Roughly speaking, instead of coercive assumption (2), we suppose F has a suitable oscillating behavior at infinity: lim sup r → ∞ inf x ∈ R N, x = r ∑ t = 0 T F ( t, x ) = + ∞, (3) lim inf R → ∞ sup x ∈ R N, x = R x - 2 α ∑ t = 0 T F ( t, x ) = - ∞. (4).
He contended that authorities in Guantanamo routinely chose the more coercive and degrading option, instead of trying to solve conflicts reasonably, and that his client was a victim of a "get-tough strategy to get rid of the hunger strikes".
Soft power is the idea that countries can use their reputation and influence as a means of achieving their goals in the international arena, instead of just relying on coercive threats of military force (which is called hard power).
Shane used "brutality," "coercive interrogation methods" and "the torture question," among other phrases, instead of flatly labeling US interrogation techniques as torture.
Henceforth, he said, assumptions like the right of the state to bring about redistribution through such "coercive means" as progressive taxation "will need to be defended and argued for instead of being taken for granted".
"The Congress should give PEP a chance to work, instead of displacing that collaborative approach -- which prioritizes the worst offenders -- with the coercive approach of this bill, which makes no such differentiation," the statement of policy reads.
Instead, the most coercive part of the new international economic order is informal.
It is a coercive enterprise of questionable legitimacy.
They revealed it as a coercive expression of emotional blackmail.
