The phrase "aim to assert" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing the intention to state or declare something confidently or forcefully.
Example: "In this paper, we aim to assert the importance of environmental conservation in urban planning."
Alternatives: "intend to declare" or "seek to affirm".
"We do not aim to assert ourselves; rather, we oppose arrogance with meekness; we forget the humiliations that we have endured".
At the global level of discourse, these positive modifiers carry the information focus and aim to assert a good image of Syria and its efforts to assist with Hariri's murder investigation.
In these shots, we can sense the director behind the image--her aim to assert a a poetic message---more than the poetry itself.
It is not my aim to assert that we drop our efforts on combating other global issues and make fighting modern day slavery our number one priority; I have neither the knowledge nor the requisite conviction to make such a claim.
These statistics aim to assert the degree of association of a discrete character, geographic location in this case, with a posterior distribution of trees.
President Vladimir V. Putin moved today to put Chechnya under his direct rule, apparently aiming to assert the Kremlin's power even as rebels step up attacks on Russian forces.
Both houses passed legislation to block a new Clean Water Act regulation, the Waters of the United States rule, that aims to assert authority over those waters, which the Supreme Court had questioned in 2001 and 2006 rulings.
Addressed not only to specialists in German studies but also to readers interested in modern poetry, philosophy, and aesthetics, the volume is wide in scope but succinct in nature, aiming to assert the relevance of Holderlin for thinking about history, culture, and language today".
Slovenia began erecting its own razor-wire fence along parts of its frontier with Croatia on Wednesday, saying it aimed to assert better control over the migrant flow onto its soil that began shortly after Hungary built fences on its southern border to keep the marching crowds out.
A few remained sceptical, indicating that they felt that the aim was simply to assert that their problems were psychological, but most seemed comfortable with the balance between psychological and physical components taken by the clinic.
Ultimately, our aim should not be to assert the superiority of the physical world over the virtual, but to make them work together.
