It entails less equivocation, less democracy, less blurring of the line between commerce and content, and a reassertion of authority on the part of museums, which must restate their convictions about esoteric beauty, the ethical import of aesthetics and the special, if intangible, power of the things they possess.
Yet the seeming moderation of Richard's rule was matched by a strong emphasis on the reassertion of royal authority.
The Olympics was his multi-billion-ruble reassertion of Russian power on the level of pop culture; the invasion of Crimea is a reassertion of Russian power in the harsher currency of arms and intimidation.
But in the zero-sum politics of this conflict of nations, any reassertion of an Israeli hold on the plateau was bound to inflame Palestinians' own fears.
The Brotherhood's leaders also said they would call out their supporters for a major demonstration on Tuesday against the reassertion of military rule.
So, any reassertion of U.S. government power depends on a fantasy that the U.S. government actually can assert that power.
But as I argued previously on Comment is free, a reassertion of tribal authority against al-Qaida is less an indicator of a successful US policy than of Sunni disenchantment with the Iraqi state.
The theme of these Games is simple: this is Putin's pop-culture reassertion of Russia, a worldwide media-saturated insistence on its modern power and capacities, all done with a flash and a reach that no diplomatic summit could ever match.
Israel already benefits from its common interest with Saudi Arabia and the smaller Persian Gulf states, based on a shared fear of Iran; the reassertion of power by Egypt's military over the Brotherhood will only reinforce that unacknowledged alliance.
Mr. Xi's comments came a day after Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in an official welcoming toast at a State Department lunch, outlined a long list of American complaints and plans, focusing on trade and currency issues and the reassertion of American military influence in Asia.
