Sentences with phrase «first foreign power»

Commenting on the Vatican's concordat with Germany, he asserts: «The Vatican became the first foreign power to enter into a bilateral treaty with Hitler.»

Not exact matches

A 123 agreement is only the first step for a foreign country that wants to employ U.S. nuclear - power technology.

In Facebook, Zuckerberg has built what's arguably the first - ever technology allowing a foreign power to spread propaganda within the borders of the U.S. at mass scale without being detected.

In a speech in Berlin in late November, Polish politician Radek Sikorski declared, «I will probably be the first Polish foreign minister in history to say so, but here it is: I fear German power less than I am beginning to fear German inactivity.»

«This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent,» said Jake Sullivan, chief foreign policy adviser to Clinton.

«This has to be the first time that a major presidential candidate has actively encouraged a foreign power to conduct espionage against his political opponent,» Hillary for American senior policy advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement.

He was the first victim of Boxer fighters, who lusted after the blood of foreign missionaries, whom they blamed for China's humiliation by Western powers.

«We assembled here today,» President Trump said in his inauguration speech, «are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power... From this day forward, it's going to be only America First.»

We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, in every hall of power (RULE OF THREE)-- from this day on a new vision will govern our land (METAPHOR)-- from this day onwards it is only going to be America first — America first (REPETITION)!

A shift of power from No 10 to the great offices of state: the Chancellor, the Foreign Secretary (who also would have resigned if Brown tried to move him), the Home Secretary (and heir - even - more - apparent)-- and of course the First Secretary and Grand Panjandrum, Lord Mandelson.

Just before the confirmation, shadow foreign secretary William Hague told Mr Miliband the Tories would make an inquiry one of their first acts if they came to power.

When Mr Blair first came to power he promised to champion an ethical foreign policy, after what was seen as an inward looking and overly cautious approach followed by the Major government.

China having power and presence is one of the obvious reasons for this shift in this region, however if we look at it more closely then we see that the former president Mr. Mohamed Nasheed was pretty much in favor of an «India First» foreign policy in fact he has been quoted saying «India - first foreign policy approach is probably the only sensible foreign policy view that we should have in the Indian Ocean&raFirst» foreign policy in fact he has been quoted saying «India - first foreign policy approach is probably the only sensible foreign policy view that we should have in the Indian Ocean&rafirst foreign policy approach is probably the only sensible foreign policy view that we should have in the Indian Ocean».

With Kenya's presidential election drawing near, campaigns here are for the first time making widespread use of opinion polls, text messaging, teleprompters, spin doctors, $ 15,000 - a-plate fundraisers and even high - powered foreign political consultants such as Dick Morris, a former adviser to Bill Clinton, who swooped in for a few days to counsel opposition candidate Raila Odinga.

Emphasizing government's determination to drive its economic agenda to achieve the broad principles of restoring and sustaining economic growth, building a competitive economy and investing in the people, the Minister said government is focused on achieving a least 7 % GDP growth; $ 10 billion in Foreign Direct investment; 10 GW of power generation and placing among the first 100 countries on the Ease of Doing Business ranking by 2020.

He was a shadow Labour spokesman throughout the 1980s before serving as Home Secretary, from 1997, in Tony Blair's first term as PM, becoming Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 and then holding a series of other front bench roles until Labour lost power in 2010.

In the chaos, conspiracy theories rage about a foreign cyberattack — that this might be the first shockwave of a colossal global shift in power — but even this becomes unimportant as Mike and his family struggle for survival in the wintry tomb of a doomed New York.

The film associates footage from the few amateur cameras available in Bucharest during the revolution, broadcasts from foreign televisions and primarily from the continuous transmission of the occupied Romanian Television, which had become one of the centres of power during the first live revolution in history.

You know the world is changing when the president's first trip to Asia is defined by a new U.S. foreign policy dubbed «strategic reassurance» - convincing China that the United States has no intention of containing its growing power or endangering its foreign investments.

In The Power Surge Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations takes an excellent first stab at making sense of America's new energy resources....

As a result, the ECJ will now be required to interpret the term «foreign direct investment» for the first time and clarify whether the EU's powers in the area of portfolio investment (as opposed to foreign direct investment) also fall within the EU's (implied) exclusive powers.

First news of the designation was announced by Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Jason Kenney, although, the power to designate foreign nationals lies solely with the Minister of Public Safety, Vic Toews.

Then, along came s 25 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, which gave the English court the power to order a Mareva off the back of foreign proceedings, first those in Europe and then in the rest of the world.