The phrase "asserts the need" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the importance or necessity of something in a formal or academic context.
Example: "The report asserts the need for immediate action to address climate change."
Alternatives: "emphasizes the necessity" or "highlights the requirement."
The first proposal asserts the need for a "common law" of damages.
The paper asserts the need to avoid snug-tightening laboratory test specimens and the importance of identifying the failure modes accurately.
More recent research asserts the need for architecture, engineering and construction to develop more sustainable practices that address both these constraints through increased building material reuse.
To watch: John McCain's new campaign ad, in which he laments the influx of illegal immigrants and asserts the need to "complete the danged fence".
As the cultural historian Richard Slotkin pointed out in his analysis of the frontier myth, "Gunfighter Nation," Cooper's iconic lone marshal "forthrightly asserts the need for pre-emptive violence to prevent atrocities which he (apparently alone) believes are certain to follow".
Although the NDS claims this country is threatened by the rise of Russia or China in just two of these areas (the Indo-Pacific and Europe), it asserts the need for favorable "balances of power" just about everywhere!
In light of impending ecological collapse and climate catastrophe, eco-critics assert the need to abandon the concept of Nature.
Rather, they said, the goal was to educate young Israelis about genocide and publicly assert the need to prevent such acts.
Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, is about to visit Washington to assert the need to resort to war to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions.
The authors examine the past 60 years of nursing department orientation and assert the need to move toward more effective and innovative teaching strategies.
The leaders of the youth climate movement and beyond are committed to asserting the need for bold action that circumstances necessitate.
