Not even Israel s staunchest allies will risk an indefinite confrontation with the entire international community by supporting Israel s territorial ambitions.

The Uses of Nuclear Ambitions

By destroying Iraq as a counterbalancing regional force, the US dealt a major blow to its traditional Gulf allies, for whom Iraq served as a barrier against Iran s ambitions.

In this tangled knot of regional wars, crises, and conflicts, Iran s nuclear ambitions look like a ticking time bomb and plenty of new dynamite is being accumulated throughout the region.

These leaders departure from office reflected their countries internal politics, and their successors will focus more on declining support at home than on regional ambitions.

Women from ethnic minorities with political ambitions

Moreover, Japan s government has encouraged Chinese regional ambitions by embracing an anti American attitude similar to the administration of South Korea s former president, Roh Moo hyun.

Anxiety about such ambitions ignores China s history.

These are the minimum credible desiderata which we have on the table.

Political leaders must put the national interest ahead of personal and partisan ambitions.

A common will usually emerges without any emphasis on conflicting political tendencies and ambitions.

Peace, development and the protection of human rights on a global scale were the fundamental aspirations of its founders.

These aspirations can be used to encourage Kiev to turn toward the West and democracy.

Objectives not in line with these aspirations have been criticized and often shunned.

Such ambitions must now be sacrificed for the sake of the French public s well being.

From the very outset of the Arab Awakening, Turkey has taken a principled stand on the side of legitimate and democratic aspirations.

In all those areas, the European Union has shown its determination to turn worthy aspirations into action.

Not even Israel s staunchest allies will risk an indefinite confrontation with the entire international community by supporting Israel s territorial ambitions. Reasonable border modifications are one thing legitimizing a Jewish empire is quite another.

Even robust China and India are experiencing slower growth, curtailed ambitions, and broken dreams.

His ambitions are vast, yet he, and the Chinese people, appear determined to achieve them.

The EU s failure to encourage Ukraine s European aspirations risks creating disillusion with the West.

But reducing European aspirations to the goals of Realpolitik is no answer to today s crisis.

Reaching sustainability requires striking a balance between the social, economic and environmental aspirations of current and future generations.

European security is hinged on Serbian integration, just as Serbian aspirations hinge on the EU.

The motivation for these aspirations is unclear, but a number of ideas are worth pondering.

So, part of the solution would have to be declaration of another Round to negotiate new aspirations and demands.

Some hope that the next US administration can stem Iran s nuclear ambitions through bilateral diplomacy.

The rise of Hamas in Palestine and Hezbollah in Lebanon as instruments of Iranian ambitions can only worry moderate Arab regimes.

True, such political infighting makes the EU appear as if it is no longer motivated by great and noble ambitions.

It will be a few years yet before we can determine whether these ambitions have borne fruit.

A project launched by the Multicultural Institute for Political Participation offers courses to ethnic minority women with political ambitions.

Will the second Edo be able to resist Chinese ambitions? The New Edo era needs a strong Japanese army, admits Inose.

Existing regional and subregional centres

It is also important to encourage regional approaches and to strengthen coordination with regional and subregional organizations.

The supposed civilian nuclear ambitions of Iran have thus, for instance, led to a large number of such civilian programs in neighboring states. Honni soit qui mal y pense!

But old and unresolved rivalries within Asia are finding new expression as political ambitions and military budgets expand.

America s difficulties in Iraq and beyond contributed decisively to Iran s nuclear ambitions.

On the security front, China should show that it shares the nervousness in America, Europe, and the Middle East about the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran.

In the short term, it would reduce the sense of urgency among decision makers to get serious about translating ambitions into deeds.

(c) supporting regional mediation initiatives in close consultation with regional and subregional organizations concerned

These ideals respect for human rights and human dignity, and the responsibility of citizens to ensure that their governments respect those rights represent humanity s highest aspirations.

In today s Asia, it is impossible to manage rival ambitions through hegemony, given the size of the countries involved and the structure of their alliances.

We, the new democracies of Eastern Europe, have been taught by our legacy that behind Russia s every diplomatic act lurks imperial ambition.

Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres

Model 3 Open selection of regional and subregional centres