The third leading contender, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a more liberal former Brotherhood leader who has been the most assertive toward the military, says he, too, intends to consult with the generals, and to initially appoint one of them as defense minister.
As Pawnation notes, German shepherds "can be dominating and assertive toward dogs, though [they are] normally friendly with other pets in the home".
Mr. Ishihara, once a novelist, achieved notoriety in the United States with his 1989 book, "The Japan That Can Say No," which urged a more assertive policy toward America.
In Germany, Guido Westerwelle, the foreign minister, has come out strongly for the withdrawal of U.S. tactical missiles from Europe as part of Berlin's more assertive stance toward promoting disarmament.
Wang Jisi, dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University, tells Yoichi Funabashi of Asahi Shimbun, that "Some younger-generation opinion leaders and others, maybe some officials as well, are calling for a more assertive policy toward other countries.
It is apparent that at the massive conclave, held once every five years, he managed to obtain the assistance of the more hardline elements of the PLA in return for ever-larger increases in defense expenditures, promotions for hawkish officers especially General Chen Bingde, who has become chief of general staff and adoption of a more assertive posture toward other nations.
There is no doubt that the US must play a more assertive role toward Israel, especially because the US is genuinely concerned about Israel's national security.
(Chinen) Jason Lindner, Jeff Ballard, Dwayne Burno (Saturday) Polyrhythm is the likeliest subtext of this ad hoc one-nighter, with Mr. Lindner on piano, Mr. Burno on bass and Mr. Ballard on drums — three assertive players working toward a collective sound.
Is there any precedent in history for an elite that has been so successful in influencing the government toward assertive military policies while largely declining to serve in combat forces themselves?
Many experts had assumed that Saudi Arabia's pursuit of a Security Council seat signaled a new desire to be more public and assertive in its stances toward the Syrian civil war and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The changes to the exam, and similar shifts toward an assertive Taiwan identity, are the backdrop for what has become the most competitive and, for both the United States and China, the riskiest presidential election in Taiwan's history.
