Sentences with phrase «by political leadership»

And yet the danger is all - but - ignored by our political leadership.

(Due to the Teflon heavily applied to the charter sector by political leadership and the press, the now - extensive reporting on the Gulenist schools hasn't given them a bit of trouble.)

Birmingham is a tale of two cities headed up historically by a political leadership historically consumed with the toxic notion of legacy, be that a shiny new library or a fantasy of devolution.

What determines the quality of Parliament are the standards set by the political leadership.

Not exact matches

The term «G - Zero world,» coined by Bremmer and political scientist David F. Gordon, refers to a power - vacuum world in which «major powers set aside aspirations for global leadership — alone, coordinated, or otherwise — and look primarily inward for their policy priorities.»

The business plan: Provoke war between Britain and China using a stealth catamaran vessel, kill China's political leadership by destroying Beijing with a cruise missile, install a puppet ruler, and secure «exclusive broadcasting rights in China for the next 100 years.»

Yet career employees, despite their famous pride in serving under different administrations, are clearly steered by their agency's political leadership.

The OSCE chairmanship has served as an important platform for other post-Communist European countries to demonstrate the maturity of their diplomatic capabilities, showcase the commitment of their political leaders to the Helsinki principles, and earn the respect of other OSCE participating states by exercising leadership on key regional security issues.

Nonetheless, to ignore the absolute need for simplification and reform of the tax system, and the contribution it would make to a strengthening economy and a sustainable fiscal framework would represent a complete lack of «political leadership and courage» by the Minister of Finance and the government.

Prabowo, on the other hand, has built his appeal by calling for «firm» leadership capable of cutting through political gridlock.

It reflects a years - long campaign by liberal Catholic activists to push back against the leadership of their church on controversial political matters - and years of White House bridge - building with a spectrum of Catholic groups.

It took over a century of deft Vatican diplomacy, disentangling the appointment of bishops from various political imbroglios, to make that canon possible, and the twenty - first - century Church now has the capacity to choose its leadership by its own criteria.

From the «I can't believe my eyes and ears» file: A group called Majority Action ¯ which describes itself as being «led by veteran Democratic activists and [having] a leadership board that consists of prominent political figures, including several former Members of Congress,....

There are a few main explanations: 1) long term failure in leadership by the Irish Catholic church, and connected with this, the awful Jansenist culture; 2) Europe — or rather, political interference from European Community institutions; 3) American money; 4) the claim of the «Yes» campaign that the Referendum was won by «the stories,» that is, the constant appeal to emotion and the complete refusal actually to think about the legal consequences of passing such a change not merely into law, but also into the Irish Constitution, the foundation of that law.

I'll leave it to others to debate his definitions of liberalism and other political philosophies, and there's a whole other debate to be had about whether his leadership of the Liberal Democrat party was doomed by his Christian faith, as he claims, or his failure to return a higher number of MPs at this year's General Election.

The leadership, by contrast, repudiated for theological and moral reasons much of the emerging mass culture, the economic system, and many of the works — particularly military adventures — of the system's political leaders.

The conquest of the political culture of the black community by the culture of the left has allowed someone like Farrakhan to gain an acceptance and support that far exceeds that of any comparable black demagogue in the past including Malcolm X, who in his lifetime, it should be remembered, was condemned and isolated by the leadership of the black civil rights movement precisely because of his rhetorical violence and racial politics.

What the ex-KGB hand, Putin, has gotten done is this: He's erected a kleptocratic quasi-dictatorship on top of a crumbling civil society while murdering his political opponents, invading his neighbors, backstopping Syria's murderous Bashar al - Assad, and conducting a fantastic propaganda campaign throughout the world (supported, sadly, by the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church)-- all of which is aimed at reversing the verdict of recent history, rebuilding Stalin's empire in a new guise, and deconstructing the West.

This wasn't started by the church leadership, like so many other things like the political grandstanding against gay marriage, this was started by a member who told two friends.

Yet the address also sounds a new theme by praising the moral strengths of Western democracy» especially Ronald Reagan's inspiring political leadership that enabled the West to win the Cold War, as well as the constitutional restraints on power that protect personal liberty.

Within a generation after the Maccabean revolt had become a successful revolution, the Jewish state was recognized by the Roman Senate and Rome refused to give sanctuary to political exiles hostile to the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus.

Decisive action by governments — the oft - cited «strong political leadership» is critical to effective regulation.

A rush of takeovers of Australian mining resources by their Chinese shareholders is being driven by a change in political leadership and a desire to take control of strategic assets.

It's confusing because of the display of political leadership presented by Congress contrasted with the tens of thousands of individuals they do not see who provide excellent governmental leadership and service to our country on a daily basis.

Lewis called the uproar over longer school days and teacher pay a «political issue» not driven by the new leadership at CPS.

Paterson has no political future (for the time being), thereby freeing him to grab the union leadership by the neck while he makes them submit to a temporary furlough that will save tens of millions per week.

However, I have just fi nished Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, which is a superb account of political psychology and lePolitical Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, which is a superb account of political psychology and lepolitical psychology and leadership.

«I congratulate my political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, on the successful resolution of its leadership crisis by the supreme court of Nigeria.

The hope among the NLD leadership is that economic and political life can be gradually opened over the next three years and that moderates will be entrenched enough by 2015 to allow the NLD's inevitable victory at the polls in that year's general election to be translated into some real political power.

Of course, Obama and Trump are characterized by wholly different domestic agendas, political leadership styles and public rhetoric, but they are also both US presidents, who govern the leading economic and military global power, confronted by largely the same foreign policy problems and endowed with the same bureaucratic structures and military capabilities.

Mr Cameron will meet with president Thein Sein, whose leadership he praised for allowing the release of political prisoners, the holding of by - elections and the legalisation of previously outlawed political parties, on the trip.

In the summer of 2009, we conducted a nationally representative survey of 1,500 Russian citizens, and found that respondents who were directly affected by the financial crisis were more likely to respond negatively to questions concerning popular support for the political leadership of the country, the efficacy of the political authorities, and the actual practice of democracy in Russia (Chaisty and Whitefield, 2012).

The «foreign agents» bill, for example, was formally introduced under the names of 243 Duma deputies, helping to sustain a narrative that this was a measure supported by the Russian people, rather than merely the political leadership.

«Under my leadership Ukip will continue to provide a political option for voters disillusioned with that offered by the legacy Westminster parties.

Democrats are by no means the only ones who can contribute to that end but it would greatly benefit working families to have a DNC leadership committed to progressive political change; social, climate and economic justice; and the expansion of our democracy.»

Gaining agreement at international summits really does come down to the phone calls, the one - to - one meetings, the cajoling undertaken by political leaders, but in the lead - up to the Cannes G20 summit we saw no evidence of any such leadership.

Lack of wise leadership and accurate understanding of voters» basic needs by current political elites as well as raising of populism are one of many causes for new political movements we can witness across Western countries.

The tragedy of Labour's leadership contest is that not one of the candidates - judging by their positions on political reform - is a true pluralist.

To be an organization that will drive innovation and change in Washington by encouraging a new political prototype of national leadership.

The basic political programme should be the 10 Pledges outlined by Jeremy Corbyn in his leadership campaign.

Former MP David Miliband spoke for many people when he argued that under his brother's leadership, Labour had hoped to «suspend the laws of political gravity» by moving somewhat to the left, yet continuing to believe victory was still possible.

«The decision by leadership and the caucus suggests they decided this was not the hill they wanted to die on, this was not the battle they wanted to fight,» ACLU national political director Faiz Shakir, a former aide to past Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, said in an interview.

(CNN)- The Senate Democratic leadership failed Thursday to muster up enough support for a bill that would have put new restrictions on political television advertising by special interest groups.

«Noam Bramson loves talking about Albany issues to deflect from his mismanagement of New Rochelle that has resulted in extraordinary tax increases, but he refuses to address the most important question before the state today: Should an Assembly Speaker who has repeatedly covered up sexual harassment and violent sexual assaults committed by political colleagues continue to hold a leadership position,» asked Astorino spokeswoman Jessica Proud in a recent statement.

In this chapter, Brown also charts the rise of women into positions of political leadership writing that «by 2013, more than eighty women had held the highest elected governmental office in a variety of countries, spanning every continent in the world» (p. 38).

«You will need political leadership today because governments come to office, and you will need that chief executive of the country to say that I am interested in making sure that that part of my country, which I preside over has a lasting peace and I will allow for independent and proper adjudication of justice by the application of the traditional or customary wheels of justice and current or legal means of justice to run in tandem, to bring whatever impasse that has existed over the period to a halt,» he told host Ekow Mensah - Shalders.

Since his speech in favour of air strikes on Syria I am struck by the number of Hilary Benn's colleagues, those who have worked with him in cabinets or shadow cabinets, who tell me he has changed since the summer, finding his political voice or public definition in opposition to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

He warned that the government had invested almost # 500 million into the CSA but had «completely failed to demonstrate the political leadership required to push through the reforms that are desperately needed by so many single parent families».

Mr Miliband is keen to distance himself from the unions for fear of being branded «Red Ed» by the tabloid press, a particularly crucial political move given his reliance on union votes when he beat his brother to the Labour party leadership.

Were Nigeria's political leadership positions by inheritance, I am sure the leadership of the Yoruba nation would have, on a platter of concession, been handed over to Obafemi Awolowo, Adekunle Ajasin and Abraham Adesanya's children after their death.