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Berlusconi's right-wing coalition is dependent on support from the right-wing, xenophobic Northern Alliance and post-fascist National Alliance parties; so some Euro-sceptic rhetoric is to be expected.
The ancient Greeks had schools of rhetoric to hone their skills for the assembly.
Oratory and rhetoric, however, are not the only forms of effective political communication.
But, in addition to communicating with distant audiences by rhetoric and symbols, leaders need the ability to communicate one on one or in small groups.
In some cases, that close communication is more important than rhetoric.
Harry Truman was a modest orator, but compensated for the lack of public rhetoric by attracting and ably managing a stellar set of advisers.
This may explain why most of the administration’s protectionist rhetoric comes from Trump and some of his academic advisers, and not from the experienced CEOs who occupy key cabinet positions.
Macron, by contrast, is espousing the values and adopting the rhetoric of Barack Obama.
That is what republican pageantry and compelling political rhetoric are for.
But, for the most part, the rhetoric has not been translated into reality, and what actions have been taken proved largely inconsequential for economic activity and asset prices.
And each year, populist rhetoric about a “national renaissance” and a “showdown with the enemies” grows stronger.
Netanyahu’s version of sumud is evident in his policies and rhetoric, which focus on Israel’s legitimacy, necessity, and permanence.
Such rhetoric compliments a long-term strategy of strengthening Israeli control over core areas, especially Jerusalem and its suburbs.
And Netanyahu continues to oversee economic expansion and improved foreign relations, despite hostile rhetoric from Europe and elsewhere.
Dissidents are routinely dubbed deviants, fifth columnists, and traitors, as the regime leads a drive for national unity based on religion, tradition, and paranoid rhetoric.
But reality doesn’t match official rhetoric.
Rouhani – a reputed moderate, whose week-long visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly included a series of unprecedented diplomatic encounters – offered truly conciliatory rhetoric to his US counterpart.
Many of his close advisers, however, seem intent to nudge him into war, and bellicose rhetoric has so pervaded official US statements that failure to attack Iraq could be construed as a failure of presidential leadership.
His populist rhetoric and religious fundamentalism have alienated a large section of conservative-pragmatist clerics and their supporters.
In fact, this is in line with the Modi government's approach thus far: lofty aspirations, soaring rhetoric, and quotable sound-bites have been accompanied by few specifics, no implementation plan, and no improvements in execution capacity.
They point to Muslim rhetoric suffused with hatred of the West, and deduce that Muslims cannot be good citizens of Western democracies.
The current Republican rhetoric in the House of Representatives portends additional fiscal austerity.
Trump’s rhetoric notwithstanding, America could no longer afford to be “first” – or perhaps even second or third.
In order to restore America’s moral leadership, President Barack Obama must make good on his early rhetoric – exemplified in his speeches in Istanbul and Cairo early in his presidency – which demonstrated genuine regard for the oppressed.
This has been accompanied by cascades of populist rhetoric: loud voices and defiant words, and promises to fight to the death against ill-defined but malignant economic special interests.
For decades, the White House was a font of global leadership; today, it is a source of belligerent rhetoric that does not even pay lip service to the idea of a global order.
Even if the Cameron government’s rhetoric seems to be focused on “interests,” its negotiating positions also reflect higher principles, just as other countries’ do.
Trump’s simplistic, xenophobic rhetoric will also find a sympathetic audience among Poles and Hungarians who fear large-scale immigration.
In recent years, large swaths of Central and Eastern Europe’s electorates have been mobilized by populist rhetoric, and the region’s governments have refused to cooperate with the EU’s collective response to the refugee crisis.
The main actors fall into three categories: open revisionists, like Russia and the Islamic State; those ready to fight to protect a minimum of order, such as the United States, France, and Great Britain; and ambivalent states – including key regional players in the Middle East, such as Turkey and Iran – whose actions fail to match their rhetoric.
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