Provoke
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These proposals will
provoke
plenty of criticism – and not just from Euroskeptics.
The US and those representing it have been guilty of hubris (the US may often be the indispensable nation, but it would be better if others pointed this out), and examples of inconsistency between America’s practices and its principles understandably
provoke
charges of hypocrisy.
But a corollary to this interest -- one widely accepted -- requires that Russia not
provoke
by its actions or inaction the creation of such a force.
Even when the reasons are bad, moreover, tariff increases do not always
provoke
foreign retaliation.
In particular, the US, which has significant influence in Saudi Arabia, must act to stop attacks by that country's extremists on Syria's religious minorities - attacks motivated merely by a desire to
provoke
sectarian conflict.
But, with the Kim regime terrified that economic liberalization would eventually
provoke
demands for greater political freedom, China’s influence over the regime is limited.
Don’t let the renminbi depreciate, it wrote, for four reasons: depreciation might
provoke
a currency war in Asia;China’s companies are awash in dollar-denominated debt; depreciation might lead to renewed US charges of currency manipulation; and depreciation might reverse China’s progress in making the renminbi an international reserve currency.
Ishihara, who has since resigned from office to launch a new political party, is well known for nationalist provocation, and Noda feared that he would try to occupy the islands or find other ways to use them to
provoke
China and whip up popular support in Japan.
Both are volatile democracies where any political question can
provoke
not just intense debate, but also the threat of violence.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will have to manage relations with firebrand Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his followers, who can
provoke
unrest in southern Iraq if they feel under-served.
While smaller Taiwan should be careful not to
provoke
its giant neighbor, China must come to terms with the workings of a functioning democracy.
At a time when aggregate demand is sorely lacking, is this the response that source countries want to
provoke?
In fact, if Trump pushes the North Korean regime into a corner, he is more likely to
provoke
a war.
While these disputes are unlikely to
provoke
military hostilities this year, the use of drones and cyber weapons remains a real threat.
The peace deal between the government and the former rebel SPLM is unraveling fast in neighboring Sudan, where a scheduled referendum in the South in January 2011 on secession and independence – part of the 2005 peace deal – may
provoke
a return to all-out war.
To push Iran toward the negotiating table, and, more importantly, assert his authority and save face, Trump might be tempted to heighten tensions, if not
provoke
Iran into a confrontation.
This was clearly intended to
provoke
the US, Canada, and a handful of other countries opposed to his presence.
The Past in Egypt’s PresentLONDON – In The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, the Czech novelist Milan Kundera wrote that, “The past is full of life, eager to irritate us,
provoke
and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it.
Noda feared that Ishihara, who was well known for nationalist grandstanding, would try to occupy the islands or find other ways to use them to
provoke
China.
And terrorist attacks, by their very nature, are intended to
provoke
irrational backlashes (as evidenced by a recent referendum in Denmark, in which voters unexpectedly rejected a proposal to modify the country’s opt-outs from certain EU home-affairs regulations).
In Asia, the US has been playing a similar role in pushing for multilateral resolution of dangerous bilateral disputes between China and its many neighbors over territories in the East and South China Seas, while at the same time restraining US allies who might otherwise
provoke
crises.
Uncertainty over the resolution of the debt is likely to
provoke
political instability over tax hikes and spending cuts, and therefore volatility in financial markets.
Hungary’s successful example of refusing to cooperate in solving the refugee crisis could
provoke
other countries to follow suit.
But this sanguine view obscures the loss of competitiveness that real appreciation could
provoke.
According to new research by Theresa Schroeder of Radford University and Jonathan Powell of the University of Central Florida, female heads of state may be more likely to
provoke
military coups in countries where armies are powerful enough to stage them.
Such inherently divisive “wedge issues” often
provoke
an equal and opposite reaction from the other side of the political divide.
Defaulting to Big GovernmentWASHINGTON, DC – Leading United States congressmen are determined to
provoke
a showdown with the Obama administration over the federal government’s debt ceiling.
Prosperity, it was felt, would incite inflation,
provoke
high interest rates, triggering a stock market rout.
China’s Borderline BelligerenceNEW DELHI – In recent years, the People’s Liberation Army has been taking advantage of its rising political clout to
provoke
localized skirmishes and standoffs with India by breaching the two countries’ long and disputed Himalayan frontier.
Any new threats to the Bank of England’s independence, in particular, could
provoke
a reckoning from the market.
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