In fact treaties and international courts are reasonably effective in guiding the behaviour of most countries, even without enforcement powers.
Last year, Burhanuddin Abdullah, governor of Indonesia's central bank, warned that without changes, the "fund's credibility will continue to be undermined due to the monopolistic behaviour of large countries with veto power".
Defensive warfare within a country's own legal jurisdiction is not interventionist in nature, even if it involves employing violence to alter the behaviour of another country.
The minister for finance, Brian Lenihan, seized an opportunity to win back some kudos from a public outraged over the behaviour of the country's banks.
One challenge Chinese academics face is the secretive behaviour of the country's armed forces (even civilian leaders do not always appear entirely aware of what they are up to).
The findings, published by a group of Britain's most senior civil servants, suggest that the pervasion of the internet and social media, coupled with better parental monitoring and supervision, has prompted major changes in the behaviour of the country's youth.
The pervasion of the internet and social media, coupled with better parental monitoring and supervision, has prompted major changes in the behaviour of the country's youth, it added, noting that the "digital immersion" of the internet carried its own risks.
'We could do things like not go to the theatre, or say to the kids that they can't have treats at the supermarket, but that just doesn't feel like the kind of lifestyle I'd want to have.' It's easy to dismiss our love affair with credit as the orgiastic behaviour of a country that can't stop buying DVD players or, in the Turners' case, theatre tickets.
"Edward Snowden became outraged by the evil behaviour of the country where he was born.
