The response from both has been muted (as it has from Thailand, which also has strong economic ties with Myanmar).

Some create strong ties, while others produce weak ties. Think of the difference between friendships and acquaintances.

They're important because they have access to resources that your strong ties don't have.

American relations with Japan and China remain strong, and he has greatly enhanced the United States ties with India, the world s second most populous country.

Everybody has benefited from these ties.

Weak ties, such as one finds on the Internet, are more effective than strong ties for providing the necessary information to link diverse groups together in a cooperative manner.

Rudd, by contrast, raised the idea of an Asia Pacific Community with strong ties to the US.

But the core of Japan s defense strategy remains strong ties with the US, not military self sufficiency.

Germany has long standing ties with Afghanistan.

In the United States, du Pont developed strong ties with industry and government, in particular with Thomas Jefferson.

Brazil and the Arab world are renewing their ties of friendship, inspired by strong historical and cultural affinities.

To make your farming dreams come true, you're going to have to press beyond your strong ties, people like your family and closest friends, and try tapping into your weaker ties.

Moreover, the Cauca region throughout its long history had very strong economic and cultural ties with the people of Ecuador.

Vietnam, too, has strengthened its ties with the US.

Singapore still maintains strong security ties with Israel and is one of the biggest buyers of Israeli arms and weapons systems.

Officers in the Ottoman Egyptian army were appointed locally from the various militias, and had strong ties to the Egyptian aristocracy.

Social, tribal, and economic ties between the provinces of Deir al Zour in Syria and Anbar in Iraq are strong and have strengthened further as control by the Syrian and Iraqi governments has loosened.

Iran has strengthened its economic and military ties, especially in Venezuela.

Two of the prominent leaders of these tribes are both Shia, with the difference being that one has close ties to Iran while the other has close ties to Saudi Arabia.

Despite occasional visits to Tanzania, he has no ties to that country.

Pursuant to the law, on 27 July Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri officially announced the composition of the new Government, which has 41 members, of whom 7 are women and 2 have strong ties with an opposition party.

Networks based on strong ties produce the power of loyalty, but may become cliques that re circulate conventional wisdom. They may succumb to group think.

It is in fact a grouping of mini states and emirates connected by strong historical, economic and social ties, but each one is completely independent.

That team has strong players.

Ties between families are strong and of vital importance to ni Vanuatu who rely on each other for social and cultural survival and it has traditionally been the role of the extended family to provide security and livelihood for its members.

It needs not just closer economic ties, but also closer political ties.

The second pillar of the West s Middle East role commercial ties has also been weakened.

On the multilateral front, New Caledonia has strengthened its ties with the European Union (EU).

The three pillars upon which Western influence in the Middle East was built a strong military presence, commercial ties, and a string of dollar dependent states are crumbling.

As leaders increasingly need to understand the relationship of networks to power, they will have to adapt strategies and create teams that benefit from both strong and weak ties.

Giving preferential treatment to citizens of neighbouring countries or countries with which there were strong ties was a well known phenomenon in Europe and the rest of the world.

Everyone has both strong and weak points.

Back in Tunisia, the President's decision to break all ties with the Syrian regime, has divided netizens.

Its standoff with the West over its nuclear program, together with its ties to Syria and its growing influence in Lebanon and Iraq, suggest the emergence of a strong regional power.

World War II Despite the regime's quasi fascist tendencies and strong economic ties to Nazi Germany, King George was known to have pro British feelings at the start of World War II.

OPEC also has a strong interest in maintaining production.

Without her, the democratic opposition has no strong leader.

This has been a strong priority for women workers.

In the past, he clipped the wings of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who had strong ties to the merchant class, and of Mohammad Khatami, a reformer whose support came from Westernized middle class professionals.

But, while disagreement on these issues has undoubtedly weakened US Russian ties, the real reason that the bilateral relationship has been crumbling is more fundamental.

As a result, India has quietly begun to strengthen its military ties to countries in the region, particularly Tajikistan, where it has a small base.

These effects are different from support in that they are less a function of the nature of immediate social ties but rather of the ties these immediate ties provide to other people.

Only this year, the city administration has started to close down some brothels because of their ties to criminal organizations.

Over the last few years, economic and commercial ties have grown between India and Africa and trade has risen sharply.

Second, America has a strong security interest in the region.