Rhetoric
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The Right Stuff in Foreign PolicyCAMBRIDGE – Some critics complain that US President Barack Obama campaigned on inspirational
rhetoric
and an ambition to “bend the arc of history,” but then turned out to be a transactional and pragmatic leader once in office.
Trump, for example, has already undermined the norms of democratic rule in the US, if not through substantive policy, then certainly with his
rhetoric.
Iran’s viciously anti-Semitic
rhetoric
is a transparent attempt to deceive its terrified Arab neighbors by presenting its military might as the spearhead of an all-Muslim confrontation with Israel.
The first, paradoxically, is the recent shift in US
rhetoric
away from a focus on American jobs to the explicitly Sinophobic objectives of “containing” China and preventing it from developing into a technological power that could challenge US global hegemony.
This is because the trade war’s next stage – when tariffs are increased from 10% to 25% and possibly extended to all Chinese imports – will prove more unpopular with US voters and do more damage to US economic prospects than the current phony war, which has consisted of more
rhetoric
than action.
In all of his big diplomatic confrontations – over North Korea’s nuclear weapons, over the Mexican border wall, and over the revision of the North American Free Trade Agreement – Trump’s modus operandi has been to escalate aggressive
rhetoric
almost to the point of warfare and then suddenly negotiate a tactical retreat.
But there is more to the story, and Havel – for whom responsibility meant far more than impassioned
rhetoric
– can help us to understand why.
Brazil’s cautious tone has become more attractive than fiery anti-imperialist
rhetoric.
One additional dark feature of this election was the use of anti-western
rhetoric
by Kremlin supporters who were previously seen as pro-west.
Given the morality of federal forces (or the lack thereof), Medvedev should have understood that such
rhetoric
could result only in a significant increase in brutality and extrajudicial killings all over the North Caucasus.
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have been exchanging incendiary rhetoric, causing many to fear a war on the Korean Peninsula – and perhaps a nuclear clash.
As the pretext for ignoring the repression of basic freedoms, that conflict has come to be described in powerful national and religious
rhetoric
throughout Syrian society.
It walked away from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2003; resisted serious negotiations within the framework of the Six-Party Talks established that year by the United States, China, Russia, South Korea, and Japan; tested nuclear explosive devices in 2006 and 2009 in breach of a global moratorium; conducted a series of increasingly provocative missile tests; ignored United Nations Security Council resolutions and sanctions; sank a South Korean navy ship and shelled one of its islands in 2010; and maintained a steady flow of belligerent
rhetoric.
If all the world got out of this UN General Assembly meeting of government leaders was insubstantial rhetoric, the worse news is that it got more of the same at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh.
And she has brought a fresh anti-capitalist tone to the Front’s
rhetoric
– always a crowd pleaser in France.
Sarkozy’s attempt to co-opt far-right
rhetoric
on security and immigration has not worked, because, when it comes to national chauvinism, the French prefer its authentic purveyors.
But such charges are partisan political rhetoric, with little basis in rigorous policy analysis.
If that mood is to become an issue in the 2016 presidential campaign, as early campaign
rhetoric
suggests, Americans should drop the false debate about isolationism and instead address three fundamental questions about the future of the country’s foreign policy: How much?
Europe may differ because of heightened resistance to immigration, but it would be a mistake to read too much about long-term trends in American public opinion from the heated
rhetoric
of this year’s election campaign.
Indeed, in crucial respects – namely, on the issues of immigration and trade – Trump’s
rhetoric
appears to be out of step with most voters’ sentiments.
But, contrary to Trump’s rhetoric, this approach is not really pro-business.
Here, too, the likely result doesn’t live up to Trump’s
rhetoric.
The
rhetoric
may sound extreme, but with so much hanging in the balance, surely it’s justified.
As re-nationalization gained momentum, the public economic
rhetoric
changed and become statist.
Many of the actions of the American administration, and much of the US government's rhetoric, may actually be increasing the threat from nuclear weapons rather than making the world safer.
Despite receiving no concessions from Trump on fundamental differences regarding the party’s program (particularly on trade agreements and entitlement programs, such as Social Security and Medicare), or even on toning down his rhetoric, on June 2, Ryan wrote an unenthusiastic op-ed saying that he would vote for Trump.
While some (such as Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak) took the resistance
rhetoric
of some delegates seriously, Fatah spokesman Nabil Amr officially assured all concerned that Fatah is committed to “peaceful resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.”
He seems to support Trump’s refusal to “pivot” from the divisive
rhetoric
of the primary season to a more “presidential” approach.
Unlike most candidates, Obama maintained this transformational
rhetoric
even after it secured him his victory in the 2008 campaign.
After lofty
rhetoric
and big promises, politicians are starting to play the blame game.
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