China and the European Union are among non-Arctic governments rushing to assert their interests in the region.
When Strauss-Kahn was arrested, Saturday, in New York, for the attempted rape of a hotel housekeeper at the midtown Sofitel, Sinclair rushed to assert her absolute belief in his innocence.
Many in the mainstream media rushed to assert that this was an isolated incident due to mental illness, and both the strong individual voices and the great collective roar on social media pushed back, hard, to insist that it was part of a pattern of misogynist violence and mass shootings.
The truth is the Supreme Court may have rushed too hastily to assert a stronger position in Israel's political system, frightening many on the right.
The attacks, particularly the rush by both sides to assert their versions, highlighted the challenge facing the small team of about 16 unarmed observers trying to monitor the truce negotiated by Kofi Annan, the special envoy for the United Nations and the Arab League.
To assert otherwise is simply incorrect".
Congress needs to assert its legislative supremacy.
He did not need to assert himself.
and the Collective Security Treaty Organization to assert its leadership.
Her efforts to assert herself remained housebound.
