But that applies neither to China, nor, arguably — despite Putin's recent election victory and his real popularity — to Russia.
And arguably, despite their large research and development budgets, it's not multinational companies that are best set to innovate; it's the smaller, more agile firms that supply them.
Arguably, and despite what might seem like overwhelming choice, job markets are structured by financial and other incentives, restricted opportunities and economic rents.
Any team that beats Germany and the U.S. (despite arguably being outplayed by the Americans) in the same tournament can, in my eyes, proudly claim a championship.
Theron was rumoured to be reprising her role from Mad Max: Fury Road, but according to recent reports she will not feature in the film's sequel despite arguably being the films main character.
In their crushing victories over Scotland, Italy and Wales this month, Steve Hansen's side have seldom been matched and never been seriously tested, despite arguably having little more to prove.
In STEM education, despite arguably substantial attention from researchers, school practitioners and policy-makers, gender-related differences in student preferences, participation and performance remain a challenge for many Western countries.
However, Against Malaria Foundation does not have good stories to tell, and thus by comparison gets much less funding, despite arguably doing much better work to decrease suffering and advance global flourishing.
Yet despite having arguably more means to tell the story, journalists find themselves stymied.
Cruelly for Collingwood, they've lost two on the trot despite playing arguably their best football for the season.
Despite that arguably cynical price spread — are the A7's hatchback body, larger standard wheels and fancy headlamps worth nearly 10 grand?
