In part, this series of speeches was tactical.

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

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

In other cases consent is tacit or even irrelevant.

Instead, the West chose to pursue only a tactical relationship with Russia s post Soviet bureaucracy.

Its armed forces are set to field new tactical nuclear weapons short range battlefield weapons.

It's just creationism under another name, rechristened I choose the word advisedly for tactical, political reasons.

The Directorate of Terrorism (DGT), a division of the Intelligence Coordination for Prevention (CIP), conducts tactical and operational intelligence work to combat terrorism.

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

Operations Taxable, Glimmer and Big Drum were tactical military deceptions conducted on 6 June 1944 in support of the Allied landings in Normandy.

Kazakhstan welcomes the initiative to introduce a counter terrorism strategy that provides for the elimination of the causes of terrorism and its renunciation as a tactical means of attracting political attention.

What is really needed is a change in vision and mentality a shift from viewing multilateralism as a tactic to embracing it as a strategic imperative.

Since nearly all schools are dependent on government subsidies, the grant of flexibility is widely perceived to be a tactical delay.

Silent Storm (Russian Операция Silent Storm) is a tactical role playing game ref for Microsoft Windows, developed by Russian developer Nival Interactive and published by JoWood in 2003.

Sometimes we hear it said that States calling for developing a new international legal agreement on the non weaponization of space are doing this for tactical purposes.

While the Russian invasion failed, it caused the diversion of German troops to the east, allowing the tactical Allied victory at the First Battle of the Marne.

OIOS noted cases where belligerents would try to confuse peacekeeping units through disinformation in order to gain tactical or material advantages.

The measures that it takes to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity are not tactically motivated posturing but rather legal acts of self defence, recognized as such by the United Nations Charter.

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.

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.

The current spying scandal is the product of a rudderless US foreign policy focused on narrowly drawn tactical objectives that exist outside the conceptual funnel of a comprehensive vision.

In early 1992, it was confirmed that Soviet forces in Cuba had, by the time the crisis broke, received tactical nuclear warheads for their artillery rockets and Il 28 bombers.

To be sure, if this new truce is merely technical, if efforts are not made to stabilize and consolidate it, it could become just one another in a long string of bitter episodes.

And at other times, like now, much that hangs in the balance is affected by the deliberate, personal, and short term tactical considerations of people running for election.

But scattered moves in the right direction will not suffice. What is really needed is a change in vision and mentality a shift from viewing multilateralism as a tactic to embracing it as a strategic imperative.

On the other hand, taking this historic initiative would, relative to fainthearted tactical maneuvering, substantially increase politicians chances of re election later.

Encouraging victims to speak and then giving the defendant the right to filibuster the proceedings by touting his merits as a political leader amounts to a formula for infinite delay.

But, when it comes to the European financial crisis, China s behavior seems to be determined by purely short term tactical considerations, even as Chinese investments in Europe tripled in 2011.

But, from the perspective of Iran s leadership, the taunting has tactical value to the extent that it reinforces the view among the Israeli public that Iran is a dangerous enemy, willing to retaliate fiercely.

Entering the 21st century Greece participated in NATO nuclear weapons sharing until 2001, using A 7 Corsair IIs to deploy tactical B61 nuclear warheads from Araxos Air Base.

And even though, for political tactical reasons, the president has been very, very good about saying that Islam is not the enemy, nonetheless, there's a natural impulse when one enters war to think of the other side as an enemy.

During the First World War, these methods often succeeded in achieving tactical breakthroughs, but the operational exploitation took time as armies lacked motorisation, could not move quickly, and sometimes failed to achieve a decisive victory altogether.

Blindsided by the crisis of 2007 2008, the Fed has compounded its original misdiagnosis of the problem by repeatedly doubling down on tactical responses, with two rounds of QE preceding the current, open ended iteration.

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.

Israel s leaders seem intent on gaining time both tactically, by resisting the soft pressure of US President Barack Obama s administration, and strategically, by preparing the country for a new world in which emerging powers such as China play an increasingly important role.

We have seen similar patterns in the past, when the parties increased the tempo of their offensive operations on the eve of a new round of political negotiations with a view to gaining a tactical advantage that can be leveraged at the negotiating table.

Putin s regime is based on rule by force, manifested in repression at home and aggression abroad. But it has been able to gain a tactical advantage, at least in the short term, over the EU and the United States, which are determined to avoid direct military confrontation.

Indeed, critics of the government believe that its incendiary rhetoric might lead to a devastating war. But, from the perspective of Iran s leadership, the taunting has tactical value to the extent that it reinforces the view among the Israeli public that Iran is a dangerous enemy, willing to retaliate fiercely.

This was a tactical move that allowed Obama to address the conflict without having to put any additional skin in the game, while advancing his visit s underlying objective of reducing Israel s ability to distract from his domestic goals.