My own country, South Africa, remains callously ambivalent on the issue, asserting a willingness to respect the I.C.C.'s arrest warrant but secretly hoping that the African Union might yet manage to get the warrant revoked.
The President's speech today in Osawatomie, Kansas — where Teddy Roosevelt gave his "New Nationalism" speech in 1910 — is the most important economic speech of his presidency in terms of connecting the dots, laying out the reasons behind our economic and political crises, and asserting a willingness to take on the powerful and the privileged that have gamed the system to their advantage.
The President's speech today in Osawatomie, Kansas -- where Teddy Roosevelt gave his "New Nationalism" speech in 1910 -- is the most important economic speech of his presidency in terms of connecting the dots, laying out the reasons behind our economic and political crises, and asserting a willingness to take on the powerful and the privileged that have gamed the system to their advantage.
To assert a proposition is to assert that it is entailed by a system of beliefs.
One population-based study [ 18] on consent for blood storing showed that a very high percentage of former participants to a WHO project asserted their willingness to contribute to future research, being favourable to the use of their blood samples collected many years previously.
But as we wrote last fall that strategy looks to be on borrowed time, as courts in Member States are increasing showing a willingness to assert jurisdiction over tech giants whose digital services freely cross EU borders and are entirely capable of impacting citizens' rights everywhere.
In the face of Congressional inaction, President Obama has rightly shown a willingness to assert his executive authority to fix a badly broken system.
Expectations that a Trump administration could oppose the Paris Agreement have led the Chinese to make explicit statements about its importance, implicitly asserting their willingness to take leadership if the United States pulls back.
Nowadays the prime minister is most likely to be heard asserting his willingness, and the Conservative Party's reluctance, to make "tough, long term decisions".In few policy areas does this self-professed capacity to do what is unpopular but necessary seem more apt than in planning, always a fraught issue in a crowded island with a reverence for the countryside.
In addition, he asserted his willingness to testify about "this false allegation, from 36 years ago". It's not clear why the date of the alleged incident is relevant unless he is going to argue in the alternative: I didn't do it, or if I did, I was in high school.
