Politicians have a penchant for simple and powerful messages.

To be sure, the CCP s opacity, secrecy, and penchant for untruth always implied a credibility problem.

Koreans have already shown their penchant for multi lateral diplomacy and trouble shooting through the six party talks.

Judgment . John McCain has shown throughout his career a penchant for risk taking in his memoirs, he proudly calls himself a gambler.

Essentially, his approach to international issues is pragmatic, and, in departing from his predecessor s penchant for machtpolitik , Obama has pledged always to exhaust diplomacy first.

The FARC s record in previous peace talks reveals a penchant for manipulating negotiations to gain national and international legitimacy without actually being willing to strike a deal.

They argue that his penchant for setting up consultative commissions is the best way to forge the consensus required for structural reform, whereas Sarkozy s combative style was counterproductive.

But the penchant of some States to present their views as universal norms inevitably provokes resistance, unnecessarily politicizes the process and is ultimately unhelpful to the cause of human rights.

As international bureaucracies with a penchant for best practices and common standards, these institutions are woefully unsuited to the task of seeking innovative, unique pathways suited to each country s particular circumstances.

Given all of this, as well as Chávez s penchant for spectacular antics and the Cubans skill in taking the diplomatic offensive, the ALBA countries may be preparing some major Latin American mischief.

Other changes a counter productive electoral reform, a minor revenue enhancing tax reform, and hypothetical oil sector reform all suffer from Calderón s penchant for minimalism enacting legislation seems more important to him than the content.

With its penchant for constant experimentation and improvement, one might even hope that China will draw lessons and apply them to all of its developing country lending. Who knows, maybe the existing development banks will learn something.

The dangers of America s strategy vacuum and the related penchant for short termism have been mounting for some time. Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter famously raised this concern in a 1996 article in the Harvard Business Review.

Whether to preserve economic interests, protect French nationals or showcase the still imposing power of France, the main tenants of the Palais de l'Élysée, either from the left or from the right wings, have frequently expressed their penchant for unilateral action.

Hollande s apologists praise his gradualist and consensual approach to addressing the economy s structural distortions. They argue that his penchant for setting up consultative commissions is the best way to forge the consensus required for structural reform, whereas Sarkozy s combative style was counterproductive.

Koreans have already shown their penchant for multi lateral diplomacy and trouble shooting through the six party talks. Now, they, and Asians at large, need to bring both their skills and their success to bear on the most pressing global issues of the day.

BERLIN Germans used to joke that Chancellor Angela Merkel s penchant for communicating via fleeting text messages effectively marked the end of traditional historiography. Well, at least American spy agencies seem to have kept full track of the behind the scenes communications in Berlin and beyond.

And as the government claimed to have rolled back the coup plotters and regained full control, more and more Turks reached the conclusion that despite the vastly ambitious Erdogan's penchant for provocative politics, there had, in fact, been a coup attempt in their country.