When it comes to Pakistan, too, India seems to lack confidence.

Of course, confidence and self doubt are not mutually exclusive. A country like Israel booms with economic confidence, but is full of self doubt when it comes to strategic and political considerations.

That is, they lack confidence in their ability to do their part to save the sick man of the global economy that Europe has become.

A country like Israel booms with economic confidence, but is full of self doubt when it comes to strategic and political considerations.

Women's own lack of confidence to break the glass ceiling has been suggested as one reason for few women in top positions.

India is not about to become a second China it lacks both the means and the ambition.

What China lacked was not demand for consumption goods, but a supply of high quality financial assets.

Access to justice for women is lacking.

Although the UNOCI and Licorne forces currently monitor and respond to intrusions from armed personnel in the zone of confidence, they do not have the required expertise for what could be characterized as typical policing tasks.

They lack organization and strategy.

They also lack a vibrant civil society.

It also lacks any pigmentation in its skin.

The police however lacked basic equipment.

Moreover, the measures as whole usually lack visibility.

As in the Middle East, America s bilateral military relationships in Asia are often with frenemies, countries that share an alliance with the US while deeply mistrusting one another.

If you lack confidence in your ability to surmount the challenges of modernization, you might as well retreat into yourself and focus on who you are, rather than on what you want to achieve with others.

But political leadership was sorely lacking.

Some states lacked the resources to pay.

This practice is also unwise.

The state of Palestine would lack legitimacy among Palestinians themselves.

It lacks support at home and respect abroad.

Unfortunately, the process lacks the necessary transparency and credibility.

Municipalities are lacking qualified solid waste managers.

The border units are not well equipped or resourced, however.

Perhaps the Government lacked the capacity to do so.

To be sure, eurozone member states also needed the courage to respond to the crisis of confidence confronting the common currency with concerted action for tighter control of national budgets and improved cooperation.

Africa needed capital, but lacked savings.

After all, banks remain deeply unpopular in all developed countries.

Unfortunately, Israel is missing a coherent regional strategy.

Clearly, Turkey s political institutions lack adequate safeguards.

It also lacks the means to compel others to follow its lead.

It is clear that modern Russia lacks global status in the Soviet sense.

Even today, donor governments aid efforts are poorly directed.

Allegations that the scheme lacks nutritional value have been disproved.

We are small countries, with small economies that lack fiscal diversity.

The court considered that the complainant's allegations lacked any justification .

Proposals to address that matter continue to lack consensus.

Furthermore, some legal instruments lack universality.

Similarly, NATO s Parliamentary Assembly has announced preparations for NATO accession by such countries as Croatia, Macedonia, and even Albania, all of which fall short of the alliance s traditional membership criteria.

They are grievously short of funds.

Most pharmaceutical companies, for example, lack effective innovation supply chains.

YAROSLAVL Russia is said by many to lack a civil society.

There were thoughtful reports, but they lacked any political traction.

Those small operations also lacked a common internal design.

Environment authorities lack reliable information on solid waste management issues.