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A clear case of imperial overstretch, the war strained America’s military, undermined the America’s moral standing worldwide and its reputation in the Middle East, severely threatened its economy, and showed to both friends and foes the limits of American power.
But Germany is simply too small to act as a hegemon, and its position within the eurozone is still being strained by the legacy of the 2008 financial crisis.
Consider, for example, the recent strained relationship with the US.
Alternatively, taking a strong position based on, say, majority voting within the EU may lead to very strained relations between member states.
The new European Commission, Council, and Parliament should be able to uphold the EU’s humanitarian obligations by reducing the number of deaths at sea, thereby setting the stage for a more reasonable public debate about migration, while improving strained relations with Africa.
With all the attention devoted to strained transatlantic relations, it is easy to overlook how often our preoccupations overlap.
The debate is centered on whether to increase the consumption tax in order to sustain the country’s severely strained social security system.
Such mass migration will severely hurt already strained social relations in some countries and lead to unpredictable consequences.
The old economic superpower, Britain, was too exhausted and strained to help anyone else.
Education is the key to giving strained populations hope for a better future.
But the relationship was strained from the outset.
The bitter dispute within the Eurogroup (comprising the eurozone countries’ finance ministers) not only strained relations among the monetary union’s members, but also fueled tensions within national governments.
But, while in effect, the tariffs strained the auto industry and other steel users, while inviting retaliation – precisely the same adverse impacts Trump’s tariffs will have today.
Should levels of displacement remain high, as appears likely, the humanitarian crisis may deepen further, especially because strained local resources have led some governorates to begin refusing to admit displaced people.
National budgets are strained, and foreign-exchange reserves are dwindling.
“The quality of mercy is not strained” – that is, constrained, or obligatory – she tells Shylock, but rather something that falls freely, like rain.
But Mussolini soon outlawed the Popolari ; in any event, the Vatican had had a strained relationship with the party and appeared more comfortable supporting pro-Catholic authoritarian regimes in countries like Austria and Portugal.
Europeans have long cherished the belief that centuries of history and the facts of geography, not to mention more recent patterns of immigration, have given them some sort of special relationship with the Islamic world – an often strained and sometimes bloody relationship, but nonetheless one based on deep mutual familiarity.
Friendless ChinaHONG KONG – At a time when China’s territorial assertiveness has strained its ties with many countries in the region, and its once-tight hold on Myanmar has weakened, its deteriorating relationship with North Korea, once its vassal, renders it a power with no real allies.
This constitutional mechanism has been strained by recent events.
On the other hand, Abe has repaired the strained relations with the US that Japan had under his predecessors, and President Barack Obama reiterated the strength of the bilateral alliance during Abe’s state visit to the White House last April.
US relations are strained.
Working with nonprofit agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and private companies, world leaders can have a profound impact on public health – even if foreign-aid budgets are strained.
Nowhere has this phenomenon been stronger than in Turkey, where those military escapades have strained the two countries’ strategic alliance almost to the breaking point.
Africa’s Economic House DividedDAKAR – The world economic downturn and financial-market tremors have strained budgets across Africa.
Instead, relations have been strained by the continuing refusal of Australia’s Labour Party government to sell uranium to energy-starved India for its civilian nuclear program.
The concept of a dialogue between cultures is sometimes strained, or seems only a pious hope, because we ask it to do the impossible: solve inflamed political conflicts.
An aggressive debater, Kan is often mentioned as a candidate to succeed Hatoyama should he leave his post – a live possibility, given the prime minister’s plummeting approval ratings and strained relationship with Ichiro Ozawa, the kingpin of Hatoyama’s Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).
Soon, Africa’s urban infrastructure – already strained by rapid population growth – will be feeling the effects.
At a time when public budgets are strained, this trend may seem counter-intuitive.
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