That, in turn, will merely encourage Russia to become even more assertive.

There is a difference between assertive promotion and more gentle support of democratization.

There is a difference between assertive promotion of democracy and more gentle support.

If anything, Abe is even more committed to building an assertive and unapologetic Japan.

If Sunnis triumph there, they may become more assertive in countries that have large Shia populations.

They point to the negative results of China s more assertive policies since the economic crisis of 2008.

Without personal experience of China s recent traumatic history, the next generation will be more confident and assertive.

Finally, as China has become more confident and assertive, its shadow over Russia has grown longer and thicker.

It is time for the Assembly to be more assertive within the mandate accorded it by the Charter.

More significant, Japan s leaders are now openly debating ways to transform the country s post World War II pacifism into a much more assertive nationalism.

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

There is thus little reason to believe that a more explicitly assertive stance is necessary for dealing with the splittist government in Taipei.

In principle, everyone wants heavy hitters in practice, many national leaders resist the idea of a more independent and assertive team in Brussels.

More recently, local commissions, non governmental organizations, an increasingly assertive media, and sanctioned public demonstrations have become established channels for mediating social conflict.

In 2010, for example, as China became more assertive in its foreign policy toward its neighbors, its relations with India, Japan, and South Korea suffered.

In implementing the unitary United Nations concept, Member States would need to be far more assertive in guiding and setting the policy agenda of agencies.

Confronted after 1906 with a more assertive Russia, Austria Hungary resorted to increasing reliance on Germany, thereby relinquishing the empire s special status as a geopolitical stabilizer.

Indonesia s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has perhaps been the most assertive.

This was recognized by the DPJ, which would like Japan to play a more independent role, as a more equal ally, rather than a mere protectorate, of the US, and thus be a more assertive political player in Asia.

Russia is not becoming assertive, aggressive, or imperial, as many observers claim.

Sub Saharan African Muslims are less assertive, and they face considerably more difficulties in their attempts to articulate their rights and establish their presence in their respective states and regions.

Now, however, these activists have become more assertive, launching campaigns against a number of proposed dams along the Nu and Jinsha Rivers in Yunnan and the Min River in Sichuan.

They tend to have proactive and assertive foreign policies and aspire to more than the middle power status and limited niche style influence enjoyed by Canada, Sweden, or Saudi Arabia.

But, at some point in the last decade, China s leaders evidently decided that their country s moment had finally arrived its peaceful rise has since given way to a more assertive approach.

Against that background, China s increasingly assertive territorial and maritime claims threaten Asian peace and stability.

After the 2008 2009 financial crisis, as China recovered rapidly and resumed 10 annual economic growth, some Chinese officials and commentators urged a more assertive foreign policy to reflect China s new strength.

China has added to regional tensions with a foreign policy including advancing territorial claims in the East and South China Seas that would be described diplomatically as assertive, and more bluntly as bullying.

With Merkel, the substance of Germany s foreign policy will change little, but the assertive style will be muted.

An assertive and relatively stable China, it seems, must expand, lest pent up internal pressures tear it apart.

Assertive community treatment, or ACT, is an intensive and highly integrated approach for community mental health service delivery.

Although increasingly assertive in Africa and Latin America, China largely remains a free rider under the American security umbrella.

Aside from the explosive situation in the Middle East and the threat of Islamist terrorism, the West is now confronted with the rise of Asia, the return of a more assertive Russia, and new energy and environmental challenges.

Can this change? Germany certainly became assertive, owing mostly to the social pressures and tensions incited by rapid economic growth.

Russian President Vladimir Putin s assertive foreign policy stance of recent years reflects the confidence that comes with a booming economy.

Obama s foreign and defense policies have been assertive, to say the least, especially in the Middle East and the Pacific.

In response, under the young Emir s firm hand, Al Jazeera delivered a more assertive line of criticism against governments, such as those of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, that other Arab mainstream media would do their best to avoid alienating.

Indeed, an increasingly assertive China has proven a diplomatic boon for the US in strengthening and expanding its Asian security relationships.

Thailand's experience has taught us that, ultimately, developing nations can and should become equal and assertive partners in our own development.

The Hats, who ruled Sweden from 1738 to 1765, advocated an alliance with France and an assertive foreign policy, especially towards Russia.

Could that model be applied to Japan s relations with its former enemies, from Korea to China? And today, with the irresistible rise of a more assertive China, the European example of a continent where the prospect of war between traditional enemies or contemporary rivals has simply disappeared is more attractive than ever.

The third development occurred in Japan, where the newly elected Liberal Democratic government of Shinzo Abe, commanding a two thirds parliamentary majority, is pressing the Bank of Japan to stimulate growth a discussion that looks set to evolve into something much more assertive.

This unusually assertive stance reflects rising frustration among Christians, as well as the secular and liberal opposition, with the Muslim Brotherhood s power monopoly.

This assertive and high profile operation immediately established the visibility and authority of EUFOR and made a positive early impact both nationally and internationally.

Turkey is thus emerging not as a regional mediator, equidistant from contending local players, but as an assertive, if not aggressive, regional power aiming for hegemony.

At his zenith, many saw Thaksin as a worthy successor to former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, buoyed by authoritarian rule at home and assertive leadership abroad.