The phrase "a drive for recognition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strong desire or motivation to be acknowledged or validated by others.
Example: "Her relentless pursuit of success was fueled by a drive for recognition from her peers and superiors."
Alternatives: "a desire for acknowledgment" or "a quest for validation."
At the United Nations on Wednesday, Mr. Obama delivered perhaps the strongest statement of support for Israel of his presidency and repeated that the United States will oppose the Palestinian drive for recognition of a state at the United Nations.
At the United Nations on Wednesday, Mr. Obama delivered perhaps his strongest statement of support yet for Israel and repeated that the United States would oppose the Palestinian drive for recognition of a state.
WSJ's Eric Bellman: "... Modi prepares this week to address global business and political leaders in [Davos], as his country passes France and the United Kingdom to become the world's fifth-largest economy, underscoring the South Asian nation's drive for recognition as a great power.
Aaron David Miller, a Middle East expert and scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Institute in Washington, said that as long as Mr. Abbas stopped short of dismantling the Palestinian Authority and ending security coordination with Israel, "this is an expression of frustration and an effort to create a new point of political departure for his international drive for recognition".
Palestinian leaders insist they are determined to go through with the drive for recognition, but it could take less aggressive forms: petitioning the General Assembly, rather than the Security Council, for nonmember status, thus sidestepping an American veto.
The primal drive for recognition in the global pecking order tests reasoned restraint in the North Korean crisis.
Instead Ahrar al-Sham's surviving leaders reorganised, held their position on the battlefield, strengthened ties with backers in Turkey and Qatar and recently launched an extraordinary drive for western recognition, in the face of efforts by Assad and Russia to label the group terrorists and bar them from the negotiating table.
Mann contends that Hepburn didnt really become an actress until she was past 50, when a drive toward artistic recognition temporarily replaced the hunger for notice pure and simple.
Mr Lieberman's dreams of casting them off and Mr Netanyahu's drive for global recognition of Israel as a specifically Jewish state are alienating many of the more than 20% of Israelis who are Arabs.This growing sense of ostracism has been reinforced by actions.
He should not lose sight of himself in the drive for global recognition.
