The phrase "assertive measures" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions taken to ensure compliance or to address a situation firmly.
Example: "The government implemented assertive measures to tackle the rising crime rates in the city."
Alternatives: "decisive actions" or "strong interventions".
The authorities also appeared to have taken assertive measures to keep the numbers at the anti-Kremlin rally low.
"The Irish authorities have taken assertive measures to deal with the banking crisis," said Conny Lotze, an I.M.F.
In a campaign statement issued on Tuesday, Mr. Romney called for "more assertive measures to end the Assad regime".
But he rejected more assertive measures like establishing a no-fly zone or a humanitarian corridor to help refugees.
Malthouse said the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government had been "cajoling" private owners to remove the cladding and was now considering "more assertive" measures.
Conservative in his interpretation of the Confucian Classics, Sima argued for the cause of good government through moral leadership rather than by assertive measures and through the improved functioning of tested institutions rather than by drastic changes.
MOSCOW — A Moscow district court ordered Sergei Udaltsov, a prominent opposition leader, to be placed under house arrest on Saturday, in one of the most assertive legal measures to date against a leader of the anti-Kremlin protests that began more than a year ago.
NATO is expected to approve new missile defenses for Turkey at a meeting Tuesday, but a U.S. official traveling with Clinton said there are no plans to broaden that defense to include a no-fly zone or other more-assertive military measures in Syria.
Instead of letting themselves become victims, they take assertive and proactive measures.
Assertive or confrontational measures to address abuse during childbirth included: finding a TBA to assist in a facility delivery, paying a bribe, confronting a provider, reporting an event to an oversight committee or physically assaulting a provider.
With a sample of 162 psychiatric patients suffering from assertiveness deficits, we used a questionnaire measuring assertive, passive, aggressive and manipulative behaviors to compare these three types of models with confirmatory factor analysis.
