Sentence examples for more confrontational policy from inspiring English sources
The administration's decision represents a shift toward a more confrontational policy toward China, but may not produce quick changes in Chinese policies.
Some institute scholars have advocated a more confrontational policy to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, including keeping military action as an option.
Last week, in Asia, Tillerson emphasized the seriousness of the threat from North Korea's nuclear program and said that he would help lead a new, more confrontational policy to denuclearize the region.
"I would worry about the more confrontational policy of the IRGC in the Persian Gulf... and more confrontational policy with the U.S. and Saudi Arabia".
If comparable accidents occur during this fall's leadership transitions in both countries, popular pressure for more confrontational policies in both China and the United States will be more difficult to contain — and will increase the likelihood of conflict in Asia.
They clearly realise that, their own preferences notwithstanding, most American voters are not interested in a more confrontational foreign policy that runs the risk of entangling America in further conflict in the Middle East.
Instead, it appears heavily dependent on exports — which may cause additional job losses in struggling overseas economies and could result in increased calls from politicians like Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate for president of the United States, for more confrontational trade and currency policies toward China.
The Greens' foreign policy spokesman, Omid Nouripour, is more confrontational, calling for the end of Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline that will make Germany even more dependent on Russian energy.
We hope that with both the scientific content of our follow-up study and the tone of this commentary, we have succeeded in setting a higher standard for scientific disagreement that aims to generate more and better knowledge, whichever way it may point in policy terms, rather than a more confrontational dogma.
"We are moving from a consensual to a more confrontational period in global economic governance," said Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, senior director of policy programs at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, which promotes trans-Atlantic cooperation.
Analysts suggested that the agency, which usually does not comment on oil producers' policies, was signaling a shift in stance to become more confrontational toward the main producers over their failure to increase the flow of oil to world markets.
