But experts say that is unlikely, given Hanoi s past reluctance to antagonize its communist neighbor.

But any manufactured debt crisis now would deeply antagonize the corporate sector and most of the electorate.

But China, which fears a collapse of the North Korean regime above all, does not want to antagonize Kim.

If European governments today distance themselves from America, as their citizens frequently demand, they will both antagonize and further weaken the US.

On the other hand, if he merely supports such governments, he will antagonize those countries new information empowered civil society, thus jeopardizing longer term stability.

The way to crack the insurgency was not to antagonize the people with oppressive, but useless measures it was to take out the FLN s command structure.

The problem is not just about illegal migration to the US, though those Americans who seek to play the anti immigrant card do antagonize regional sensibilities unnecessarily.

But if Japan s deepening nationalist mood leads to symbolic and populist positions that win votes at home but antagonize its neighbors, both Japan and the world will be worse off.

But framing the issue this way creates a major problem for Boehner it will directly, completely, and quickly antagonize one of the Republicans most important constituencies the US corporate sector.

As soon as French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy decided to leave the government and start campaigning for the presidency, incumbent President Jacques Chirac abandoned all plans for reforms that might antagonize voters.

But China, which fears a collapse of the North Korean regime above all, does not want to antagonize Kim. And China is keen to draw South Korea closer in the game of regional rivalries.

If China really is distancing itself from North Korea, Kim Jong un s regime will be almost entirely isolated internationally. Will Kim respond to that isolation recklessly, by continuing to antagonize the South, or pragmatically, by becoming more flexible?

The representative of the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading responded that such a discriminatory approach would be difficult to put into practice and in a situation where merger control was unpopular could further antagonize the business community.

Others suggest that the North Koreans prefer conservatives in power in Seoul and Tokyo, because a more robust vision of national defense in Japan and South Korea will antagonize China, which, isolated in East Asia, will then be more likely to maintain its support for the Kim regime.