As for Germany s ability to assert itself, there is not much evidence of it, despite the vigorous rhetoric.

It is thus simultaneously an opportunity for the EU to assert itself, at long last, as an effective force in world affairs.

A free press, free speech, and free elections, it is feared, may diminish the brute power that is needed for Russia to assert itself.

The EU has since 2003 begun to assert itself operationally as well, carrying out 23 ESDP missions, six of which have been significant military operations.

The war enabled Iran to assert itself as the dominant power in the Gulf and the wider region, and its nuclear program serves precisely these ambitions.

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The return of strategic nuclear weapons to the center of world politics increases Russia s political weight and highlights the field in which Russia can still assert itself as a superpower.

New brands can assert themselves by acquiring symbolic capital.

Others assert that the world was created 2,000 years ago.

LA PAZ Mother Earth is not for sale, the Bolivian representative told last year s United Nations climate change conference in Doha. But environmental policy in Bolivia itself undermines the government s efforts to assert moral superiority over other countries.

Widowed women were often unable to assert their ownership of land.

Optimists airily assert that many new types of job will be created.

Consumer activism is activism undertaken on behalf of consumers, to assert consumer rights.

Nevertheless, national security personnel continued to assert arbitrary powers of arrest and detention.

Soon after, hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels approached the islands to assert China s sovereignty.

So the US middle class has been doing much better than the statistical pessimists assert.

NEW YORK Contrary to what skeptics often assert, the case for free trade is robust.

What else could it mean to assert that there is no such thing as nature? .

So do not assert similarities to Allah . Indeed , Allah knows and you do not know .

So do not assert similarities to Allah . Indeed , Allah knows and you do not know .

Furthermore, we assert the Iraqi people's right to have exclusive control over their natural resources.

It is true that Islamic texts assert in various ways the superiority of men to women.

Identity politics allowed ethnic Malays to assert their claims to control over land, language, and religion.

Indeed, her China trip should be seen as an effort to assert leadership across the eurozone.

Better to assert one s knowledge unequivocally, especially if past academic honors certify one s claims of expertise.

Given this change in European dynamics, France should have looked for new ways to assert influence.

Have We sent down to them any authority which might assert what they associate with Him ?

Have We sent down to them any authority which might assert what they associate with Him ?

In childhood, a boy is allowed to assert himself, while a girl is continuously taught subservience .

Though Japan had administrative control, Chinese ships would occasionally enter Japanese waters to assert their legal position.

One response is to assert that market outcomes always make everyone better off in the long run.

In this respect, Putin s recent effort to assert tighter state control over private organizations is particularly worrisome.

The only way to resolve this problem is for NATO to assert its pacific intentions before the world.

This has helped great nations such as China and India to assert themselves self confidently as global powers.

So, though Japan has administrative control, Chinese ships and planes frequently enter Japanese waters to assert China s claim.

At the time, German statesmen would assert that Germany had no independent foreign policy, only a European one.

Since his five year term began in September 2008, Zardari has found it hard to assert his authority.

he orders you to commit evil and indecency and to assert about Allah what you do not know .

he orders you to commit evil and indecency and to assert about Allah what you do not know .

These claims assert losses that range from KWD 10,000 (approximately USD 34,602) to KWD 2,462,000 (approximately USD 8,519,031).

For their part, the Claimants concerned assert that they are entitled to submit claims for public health losses.

Should the wife assert her right and take the issue to court, the court will uphold her right.

Nevertheless, UNIFIL was able to regain and assert its freedom of movement within a very short period of time.

Gazprom s dominance is reinforced by activities coordinated with the Kremlin to assert its influence in markets like Spain and Italy.