestic agenda means that China’s attempt to lead global change will lack a clear vision and coherent strategy.
Alexander Hamilton was clear on the
primacy
of commerce and industry.
Moreover, alliances no longer fit within Sunni-Shia borders, further underscoring the
primacy
of politics, rather than religion, in fueling regional conflicts.
But German officials preferred to maintain national
primacy
– and thus a confederational approach to Europe.
“The US should brace for social unrest amid blame over who was responsible for squandering global primacy,” said another.
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