Sentence examples for against states from inspiring English sources

Deterrence has worked in the past, at least against states.

The cuts here indicate how fragile these services can be against states' needs to reduce spending.

The Coburn-Schumer measure would strengthen penalties against states that fail to keep their systems current.

Most suits filed against states are over administrative actions, but this was for a legislative one.

The guidance envisioned pre-emptive attacks against states bent on acquiring nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.

Preventive wars are initiated by countries against states that have not yet been attacked.

The politics here is of a more primitive and unsettling kind--states against states and races against races.

Why dismantle the laws that have made our country worth fighting and dying for against states that torture?

The measure would also strengthen penalties against states that fail to keep their background reporting systems current.

Traditionally, this has been an argument against revolutions, but Scott wonders whether it might be an argument against states.

The court found that self-defence could not be relied upon because it could only be invoked against states.