This foreign presence marked the first time in its history that the nation had been occupied by a foreign power.

China remains the only foreign power with any real leverage over Kim s government.

As a foreign based power, the US needs the cooperation of Asian partners.

It defends, with its nuclear power, an autonomous and important foreign and defense policy.

Rising economic and military power is emboldening China s government to pursue a more muscular foreign policy.

Major power shifts define eras in which key political leaders are likely to make serious foreign policy mistakes.

This economic prowess, together with the government s zero problem foreign policy, have helped make Turkey a leading regional power.

Bombs aimed at foreign dictators or their security apparatus almost invariably kill individuals far from the corridors of power.

Many basic industries and foreign trade, as well as domestic wholesale trade, had been nationalized before the communists took power.

America no longer qualifies, if it ever did, as a hyper power, to use former French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine s term, though it is still far from being a normal power.

Saudi Arabia s traditional soft power foreign policy tools lavish spending of oil money and da wa, the Call are no longer effective.

However, Séléka has always denied being supported by a foreign power, a stance that it reaffirmed as recently as January 1.

This alone means that under normal circumstances the purchasing power of China s foreign exchange reserves will automatically depreciate by 4 each year.

As surviving firms gain in size, Chinese businesses may exercise more bargaining power vis à vis the Chinese government and foreign firms.

Indeed, overconfidence in assessing its power led to more assertive Chinese foreign policy behavior in the latter part of 2009 and 2010.

The EU s member states retain power over the most sensitive political issues, including taxes, health, education, pensions, the labor market, and foreign policy.

Without a comprehensive agenda and expertise in foreign and security policy, the party will most likely stumble badly should it come to power.

Likewise, geo economic calculations of relative GDP, terms of trade, and foreign exchange reserves carry significant weight in determining the balance of power.

The paradox here is that, as its hegemonic power fades, America must rely increasingly on foreign creditors, above all China, to stay afloat.

Overall, his foreign policy demonstrated a new understanding of the role of England as a maritime, Protestant power in an increasingly global economy.

Meanwhile, as France experiences a loss of power relative to Germany on economic issues, it continues to play a decisive role in foreign policy.

With Stalin gaining absolute power through the Great Purge of 1938, the Soviet Union changed its foreign policy toward Finland in the late 1930s.

War, diplomacy, business, media, society are networked, she wrote in Foreign Affairs in January 2009, and in this world, the measure of power is connectedness.

But the power to tax has practical limits, and governments moral or legal right to bind future generations of citizens to repay foreign creditors is questionable.

Turkey s stable democracy, growing economy, and proactive foreign policy have generated growing appreciation of the country s achievements, which has augmented its soft power in the region.

Indeed, across the region, apprehension is growing that when foreign troops leave, Afghanistan will again descend into civil war, ultimately bringing the Taliban back to power.

Amongst the topics of the study will be a domestic uranium enrichment plant for supplying low enriched fuel for nuclear power reactors, either domestic or foreign.

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has referred to the Obama administration s foreign policy as being based on smart power, which combines hard and soft power resources, and she argues that we should not talk about multipolarity, but about multi partnerships.

A country s soft power rests on three main resources an appealing culture, political values that it reliably upholds, and foreign policy that is imbued with moral authority.

Korean rulers only managed to survive by playing one foreign power off against the other, and by offering subservience, mainly to Chinese emperors, in exchange for protection.

The EU s traditional foreign policy tools promoting civil society and encouraging trade are no substitute for a strategy to confront the new power game in the Mediterranean.

So if one looks at the statements that have been made about this, I am impressed that when Hillary Clinton described the foreign policy of the Obama administration, she said that the foreign policy of the Obama administration was going to be smart power, as she put it, using all the tools in our foreign policy tool box.

With the Chinese Communist Party increasingly dependent on the military to maintain its monopoly on power and ensure domestic order, senior military officers are overtly influencing foreign policy.

Putin s efforts to transform Russia into a major energy power and use energy as a tool of Russian foreign policy make the region all the more strategically significant.

It has also no intention of surrendering its veto power, including over national security, sensitive foreign policy (specifically regarding Israel and Iran), and war making hence the NDC.

The EU s high representative would straddle the European Commission and the European Council to look after foreign affairs and security, and the European Parliament would have more power.

Meanwhile, the US, the world s sole economic hyper power until recently, remains a diminished giant. It stands humbled by its foreign policy blunders and a massive financial crisis.

On 8 August 1949, a treaty similar to that of 1910, in which Britain had gained power over Bhutan's foreign relations, was signed with the newly independent India.

The new unilateralists who dominated Bush s first administration made the mistake of thinking that the unipolar distribution of power in the military context was sufficient to guide foreign policy.

So, for the foreseeable future, the West will have to deal with a Russia that yearns for its lost imperial power and shapes its foreign policy to this end.

A country s soft power rests upon the attractiveness of its culture, the appeal of its domestic political and social values, and the style and substance of its foreign policies.

So on the eve of war, there was very little trust left in any foreign power be it socialist internationalism, German military, or help from the western European countries.

CAMBRIDGE According to a United States State Department official, the concept of smart power the intelligent integration and networking of diplomacy, defense, development, and other tools of so called hard and soft power is at the heart of the Obama administration s foreign policy vision.

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