Diplomatic analysts have said Beijing appeared to be taking a tough stand toward Tokyo to appease domestic public opinion within China, where the standoff incited nationalistic protests.
In successive statements over the last two weeks, Mr. Karzai's government appears to be scrambling to appease various domestic factions.
The Russian was not appeased by domestic cup success last term and remains deeply frustrated by Chelsea's inability to secure a first European Cup.
Ambassador Ade Adefuye told Politico that Nigerians are "disappointed and shocked" by the remarks, adding that Cruz "should not denigrate Nigerians in order to appease these domestic constituents".
"The [ruling] Union Solidarity and Development Party is keen on "quick wins," both to appease the domestic political base and in response to pressure from the international community," said Suzanne Kelly-Lyall, a policy advisor who specializes in South East Asian politics and security issues.
On the euro crisis, the theme that seems sure to overshadow all others in a German vote set for September 2013, Ms. Merkel has walked a tightrope, appeasing her bailout-averse domestic audience with tough rhetoric while keeping just enough money flowing to Europe's battered periphery to ensure the euro train does not go off the rails on her watch.
To appease foreign and domestic critics, his government introduces some reforms, including the repeal of the pass laws.
At the time, Morsi more clearly struggled between the need to appease an angry domestic audience and the desire to maintain billions of dollars of Western aid that streams into the country.
At that time the leadership of the National Party passed to a new class of urban Afrikaners business leaders and intellectuals who, like their English-speaking white counterparts, believed that reforms should be introduced to appease foreign and domestic critics.
