Sentence examples for strategic setback from inspiring English sources

After a decade of steady expansion, the FARC does seem to have suffered a strategic setback.

Dr. Rozenblit: For our team, it was our first major strategic setback.

From Obama's perspective, a zoning decision in an obscure Jerusalem suburb had dealt the United States a strategic setback.

Despite rebel vows to regroup and return to Homs, their loss of the Baba Amr enclave is a strategic setback.

The development, if confirmed, would represent the second strategic setback for President Bashar al-Assad's government this week.

It has many hallmarks of a target: a discounted share price, a strategic setback and a weakened management team.

Al-Qaeda has compensated for its strategic setback in Iraq by creating a sanctuary in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

Abu Ghraib wasn't just a moral failure, it was a strategic setback in the war against terror.

"This is nothing short of a strategic setback for Beijing," said Zhang Baohui, a professor of political science at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.

"It would be a tragedy for Afghanistan and a strategic setback for America if the Taliban returned to power and once again created a sanctuary for terrorists," the statement said.

Seamus Fernandez, an analyst for Leerink Swann in New York, says he believes that Effient may end up as a niche product, not a blockbuster, which he said would represent a strategic setback for Lilly.