Starved of cash, the department has had to close over 30 embassies and consulates, cut more than 2,000 employees, and shut down a quarter of the libraries maintained abroad by its information agency.Lastly, blundering and bloat have imposed a stiff cost in morale.
Especially in world cities where immigrants and elites must adjust to each other and maintain ties abroad, mixed cultures and identities arise.
Individuals of the present day are able to keep in touch with relatives and maintain contacts abroad and at home, as well as to remain connected to cultural, cognitive, and symbolic values of remote places.
For all of the neo-con's unipolar bluster, America will have to seek multilateral solutions to many of the political and economic challenges facing it worldwide to maintain peace abroad and prosperity at home.Prescott WurlitzerFox Point, WisconsinInappropriate behaviouristsSIR – The behaviourist paradigm in economics, while important, must be applied with caution (Economics focus, May 10th).
Maintaining ties abroad and with the Western Allies even during World War II, he worked with a number of conservative generals whose recognized head was the former army chief of staff Ludwig Beck.
How far will the U.S. go to maintain marijuana prohibition abroad, and how far will Uruguay go to resist pressure from our country?
Fans of the limited-liability concept also fret that lifting the curtain between parent and subsidiary could lead to over-centralised corporate control and reduced investment.But others argue that it will improve the competitive position of firms that want to maintain high standards abroad yet do not want to sacrifice the privileged access to capital markets that British domicile gives them.
It employs more than a few people (that's good), and helps maintain our image abroad (that's also good).
The immense majority of Cubans living abroad maintain a normal relationship with their country of origin.
With two world wars behind us, Americans recognized the need to maintain a presence abroad and to develop friendships with and forge greater understanding of peoples who live beyond our shores.
