Sentences with phrase «by military conflicts»

As the nation was ravaged by military conflicts and political unrest, he was forced into being a child soldier at 14 years old, but left a few years later after his mother helped him escape.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

«The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000,» by Paul Kennedy

UNICEF has taken a more serious approach to getting their followers involved on Snapchat by sharing images that raise awareness of the plight of 800,000 children who have been forced to leave their Nigerian homes because of ongoing conflict between Boko Haram and military forces.

Last week, that view was challenged by escalating concerns about a potential military conflict with North Korea.

The diversity of means employed by low - intensity - conflict strategists blurs classical distinctions between military and economic aid, humanitarian assistance, and military operations.

Contemporary warfare has in fact taken the form of local conflicts, more often than not civil wars, in which no great alliances of nations are involved; these have been wars fought for reasons based in local rivalries, typically inflamed by historical animosities, ethnic disparity, or religious difference, rather than for reasons of global Realpolitik; they have been fought not with nuclear weapons (or, indeed, other types of weapons of mass - destructive capability) or the latest in military technology, but instead with conventional weaponry, often of old design, and often limited to rifles, knives, grenades, and light, crew - served weapons which individual soldiers can carry on their persons.

It is worthwhile to recall that the first exercise of U.S. military power well beyond its borders was the repression of piracy by the Barbary Pirates on the high seas — not an interstate conflict at all.

A recent document approved in December, 1989 by the Army's chief of staff, General Carl Vuono, entitled «Military Operations in Low - Intensity Conflict,» describes the army's new aggressive plans.

During the decades of conflict between Jordan and Israel this area was a military zone, strewn with mines and closed to unauthorized personnel, but since the 1994 Peace Treaty the mines have been cleared and the site is being developed by the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism.

Generally speaking, in a genuine military conflict between nations, it is not considered a war crime to target a military installation that is used by «combatants» in a conflict (as opposed to civilians or hospitals for the wounded, for example).

Both these books should be read by British politicians and civilian policy makers, because they demonstrate that conflicts like Iraq and Afghanistan require more than just adequate military force.

Violent conflicts that end by military victory tend to produce a more durable peace than conflicts that end by a negotiated settlement.

Because that would be a conventional military conflict with Russia, which is feared to escalate into a limited nuclear conflict followed by a total nuclear conflict.

Turkey's military coups 1993 — Claims of a «covert coup» intended to prevent a peace settlement with the Kurdistan Workers» Party (PKK) 1980 — Military coup following armed conflict between right - wing and left - wing groups in the 1970s 1971 — Military coup known as the «coup by memorandum», which the military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democrmilitary coups 1993 — Claims of a «covert coup» intended to prevent a peace settlement with the Kurdistan Workers» Party (PKK) 1980 — Military coup following armed conflict between right - wing and left - wing groups in the 1970s 1971 — Military coup known as the «coup by memorandum», which the military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected DemocrMilitary coup following armed conflict between right - wing and left - wing groups in the 1970s 1971 — Military coup known as the «coup by memorandum», which the military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected DemocrMilitary coup known as the «coup by memorandum», which the military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democrmilitary delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democrmilitary officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democrat Party

«Nigerian authorities have made a commitment to make schools safer and more resilient to attack, and UNICEF stands with them to implement the Safe Schools Declaration, by which Nigeria commits to protecting schools and universities from violence and military use during armed conflict.»

The President urged all political and military stakeholders in Zimbabwe to avoid any action that may plunge the country into unnecessary conflict and impact negatively on the region, a statement by his media aide, Femi Adesina disclosed on Wednesday.

«However, unilateral military action by the U.S. in a Middle East conflict causes grave concern, given the lack of any Authorization for Use of Military Force from Congress and the absence of any long - term plan or strategy to address any consequences from such unilateral actionmilitary action by the U.S. in a Middle East conflict causes grave concern, given the lack of any Authorization for Use of Military Force from Congress and the absence of any long - term plan or strategy to address any consequences from such unilateral actionMilitary Force from Congress and the absence of any long - term plan or strategy to address any consequences from such unilateral action.»

In Agogo, four security personnel including three military officers and a police officer, who had been deployed to the area to evict the herdsmen, were shot and injured by an unknown assailant following the renewed government efforts to address the long - standing conflict.

«The Coalition of CSOs on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria undertakes review of the ongoing - war on terrorism to ascertain maximum adherence of the military to the rules of engagement by the Nigerian military, enforcement of fundamental human rights of civilians and protection of man's dignity and respect for person and to ensure that the activities of non-state actors are in conformity with the general principles and purposes of the United Nations and other conventions» rights.

In recent years, public health concerns about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have risen significantly, driven in part by affected military veterans returning from conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere.

By being less reliant on imports, they would be partially insulated from climate vagaries, global resource shortages and distant military conflicts.

They also point out that there are other factors to consider, such as the deployment of such a system leading to political or military conflict, and the fact it ignores the acidification of the ocean, which is also caused by CO2 emissions.

Its world news is the best around, covering all aspects of military aviation, region by region; offering features on the strengths of the world's air forces, their conflicts, weaponry and exercises.

Working from Burke's screenplay, the Brazilian director Jose Padilha («Narcos») cuts between the increasingly tense passengers, confined to a sweaty corner of the Entebbe airport terminal; the infighting among the terrorists; and the high - level political and military planning put into action by Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan), a no - negotiation hard - liner, and Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi), depicted here as the conflicted pragmatist.

Yet that stylistic clarity is as much a product of the film's often strained cinematic high points, such as when Mosab is told «welcome to the slaughter house» by a prison guard, a line clearly inserted to elicit a thriller - order ethos that's too easy a gesture to the ubiquitous violence of the war's innumerous military and civilian conflicts.

We have the conflict between old and new Republicans (headed by David Wilmot and Martin McCann respectively), the black ops military intelligence unit (with Sean Harris in a key role) playing both sides against each other while maintaining links with the UVF and a father / daughter couple (Richard Dormer and Charlie Murphy) conflicted as to whether they should help the wounded Hook.

The film's opening text indicates that dogs have been used by the military since World War I, with over 3,000 canines having served in our most recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

From Academy Award winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton, and based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter tells the story of a military captain who is transported to a mysterious planet amongst conflict.

In Kachin state, conflict has been ongoing since June 2012 when the Burmese military invaded an area previously controlled by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in order to secure the land for gold and copper mining for Chinese companies.

Israel's acknowledgement of Hamas as the best of a bad bunch is evident in the substance of the Cairo talks: the building blocks of a future state and a two - state resolution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict — rule by a Palestinian national unity government, open borders, a sea port, extended territorial waters, and an airport — in exchange for military and security arrangements that ensure the security of both Israel and the Palestinians.

The advent of nuclear weapons has ended this option; now military might lead to mutual assured destruction, and therefore the resolution of conflicts by the rule of international law has become a necessity.

When Jill Biden convened a gathering of researchers and university faculty to mark the five - year anniversary of Operation Educate the Educators last spring, they also celebrated significant policy gains, like the enactment of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, which smooths transitions by eliminating conflicting state educational requirements, and the «military - student identifier» provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states — for the first time — to track outcomes for these sMilitary Children, which smooths transitions by eliminating conflicting state educational requirements, and the «military - student identifier» provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states — for the first time — to track outcomes for these smilitary - student identifier» provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states — for the first time — to track outcomes for these students.

Based on thousands of primary documents and 180 on - the - record interviews, the story unfolds day by day, hour by hour, and at times minute by minute, with a rich cast of characters — military officers, American and Viet Cong soldiers, chancellors, professors, students, police officers, businessmen, mime troupers, a president and his men, a future mayor and future vice president — moving toward battles that forever shaped their lives and evoked cultural and political conflicts that reverberate still.

Essays on the most pivotal military conflict of the twentieth century written by renowned historians and presented by the editor of the acclaimed What If?

Not only was there a massively renewed interest in developing new military dog breeds as a result of the conflict, but many thousands of new German Shepherd Dogs were captured by the Soviet military as trophies of war to be used in breeding efforts.

The attacking team even begins each round by hurdling the trench wall and launching themselves at the enemy, going «over the top» in a slightly chilling reenactment of the most well - known military tactic of the entire conflict.

In these photocollages Titova uses photographs of social protesters rejected by mass media for which they were originally made and photographs taken by the military in conflict sites to question the relationships between the lived environments, institutional power and the production of identity through the optics of historical narration.

Following behind military training sessions and subsequent fire brigades, Gersht photographed the scorched and charred landscapes of the Golan Heights, a conflict - ridden region captured by Israel from Syria after the Six - Day War.

Dedicated to exploring the veracity of photographic and video documents in the public realm, the role of memory and narrative within discourses of conflict, and the construction of histories of art in the Arab world, Raad's work is informed by his upbringing in Lebanon during the civil war (1975 — 91), and by the socioeconomic and military policies that have shaped the Middle East in the past few decades.

IRRESISTIBLE FORCE, a two channel video installation by Sharon Paz, juxtaposes animated silhouettes of conflicting imagery with private sceneries, which are superimposed by patterns reminiscent of the camouflage commonly used by the military.

It used the provision of aid as a benchmark solution, and then suggested the following: linking aid to limits on military spending; sending significant military forces into nations emerging from conflict to reduce the risk of a relapse into violence; providing (and having the ability to back up) a promise that a military force will intervene when a democratically elected government is threatened by violence.

The new government has set the right tone by encouraging a freeze on further land investments, but must ban all further land acquisitions — including by the military — if it is serious about preventing further conflict.»

We only have to compare military expense, number of conflicts involved and percentage of territory taken by force from neighbors.

«If a small group of countries does deploy a system and other countries feel threatened by it, there's a lot of scope for political or even military conflict,» Caldeira says.

Developing countries, some of which are already embroiled in military conflict, may be drawn into larger and more protracted disputes over water, energy supplies or food, all of which may disrupt economic growth at a time when developing countries are beset by more egregious manifestations of climate change.

The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge brought by NGOs against the UK government's licensing of arms sales to Saudi Arabia, which has been involved in military conflict in Yemen since 2015.

We can not solve these problems using military force or litigation, by violence or coercion, or by accusations or denunciations, but not require the use of mediation, collaborative negotiation, dialogue and conflict resolution systems design in order to successfully collaborate in overcoming them.»

It is difficult to think of a conflict that was not in some way influenced by other states, somewhere along the spectrum from media support, diplomatic cover, supplying weapons, sharing intelligence, through training forces, deploying troops and military hardware, all the way to directing or fabricating the existence of a proxy force from abroad.

She is currently instructed by the Government in R (oao Campaign Against Arms Trade) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which is challenging the grant of licences to export arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia for use in the conflict in Yemen.