Superiority
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They are nations of citizens united by their history and spirit, rather than ethnicity, a sense of superiority, or an arrogant identity.
All that tough anti-Western rhetoric on behalf of the nation – the bare-chested horsemanship, the kissing of tigers, and the flying with cranes – has paid off: the aloof French have at long last recognized Russian
superiority
and are sending one of their greatest representatives to partake of it.
In losing its existential enemy, the West lost the foil against which it declared its own moral
superiority.
Having the largest economy is vital for a power aspiring to maintain military
superiority
and the ability to define the international order.
But, rather than reflecting a decline in its military superiority, America’s setbacks in Iraq and Afghanistan are the result of wrongheaded policies that sought to use hard power to solve conflicts that were simply not amenable to it.
But, despite the Trump administration’s frequent (and often ungraceful) declarations of military superiority, its actions imply that this
superiority
is not enough.
It is natural for India to proclaim its “democratic”
superiority
to China while recognizing that on all strategic fronts it is not in the same league.
Totalitarian regimes – the Nazis, the Soviets in 1980, and now the Chinese – desire to host the Olympics as a way to signal to the world their
superiority.
Actual injury is not necessary: the perceived
superiority
of another nation is enough.
It was about standing up to the Zionist enemy, the high-tech crusader whose military
superiority
can be defeated only by stubborn resistance.
Iranians have a sense of seniority, if not superiority, born of a rich and ancient culture that has survived into modern times.
It is true that Islamic texts assert in various ways the
superiority
of men to women.
Redefining the WestComments by Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi about the
superiority
of Western Christian civilization over Islam has inflamed opinion around the globe.
Thus, the implicit perception of Western
superiority
and Eastern inferiority is untenable in the long run.
In the so-called “kitchen debate” of 1959 – one of the Cold War’s weirdest moments – Nixon sparred with Khrushchev in Moscow over the
superiority
of capitalism over socialism.
No case, we believe, needs to be made for our biological
superiority.
The problem is that hedging has typically been interpreted to mean sustaining overwhelming US military
superiority.
Given China’s own history of vulnerability to foreign intervention, unilateral US efforts to maintain overwhelming offensive
superiority
would only trigger an increasingly destabilizing arms race.
Merely demonstrating military
superiority
is not sufficient as a policy for dealing with the Palestinian problem.
Their belief in the
superiority
of literal interpretations of Islamic texts and their deep animosity towards religious innovation (broadly defined) reflect their certainty that the first three generations of Muslims possessed the best understanding of Islam, and should provide guidance for future generations.
America’s technological
superiority
since World War II is a direct result of its Cold War-era military-industrial mobilization, which led to the development of satellite technology as well as what would become the Internet.
The rich like to blame the poor, partly because it lets them off the hook, and partly because it gives them a feeling of moral
superiority.
The multi-ethnic nature of the 1998 champion was widely touted as a mark, not of a long and often bloody colonial past, but of national
superiority
born from the tolerance of the French Enlightenment and the fraternity of the French Revolution.
On the US side, a lingering Cold War mentality, combined with the presumption of US economic superiority, has meant that economic issues are still deemed subservient to geo-political concerns.
This is happening despite the lack of a clear indication of the
superiority
of the state.
Crucially, the US also wants to retain its technological and military
superiority.
The chess world had long been the perfect battleground on which to prove the
superiority
of the Communist system.
For others, China demonstrates the intrinsic
superiority
of the state-led model.
To approve new pharmaceuticals, the US Food and Drug Administration requires two well-designed randomized controlled trials in which the drug demonstrates
superiority
over placebo treatment.
No economy is more vulnerable than the US, and it is arrogance to believe that US cyber
superiority
(to all except perhaps China) provides it with impenetrable security from attack.
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