Toynbee, female politicians and other feminists from the majority community would do well to reconsider the disproportionate weight they are giving to complex symbols such as the veil, which can undermine alliances around more grievous harms such as war, violence, genuine patriarchal oppression and poverty.
Beazley doubted the ability of the US political system to check Trump, because he could undermine alliances without legislation, for example, by saying he would not activate a security guarantee, or interfering with trade, or issuing executive orders to border agents.
Russell, however, set out to undermine alliances and friendships between the Indian bands of southern Ontario, fearing such an uprising.
(It's a dumb deal, too, and Turkish officials now seem to be reconsidering it; China's system will be hard to integrate with NATO equipment, thus undermining alliance defenses and Turkey's).
The resulting crisis of confidence in what were once Soviet satellites, she laments, has undermined alliance cohesion.
Will it undermine our alliance with Pakistan or push Pakistan to the bargaining table with India?
Mr. Blair and President Bush have consulted by phone about the plan, and Mr. Bush has said publicly that he believes that Mr. Blair "will be true to his word" that the plan will not undermine the alliance.
Synquest, which counts the Ford Motor Company among its customers, wanted to include larger companies in the deal, but I.B.M. insisted that such an extension would undermine another alliance with i2 Technologies to sell supply-chain products and services to the larger companies.
The principal concern is that Moscow might see Estonia as a tool to undermine the alliance.
