Freedom from oppression, democratic self-determination and the defenestration of a hated dictator could take second place to western imperatives: ensuring regional stability, pursuing counter-terrorism, safeguarding oil supplies, and stemming a new surge of sub-Saharan immigration into southern Europe.
If public health organizations or government pursue counter-advertising as a strategy to reduce the negative influence of unhealthy food marketing among children, caution is needed in designing counter-ads to guard against possible contradictory effects.
That is, tax measures pursuing a counter cyclical goal.
Karzai's thoroughgoing ineffectiveness wouldn't really matter if the U.S. were pursuing a counter-terrorist mission in Afghanistan to prevent it from again becoming a safe haven for Al Qaeda rather than the nation-building exercise that is underway, at least for now.
The Chinese government is no monolith, and many departments and organisations can pursue policies counter to each other".
In his proposal to Parliament, Mr. Putin also seeks the authority to remove governors if they pursue policies counter to federal law, and to name a replacement of his own choosing.
Regardless of whether China's blunt approach to promoting its vision is effective or not, China will continue to pursue this counter narrative and will continue to attempt to convince the international community to conform to the concept of Internet sovereignty.
Instead of pursuing measures to counter excessive fluctuations in economic activity, such as the deep contraction of the 1930s, so-called stabilisation policies focused on measures that aimed to maintain full employment.
Theoretical understanding of the intrinsic mechanism for enhanced electrocatalytic activity and rational design for liquid-junction dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) are two persistent objectives in pursuing dual-functional counter electrode (CE) electrocatalysts with excellent electrochemical activity and stability.
"The firm pursued a counter-cyclical strategy, investing in talent while its competitors were in retrenchment mode" and then outperformed the peer group.
Rather than pursuing devaluation and counter-cyclical fiscal policies, they are cutting wages to restore competitiveness and hoping that the euro will repair investor confidence.
