Sentence examples for diplomatic force from inspiring English sources

Barrel-chested and gregarious, Holbrooke was a diplomatic force of nature.

Senegal has effectively positioned itself as a key political and diplomatic force.

This has prompted successive Iraqi complaints to Kofi Annan, the UN's secretary-general.The muscle-flexing has been matched by shows of diplomatic force.

It is testimony to US weakness and incoherence, in the very region where it has concentrated its military and diplomatic force for decades.

"If the measures announced in the British official communication materialise they will be interpreted by Ecuador as a hostile and intolerable act and also as an attack on our sovereignty, which would require us to respond with greater diplomatic force.

Within Europe Mr Bildt has been a one-man diplomatic force against Russian aggression.Thanks to its centre-right government, Sweden has played a bigger part in Europe and on the world stage than its 10m-odd population would seem to justify.

Behind the conference centre gates, French delegates were marshalling their diplomatic forces.

He questioned why China and Russia had joined diplomatic forces to try to prompt Central Asian states, especially Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, to evict United States and allied forces from bases on their soil.

But while he quotes a family member who contends that this suicide "made the terror inevitable" by fueling the dictator's vengeful rage, he points out that Stalin's vindictive personality had been shaped long ago and that "the Terror itself was the result of vast political, economic and diplomatic forces".

The legislation will also prohibit deployment of forces to Iraq who are not fully trained, and change the strategy of U.S. forces in Iraq to diplomatic missions, force protection, and counterterrorism operations.

Another cable, dated January 19 , 2007 suggests the US embassy had a hand in shaping Nisman's warrant requests with Interpol, the international diplomatic police force.