Sentences with phrase «military power well»

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.

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Putin's strength rests on the fact that he represents the interests of well - organized power groups, including the secret police and the military, says Andrei Korobkov, a politics professor at Middle Tennessee State University.

The transition from a superpower duopoly, in terms of military power, to a world monopoly, however, has had, among other effects during the 1990s, that of destabilising the fragile balance upon which the international multilateralism of the United Nations had been able to function, well or badly, during the 1960s and 1970s (following the «defrosting» and decolonisation, both the results of social, cultural, democratic and national struggle).

about people who experience same - sex attraction trying to live a Christian life, this fuller exposition of his thought on the new ideologies presented a fascinating look into the way in which colonialism — discredited by liberals and to lesser extent many conservatives as well — has gone away from the actual military and political rule seen in previous centuries, to a stealthier and subtler form of the exertion of foreign power.

To the extent that Theissen has shown how religious visions of peace are of necessity linked with military and political conditions, this failure of American historical memory may well ultimately destroy the power of the religious imagination and its symbols.

The idea that the U.S. was an unquestioned military colossus athwart the world, which no power or people could effectively oppose, was hubristic nonsense certain to get the country into deep trouble — as it did — and bring the U.S. Army to the point of collapse, as happened in Vietnam and may well happen again in Iraq (and Afghanistan).

To effect outcomes it wants, such a nation must recognize the importance of «soft power» — cultural and ideological appeal — as well as the «hard power» — military and economic — at its disposal.

On the other hand, they serve the political, military and economic powers that be and operate as consultants to them as well as accepting invitations to generalize from scientific research to political and social philosophies — blinkered mandarins, speaking as if they were wise.

The importance of the power problem for Christian ethics derives both from the fact that power, whether economic, political, military, or spiritual, means capacity to determine life for good or ill, and from the fact that some fundamental redistribution of power is necessary as a condition of the freedom and dignity of men in their social relations.

The hierarchy of power remained the U.S. embassy at the pinnacle, the Salvadoran military and economic elites a little below, and the civilian government looking good in U.S. papers but nearly powerless in practice.

While military supremacy may discourage predator powers and military weakness encourage them, national influence suspended only on military advantage is tenuous at best.

Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776 XIII That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that, in all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and be governed by, the civil power.

The idea behind FOCUS is simple: large school districts procure so much food that they have considerable market power (second only to the U.S. military when it comes to food purchasing), which FOCUS helps them leverage to pressure manufacturers into producing better food.

As a major global military power, Russia is clearly «able» to thwart ISIS — certainly just as well as most of the Western NATO states participating in airstrikes already.

Other Prime Ministerial powers include those to recommend the appointment of key figures, including peers, religious leaders, top judges and military heads as well as the chairs of public corporations such as the BBC.

Since the end of WWII, Germany has defined itself as a «civilian power», implying a reluctance to use military means as well as a desire to strengthening international law, preserving human rights and acting in a multilateral fashion.

There is some truth in this argument, although it remains a mystery why it is better to cut social benefits rather than military spending at a time when the United States spend more money on defense than the next 10 military powers — such as China, Russia, France, England, Germany and Japan — combined.

Mubarak was persuaded to step down on promises of fair treatment — gently pushed to leave power by military men who he considered to be friends as well as colleagues.

Russia may do nothing at all indirectly or directly more than what's done because they may weigh their options as unfavorable, whether US military power being a reason or a better strategy being a reason.

New York has also deployed military police, National Guard soldiers, state troopers, drone pilots and experts from the Port Authority and Power Authority to Puerto Rico, as well as four helicopters.

Cowal said these kinds of incidents show that «we have to be aware as diplomats of the political implications of crises in health for economic well - being, for political stability, for military power.»

The new technology can also be applied in transportation, military and avionics systems, industrial motor control and robotics, industrial power and energy management as well as health care electronics.

The moist climate could have boosted the region's grasslands, giving Khan and his people more food for raising livestock and horses and a better ability to focus on building political and military power, researchers suggest March 10 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Dozens of commercial and military satellites, as well as NASA's Dawn science probe to the asteroid belt, use electric propulsion today, but the power generated for their maneuvering thrusters is low, according to the panel of experts who spoke at the hearing.

You can use this equipment to perform power rack exercises such as the military press, squats, shrugs, deadlifts, bench press as well as curls.

For these athletes, I would recommend one upper body combined ME / DE day, focusing primarily on heavy chest and back loading to improve arm and torso power (such as the bench press, barbell row, landmine press, and military press), as well as several explosive movements to improve arm drive and speed (such as push presses, plyometric bench press, and explosive Pendlay rows.)

The movie's power comes from words and numbers, including the military's own official statistic that 20 percent of women in the services have been sexually assaulted — as well as the estimate that 80 percent of such attacks are never reported.

To start, the movie would have been better served if it had taken place after the military government left power when Carlos could have provided answers to long lingering mysteries with history at a safe distance.

However, they are defying not only strict orders from those with the power in the Saudi Kingdom, but they also prove to be sitting ducks waiting to be slaughtered by a powerful, well - orchestrated group of Saudi terrorists living and breathing right under the military's noses.

Surprise: «American Sniper» was snubbed by the Golden Globes, so it didn't appear that it would make Oscar's final list, but I guess you can never underestimate the power of a good military flick.

Stanton was the guy calling the shots during this time and evidently had quite a power hold on the military, as well as the government.

Shanker thought of himself as a liberal, indeed a Socialist; but for many liberals he seemed a racist conservative, as he maintained his fierce anti-Communist stance, supported American military power in defense of democracy, and insisted on the primacy of the trade - union movement in making a better society.

As a military veteran I witnessed firsthand the power of an excellent public school education, as many of my fellow soldiers, airmen, marines were not nearly as well versed, or well read.

The current era of corporate education reform began with the 1983 publication of the Reagan administration's report A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Education Reform, prepared by a committee of prominent professors, politicians, teachers, and business executives.5 Not only did the report attack many of the equity - minded federal education reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authors wrote.

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The Jantzi Social Index excludes companies involved in military contracting, nuclear power and tobacco, as well those involved in «significant controversies» such as environmental spills.

Use your diplomatic skills, economic advantages, military power and the full freedom of moral and ethical decision - making to become a world superpower and ensure the well - being of your citizens.

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Massive subsidies, private and public labor power, as well as entrepreneurial, government, and military capital flow into the generation, gathering, and analysis of data.

I have a sort of mental chart with lots of arrows: actions that produce GHGs (e.g., coal - burning) causing a plethora of problems (& goods — like power), acid rain, ocean acidification, local ground, air, water pollution, GW, health problems & dangers for miners, military threats / expenses (according to Pentagon studies re oil), etc.; and also many arrows of good (some bad) coming out of measures to abate GW.

Consider that some AGW skeptics say scientists are pursuing climate change research only because that's where the funding is, and you begin to see why the U.S. will eventually be a second - rate power with the world's best military.

If, despite all the missed opportunities, betrayals, and abuses, the West remains humanity's best hope, then we'd better take a long hard look at the effect that energy dependence has had on Western economic and military power.

As well every CO of every military base in the world would give his left nut to have his own electrical grid not reliant on diesel fueled generators with a defensible small nuclear power plant.

If that meeting went well, it is quite possible that Ex-Im could be supporting projects that lend credibility to a leader who stifles the press, encourages military aggression and profits from his power.

Best described (by another) as an often comic examination of movements and manners, power and passivity in English political, cultural and military life in the mid 20th century.

Starting from the bottom: with regard to Argentina — there is no mention of the military junta in the mid-70s, nor the 30,000 (at the least) torture and killed, nor of the mothers and grandmothers walking for 20 or more years in silence protesting the killings in a Bueno Aires plaza, nor is there is mention of the billions of dollars of US military aircraft and other weapons (as well torturing equipment for sending high to low charges of electricity through various parts of the body (private parts though preferred, as they say), but sold to the junta in power which weighs heavily in the total external debt, nor of the wholesale and retail sale of government agencies or corporations, and of the rights of water (in the 1990s), and the default of the government on various debts and contracts: 40 or more cases before the courts and ICSID — seems the sanctity of the contract and personalty of the international organization is a barrier to putting an end these very crooked and immoral business transactions, etc..

They find that autonomous weapons may not require «costly or hard - to - obtain raw materials» making them likely to become «ubiquitous and cheap for all significant military powers to mass - produce» as well as «appear on the black market» and in the hands of terrorists, dictators, and warlords, etc..