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The Russian system vaguely resembles Imperial Japan’s Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere in both its rhetoric and its aim of subordinating neighbors.
While Chinese rhetoric is overheated, there is certainly a rightward shift in mood in Japan, though it would be difficult to describe it as militaristic.
One does not have to look back a century to see how dangerous the consequences of such rhetoric can be.
But true courage for Macron would be adopting policies that match his rhetoric.
Conservative governments in these nations accomplished little in the way of serious market reform, despite considerable rhetoric.
In the aftermath of a crisis that has been intensified by the rhetoric of class conflict, Russia might be able to extend its control more significantly, and at a lower price.
It is time that the G-7 countries back up their democratic rhetoric with action.
One of my personal frustrations with the MDGs was that gender equality was more a matter of rhetoric than of action.
Britain may not be fundamentally a racist country, but over the last several decades, right-wing nativist politicians have used inflammatory rhetoric to whip up anti-immigrant sentiment, targeting those from South Asia and the West Indies in particular.
Powell’s inflammatory rhetoric aside, his speech reflected the regular build-up of pressure on politicians to take a tough line on immigration – a process that continues to this day.
But a more proactive Bundestag would inevitably become a showcase for the AfD’s arguments and rhetoric.
Ironically, despite its human-rights rhetoric, the EU has long favored China over India: for every euro that the EU invests in India, it invests €20 in China.
For that reason, we should greet the poll results positively, and resolve to close the gaps that still exist between rhetoric and reality.
Since 2011-2012, Putin, a purely opportunistic technocrat at the outset of his rule, has made such rhetoric his own.
The “divide” part has been well underway since Trump launched his presidential campaign, which was based on divisive rhetoric, sowing mistrust, and polarizing policy promises.
The rhetoric from the Fund has been ambitious, including at the recently concluded annual meeting of its shareholders – the world’s central banks and finance ministries – in Washington.
But it is vital to move quickly beyond rhetoric if we are to deal effectively with Europe's "Northern Dimension."
Indonesia is increasingly in the news because of its large Muslim population, the rise of fundamentalist rhetoric, and purported connections to international terrorism.
The emergence of violent Muslim vigilante groups employing jihadist rhetoric and mobilizing followers for jihad is one of the most conspicuous new phenomena in Indonesian Islam.
In fact, if Trump follows through on his campaign rhetoric, he could end up hurting this group – and many others – even more.
Will European countries try to pretend that Ahmadinejad’s militant rhetoric and provocations don’t matter and that some diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear ambition can be found?
In many other areas, too, China’s government either remains indecisive or is offering only rhetoric and small gestures.
Indeed, official rhetoric has turned once again to trying to persuade markets to ignore reality.
Even the usually boisterous Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has toned down his rhetoric, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave an optimistic interview to Israel TV.
Given such rhetoric, it is easy to assume that nationalism, in all its forms, should be relegated to the dustbin of history.
Some suggest that the SNP’s accession to power in Scotland does herald the rebirth of a nation, many others regard that claim as rhetoric which ignores the tremendous advances made in the quality of life, opportunity and living standards.
Their anti-chaebol rhetoric, together with calls for “economic democratization,” has won strong support among voters – and has rattled the chaebols.
For most of its history, the Security Council has been the prisoner of great-power maneuvering; the General Assembly a theater of empty rhetoric; the Economic and Social Council a largely dysfunctional irrelevance; and the Secretariat, for all the dedication and brilliance of a host of individuals, alarmingly inefficient.
Third, Rousseff's rhetoric and origins as a militant leftist feed doubts as to whether she will pursue Lula's pragmatic, centrist economic and social policies.
It is just possible that Trump’s blustering “America first” rhetoric will galvanize Europeans and East Asians into changing the status quo and doing more for their own security.
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