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Anyone who has ever flown into Russia will know this scene: the moment the captain requests the passengers to remain seated until the plane comes to a complete stop, all the Russians on board will respond by immediately standing up and piling into the aisles as if it's their last chance to get out.
Finally, the US and the EU must make clear that this kind of aggression will affect relations and Russia’s standing in the West.
There is a vast array of political, economic and other areas in which Russia’s role and standing will have to be reexamined.
Likewise, China is nowhere to be found in today’s humanitarian crises, raising doubts about whether Xi is actually willing to shoulder the responsibilities that accompany the standing he claims for his country.
Of course, foreign aid is only one tool for enhancing China’s international role and standing.
Worse, the dollar’s role as an international currency would be jeopardized, which in turn would severely impair America’s superpower standing.
This aristocratic tradition of standing above the narrow strains of ethnic nationalism may be the best argument to hang on to royalty a little longer.
For Japan, becoming an equal partner in its alliance with the US is essential to securing its regional and global standing.
Now unemployment is Germany’s biggest problem, standing at a postwar record.
Afterwards, Moon’s national security adviser, Chung Eui-yong, and intelligence chief Suh Hoon traveled to Pyongyang and Washington, where, standing on the White House lawn with Cho Yoon-je, South Korea’s ambassador to the US – but with no US officials present – they announced the summit.
The first is whether the United States will regain its standing as a source of moral leadership.
If Obama improves America’s global standing with support from political heavyweights such as Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Bob Gates, National Security Adviser James Jones (a former NATO Supreme Commander), and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki (a former United States Army Chief), he should be able to ask more from America’s allies, particularly for NATO to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Russia’s diplomatic protection of Syria’s brutal regime from the ire of the international community, and of Iran from the West’s drive to cripple its economy, stems from its conviction that ten years of costly and inconclusive wars have seriously diminished America’s global standing.
The post-war “baby boom” generation drove a period of sustained economic growth that strengthened Europe’s standing in the world and led to dramatic improvements in its citizens’ quality of life.
After all, they are now part of the emerging political order in the Arab world,A democratic and prosperous Arab world will make Turkey’s standing in the region stronger, not weaker.
CAMBRIDGE – Seven candidates are standing in the 2017 French Socialist Party presidential primary, which includes the Socialist Party and a number of smaller pro-government Green parties, formally known as the “Popular Alliance.”
Like Macron, Mélenchon is also standing for the presidency outside of the Socialist fold.
In doing so, it would improve its standing in Europe and beyond.
By acknowledging the Armenian genocide, Turkey would establish itself as a mature democracy and reinforce its standing as a legitimate regional power.
When we look back at this issue in the future, it will be clear who – the surgeons or the protesters outside the hospital – was standing on the right side.
But the opaque nature of the deal may further weaken America’s already wobbly standing in Kyrgyzstan, where the contract has been cast as a source of corruption that padded the bank accounts of two successive dictators.
Until last weekend, Merkel seemed to be standing on rock-solid political ground.
The Congress-imposed government shutdown and near-default in October were particularly harmful to the country’s global standing.
Of the 250 members of provincial Communist Party standing committees, an elite group including party chiefs and governors, 60 claim to have earned PhDs.Tellingly, only ten of them completed their doctoral studies before becoming government officials.
To that end, today’s trade deals must take a cooperative approach that emphasizes capacity-building and encourages vigorous citizen participation, with civil society in each country assured the legal standing to present cases within the framework of a renegotiated agreement.
Politically, the Trump administration has already done serious damage to America’s international standing by justifying tariffs against allies’ exports on the grounds of “national security.”
Indeed, outsourcing or cutting Doing Business could damage the World Bank’s standing.
But, to sustain the charade of a strong and prosperous Russia, standing against the predations and hypocrisy of the West, the regime cannot be as authoritarian as Putin himself might wish.
It would also weaken the security, foreign policy, and international standing of both parties.
With Israel’s international standing determined largely by its close relationship with the US, its failure to support the US at such a sensitive moment is highly meaningful – and widely noticed.
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