Sentence examples for assertive government from inspiring English sources

That, Mr. Skelton said, could set the stage for future disputes between Iraq's increasingly assertive government and American diplomats and commanders.

Now, there are many reasons to be worried about the health care act, especially if the system it puts in place proves unmanageable and sours the public further on assertive government action when needed.

It also turned out to be a marvellous alibi for inaction....A great many things shifted Clinton's point of view: the appalling massacres at Srebrenica; the ultimate success of foreign intervention in Bosnia; the rise of a more assertive government in London.

The Obama administration is trying to find common ground with a more assertive Japanese government that has talked of becoming a more equal partner with the United States.

But in recent years it has been weakened by an assertive civilian government.

Because a reformed second chamber might be more assertive, the government hints at reducing its formal powers.

If deterioration in the bilateral political and economic relationship in fact occurs, a more assertive Abe government may not be to blame.

When a new, assertive Laotian government sent troops to enforce its authority over the provinces in 1958 59, civil war appeared inevitable.

Many segments of society that have been most outspoken about their patriotism have also been the most disparaging about the concept of a big, assertive federal government.

The world's art dealers had to wonder whether a more assertive Chinese government might upset the lucrative trade in relics -- many of which have shady pasts.

Westco has a more assertive student government than the other dorms, so naturally the very idea of letting a reporter visit had to go before the student government for a general discussion and vote.