Brazil has used its stature to advance peace and cooperation in South America and beyond.

Europe has capitalized on globalization to consolidate its position as the world s major economy and trader.

Today, it has strengthened its state institutions, overcome economic decline, and regained status as a major actor in world politics.

Both intend to reinforce their respective status diplomatic in the case of France, strategic in the case of Russia.

To bolster the legitimacy and effectiveness of the United Nations body responsible for human rights, France endorses the idea of enhancing its status, with a parallel strengthening of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

America s Arab Comeback

This is a vivid metaphor for today s world while the World Bank is caught up in corruption and controversy, China skillfully raises its geopolitical profile in the developing world.

Its central goal is to make contemporary art better known and strengthen its status.

TOKYO There was little surprise in President Barack Obama s announcement late last year that the United States will strengthen its position in East Asia while drawing down its forces in Europe.

China recovered. Then they said, Nevermore, stupid central planning.

India is simply rising again to reassert its traditional global position.

With that, Hezbollah threw away its political position in Lebanon.

He devoted his efforts to strengthening relations with members of the international community.

Russia has reached the limit of growth derived from its post communist reconstruction. Today, it has strengthened its state institutions, overcome economic decline, and regained status as a major actor in world politics.

Isolation has brought confusion about Japan's place in the world.

Whereas the Middle Kingdom is proudly regaining its former global status after centuries of decline, Russia is defiantly trying to resurrect its former imperial status, but in a manner that appears doomed to fail.

A new consensus is imperative if Thailand is to regain its footing.

Sweden's status as a European great power was forfeit, and Russia was now the leading power in the North.

Niger maintains its status as a secular state enshrined in the constitution of the Fifth Republic.

Their economies are booming. Democracy has been restored after half century of dictatorial disruption.

It has become fashionable to claim that the nation state has lost its place. Globalization, it is said, means that nations can no longer control their own affairs.

The city's identity stems from its status as the oldest city in Finland and the country's first capital.

That is why the role and position of the General Assembly is vital.

Literature Complementing its status as a land of artists and scientists, Austria has always been a country of poets, writers, and novelists.

Umar chose to pray some distance from the Church, so as not to endanger its status as a Christian temple.

The General Assembly needs another major overhaul in order to be restored to its rightful place, as enunciated in the Millennium Declaration.

In ten years or so, however, Japan could lose its status vis à vis the rest of Asia.

Moreover, the war undermined America s real source of power its moral authority.

Emerging economies scale is growing, and their positioning on the global value chain is shifting rapidly.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia lost the superpower status that it had won in the Second World War.

Despite the hype about nanotechnology and a Russian Silicon Valley at Skolkovo, spending on Rampamp D is a mere one fifteenth of the US level, and one quarter of China s.

When they have asserted themselves, it has been largely in pursuit of narrow national interests.

If the humanities have become obsolete, then it may be that humanity is losing its salience.

The need to adopt a family code should be emphasized in the light of the true position that women hold in a law based State.

The International Court of Justice, however, retains its place as the only international Court of universal character and general jurisdiction.

The United Nations is the most universal, representative and authoritative international organization its place and role in the world are indispensable.

Public administration will be revitalized in the eyes of the public it serves only when there is trust between the public and the administration.

Japanese diplomacy lost its footing in the unstable and often naive politics of the DPJ years.

Today, Europe is defending the moral high ground when it comes to values such as human rights, peaceful conflict resolution, social welfare, and care for the environment.

And liberal democracies apparent inability to protect their citizens from infringement of their individual rights has undermined their standing at home and abroad.

Apart from China no nation took the Koreans seriously at the Paris conference because of its status as a Japanese colony.

He would include the present G 8, other leading economies, and major regional powers regardless of economic ranking.

As labor costs continue to climb, is China set to lose its coveted spot as the world s workshop?

But does Turkey s shift of focus southward and toward regional power status come at the expense of the country s EU ambitions?

The talents and contribution of Vietnamese women helped raise their own credit and position in international relations, which were highly appreciated domestically and internationally.