Sentences with phrase «for foreign powers»

It was an attempt to taint rebel groups with Islamic radicalism, thereby giving his violent repression of rebel groups an air of legitimacy and making it more difficult for foreign powers to back his opponents.

If we don't, it'll be open season for any foreign power who wants to cause trouble in our elections.»

Not exact matches

Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said higher oil prices lessen all the worries from 2015 and 2016 about the Saudi government's ability to maintain its commitments, but the consolidation of power in the hands of the Crown Prince also is significant for the market and investors as his reform program is widely regarded as critical for Saudi Arabia's future prosperity.

Just to put costs in context: China's huge $ 1.8 trillion in foreign reserves would cover the costs of global power projection for about two years.

The legislation is stricter and offers far less clarity than expected: it expands the definition of state - owned enterprises (SOEs) to include any company that is «influenced, directly or indirectly» by a foreign power or, for that matter, any person under government direction.

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

The Company incurred foreign exchange gains on hedges purchased for the RF Power business asset purchase.

For Trump in particular, complete transparency could backfire by amplifying suspicion and further escalating calls for his impeachment on allegations of obstructing justice, accepting gifts from foreign powers, or treasFor Trump in particular, complete transparency could backfire by amplifying suspicion and further escalating calls for his impeachment on allegations of obstructing justice, accepting gifts from foreign powers, or treasfor his impeachment on allegations of obstructing justice, accepting gifts from foreign powers, or treason.

He called the alleged conspiracy «an act of unprecedented treachery: the campaign of a nominee for President of the United States in league with a hostile foreign power to bolster its own chance to win the presidency.»

ANKARA, May 3 - Iran's foreign minister said on Thursday U.S. demands to change its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers were unacceptable as a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Europeans to «fix» the deal loomed.

«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.

The fight for Afrin, a once stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever greater role of foreign powers in the seven - year - old conflict.

The fight for Afrin, a once - stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever - greater role of foreign powers such as Turkey in the seven - year - old conflict.

But to many Republicans, he's an unreliable ally who is often at odds with traditional conservative ideology on drug policy (he's for medical marijuana), foreign intervention (he opposes most military actions) and government surveillance (he thinks more checks are needed on federal power).

The Clark government has also proposed that taxpayers fund hydro dam construction to subsidize power for the energy - hungry liquified natural gas plants largely owned by foreign companies.

While the regime seems likely to remain stable in 2018, the struggle for power and assets among the political elite will continue to escalate, and economic and foreign policy challenges create long - term uncertainty.

Ramo writes with ease and authority about the technology, history, and foreign policy of this power shift, giving us an essential guide for the future.

Canada's Federal Court could be given greater powers to combat unacceptable behaviour by domestic and foreign «patent trolls» — companies that do not make or sell a product but sue other companies for patent infringement based on existing patent rights the troll has secured.

«He should be brought back from Russia and given due process and I think the proper outcome would be that he would be given a death sentence for having put friends of mine, friends of yours, who serve in the military today at enormous risk because of the information he stole and then released to foreign powers,» Pompeo said on C - SPAN on Feb. 11.

Instead, this profoundly political move will make solar power more expensive for everyday Americans while propping up two failing, foreign - owned companies.»

Iran's foreign minister said on Thursday US demands to change its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers were unacceptable, as a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Europeans to «fix» the deal loomed.

Rather than scrap Nafta's arbitration tribunals, regarded by some free - trade critics as secretive bodies that give private corporations unbridled power to challenge foreign governments outside the court system, the letter proposed to «maintain and seek to improve procedures» for settling disputes.

To apologize for Facebook's missteps, reassure Congress that Facebook intends to stop foreign powers from using its service to meddle in American elections and detail the company's plans to better protect its users» privacy.

Since Mr. Xi came to power, China's leadership has recentralized power to focus on anti-corruption and abuse of power by officials, as well as developing big plans for market reform and opening the country to foreign investment.

John Quincy Adams warned of the «inevitable tendency of a direct interference in foreign wars, even wars for freedom, to change the very foundations of our own government from liberty to power.»

That China is the rising world power seems taken for granted in many elite foreign policy circles.

If America attacks Iran for any reason (treaties, foreign interests and allied ties) other than its own direct national security being threatened at her doorstep, than I speak for myself primarily when I say, Iran should do all it can in its power to secure her existence and future by any means.

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.

While former CIA Director William Colby was publicly taking the line that the President has constitutional power to conduct covert operations, Colby himself had approved an internal CIA study which found that, prior to the 1974 Foreign Assistance Act, there were no legal or constitutional grounds for covert action without the advance approval of Congress.

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For the ancient Hebrew, so often under siege from foreign powers and alicted by apostasy from within, the promise of the Messiah was a hope and joy that sustained him throughout his difficult history.

While it maybe be true that large pools of institutional money are better at buying political favors, influencing scientific research, and swaying foreign governments, it has always been known and is frequently demonstrated that individuals always do better at loving and caring for other individuals, tend to be wiser stewards of money, and view their giving and service toward others as a means of actually helping them, rather than a means to gain political power or popular prestige.

The Revolution of 1989 in east and central Europe» a world - historical series of events ignited by moral passion, informed by moral conviction, sustained by deft and morally sophisticated politics, and supported by a resolute demonstration that the Soviet Union could not compete with the United States in a serious arms race» raised further questions about classic foreign - policy realism and its narrow focus on «hard power» as the analytic prism for understanding both the dynamics of world politics and the exigencies of American foreign policy.

Not surprisingly, many politicians have run for office opposed to the government as though it were a foreign power, not an instrument of national purpose.

These rules are there for many reasons, including being certain that foreign powers aren't supporting candidates in US elections.

The unipolarist ideology by whatever name, adds a fourth party to the foreign - policy debate, which has otherwise involved 1) liberal internationalists, who seek world peace and stability by securing collective agreements from nation states to comply with international law; 2) realists, who seek to ensure a balance of power among competing regimes; and 3) principled anti-interventionists, who renounce the use of military force for all reasons besides self - defense.

The Bush administration's grand design for foreign policy, spelled out last September in a document titled «The National Security Strategy,» declares that the U.S. will exercise the responsibilities of the dominant power in international politics in order to resist terrorism and rogue states and to shape a global ethos of human dignity and prosperity.

In 1894 John W. Kimberly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Great Britain, the colonial power and chief oppressor of colonized people in the world at that time, again proposed the division of the Korean peninsula in order to make peace between Japan and China.

It came under brief Italian rule during Mussolini's time, but for the most part, we did not have direct and intimate dealings with foreign powers.

United Dairy Power chief executive Tony Esposito has thrown his support behind Canada's Saputo, saying that foreign ownership has been nothing but positive for the Australian dairy industry.

CKI officials are optimistic the Foreign Investment Review Board will approve their bid despite Treasurer Scott Morrison last year rejecting the company's previous bid for the NSW power distributor Ausgrid last year.

According to him, the Foreign Minister has no business usurping the functions of the National Executives and arrogating to herself any powers to decide on issues for the National Executives.

Hyperactive and multi-lateral engagement have been distinctive features of the Iranian foreign policy, particularly under Ahmadinejad, and, apart from the pro forma considerations on who holds the reign of power in Tehran, one can confidently say that there is a wide consensus (beyond the Majles) on what should be Iran's priorities, e.g. support for a sympathetic government in Damascus.

Through targeted foreign assistance across Africa, for example, Kerry argued, the US can promote more reliable investment conditions «to help plant the seeds [of emerging market growth],» rather than «cede that power to others.»

The Constitution gives the President unique powers in foreign policy (it is his primary Constitutional portfolio) and the President is responsible for meeting with and negotiating the terms of any treaty the United States wishes to enter into independently (without any Congressional oversight).

Surprisingly, IBB appears very radical in his «restructuring»: a Federal Government with powers over just foreign policy, defence, and the economy, eerily close to the confederal arrangement the Emeka Ojukwu - led Eastern Region called for in 1967.

The UK is also seen as offering a welcome to infrastructure investment that delivers stable long - term returns that continues to be of great interest to China from projects regarded as too sensitive for foreign involvement by other states, such as the nuclear power industry.

Among the key questions are the regional support of president Nkurunziza, the likelihood of a foreign intervention, the lessons for the power - sharing model of peace - building Burundi incarnated, and possibilities for regional and national actors to solve the crisis.

Robert Pape says that the overwhelming reason for «suicide» (homicide) bombers is occupation by a foreign power or desire for local autonomy against a larger state, rather than religion.

Such instruments of deliberative democracy may be distinctly «foreign» and at odds with the elitist British political tradition, with the culture and rituals of a traditional power - hoarding democracy and with the predilection for «muddling through» that defined British politics in the twentieth century.