Sentence examples for defence crisis from inspiring English sources

Attacking Labour's "toxic" legacy, Fox said the government had created a "defence black hole" that was not only impacting on current operations in Afghanistan but threatened to provide an on-going defence crisis for years to come.

But concerns over the military covenant, the defence budget crisis and Britain's unsustainable deployments are not disparate threads, they are symptoms of a malaise in defence policy and a failure in strategy.

An effective defence against crises is only possible if the organizational resilience and the capacity to handle crises become part of the hospitals' organizational culture.

The literature research shows that an effective defence against crises is only possible if the capacity to handle them becomes a more important part of the hospitals' organizational culture [ 18, 19].

The best defence against a crisis is to act as though you are facing one.

The cables between London and Washington are expected to detail views on broad themes including the economic crisis, defence and foreign policy.

"The United States came to the brink of initiating war to stop North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons," according to a recent article in the Washington Post by William Perry and Ashton Carter, who were secretary and assistant secretary of defence during the crisis.

David Cameron has persistently and robustly defended the aid budget, and the government's decision to increase it — he was it again today as he announced extra money for vaccines and immunisations — at a time when the defence budget stumbles from crisis to crisis.

Alistair Darling's commitment in his budget speech reflects some recognition of the crisis facing defence expenditure.

Yet they remain the first line of defence against any new crisis despite having little ammunition left.

Tottenham are facing a major crisis in defence after Michael Dawson's red card yesterday meant he will now miss the next three games.