Tactical moves, however, can always develop into strategic shifts.

Israel s latest operation in Gaza brought it no benefit, either tactical or strategic.

Formalised arrangements ensure that such advice is available at the strategic (including governmental), operational and tactical levels.

They seem to believe that possession of nuclear weapons provides them with far wider room for strategic and tactical boldness.

However, this cooperation represents a short term, tactical marriage of convenience rather than a budding new strategic alliance.

SINGAPORE Behind a veil of secrecy, China s development of strategic and tactical missiles is well into its third generation of modernization.

Similarly, if the US withdraws its largely nominal tactical nuclear weapons from Europe, US Europe strategic ties would weaken.

Critical gaps remained in the Organization's peacekeeping capacity, including in the areas of strategic lift, tactical air support, and field medical facilities.

Adjustments in operational doctrine, as applied to strategic, tactical, and conventional forces, would constitute a giant step toward ending the relationship s militarized framework.

Increased transparency with regard to tactical or non strategic nuclear weapons could be a first step and would be an important confidence building measure.

For our part, in tactical and strategic cooperation with the multinational force, we have been steadily building the capacity of our security, police and military forces.

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During April, the European Union also successfully exercised its ability to deploy a strategic, over the horizon reserve force and tactical in theatre reserve forces into Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It is important therefore to ensure that international cooperation against Al Qaida and the Taliban stays strategic and not be allowed to slip back into the temporary or the tactical.

The main benefit of these proposals is that they are more strategic than tactical better aligned with the balance sheet problems that are actually afflicting the economy.

With ever more powerful processors, silicon chess players developed the ability to calculate so far ahead that the distinction between short term tactical calculations and long term strategic planning became blurred.

In tactical terms, this should be easy and obvious whatever the deceitful and illegal reasons originally given for invading Iraq, everyone now knows that this war has proved a political, strategic, and moral catastrophe.

We need you to pivot in your responses from the tactical to the strategic, from the cyclical to the secular, from the partial to the comprehensive, and from sequential to simultaneous reforms.

Aside from the Annapolis talks, which seem to be going nowhere because of the parties irreconcilable differences over the core issues, all the other peace efforts are more tactical than strategic.

For Sarkozy, rupture reflects both mundanely tactical and deeply personal choices.

The current operational and tactical scenarios required robust rules of engagement.

To enhance the command and control arrangements of the MINUSTAH military component, the Mission intends to create a new sector headquarters covering the region of Port au Prince so as to separate the strategic from the tactical command.

In part, this series of speeches was tactical.

The benefits include enhanced efficiency and effectiveness resulting from a significant reduction of transaction costs and process time cycles, greater transparency and integrity in procurement proceedings, scaling performance from tactical to strategic focus, fewer human errors, improved job satisfaction and staff motivation, etc.

The Tactical Air Command includes eight Combat Wings and one Transport Wing.

And political polarization narrows the scope for effective tactical and structural policy responses.

beginning a dialogue on tactical nuclear weapons involving Russia, the US, and NATO

Allied naval and land based tactical air units also attacked Japan during 1945.

MRAP funding has pulled money away from other tactical vehicle programs, most noticeably the HMMWV replacement, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, which has been delayed by two years.

While we in Poland do not perceive an immediate military threat from Russia, most of the world s active tactical or sub strategic nuclear weapons today seem to be deployed just east of Poland s borders, in speculative preparation for conflict in Europe.

He will most likely opt for a tactical retreat in the confrontation.

They gave him lessons in democratic theory, while he gave them tactical advice.

The second type of modern police shield is the bullet resistant tactical shield.

Under existing formal arrangements, such advice is given at the strategic, operational and tactical levels, and takes into account all of the legal principles that were listed earlier, any additional legal provisions which are relevant to the particular operation being undertaken and the rules of engagement that have been issued.

With access to privileged information, training and weapons they have used the force to their tactical advantage.

This is by no means a tactical position or an expression of political naiveté.

I suspect that Cameron is playing a dangerous game for purely tactical, domestic reasons.

UNMIL exercises operational command of this unit through a tactical headquarters located in Freetown.

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After the government s military achievements in Quseir and Homs, there has been some tactical regrouping by the opposition.

Viewed in terms of cost effectiveness, if not of common sense, the need to outsource the procurement function to a sister agency, especially under common services arrangements discussed further on in the report, would seem crucial where procurement is a tactical rather than a strategic function.

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