Sentence examples for vulnerable leaders from inspiring English sources

French forces were to act less as regional gendarmes propping up vulnerable leaders, and do more for cross-border security and to combat terrorism.The threat has grown since the fall of Libya's Muammar Qaddafi, and the focus has also shifted geographically: towards a desert "motorway" that reaches from the porous borders of southern Libya through the Sahel to the Atlantic.

A year ago, Citi was reeling and its boss, Vikram Pandit, was seen as Wall Street's most vulnerable leader.

But, elected a year ago on a promise of peace and security, he was also a vulnerable leader picking a lonely path through a political and diplomatic minefield.

The home run is being a kind, vulnerable leader, but also being smart and assertive when life, or business, needs to be handled.

While it may seem counter-intuitive and can sometimes be a little scary, being a vulnerable leader is what I think is needed (and often missing) in our businesses, schools, churches, communities, governments, and our world today.

Army types often claim that when most of the Palestinian militant groups declared a ceasefire early last year, in a deal with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, it was partly because they wanted to take the heat off themselves and their ever-vulnerable leaders.When Israel left Gaza, Hamas maintained this ceasefire.

From its perspective, the system looks vulnerable.Chinese leaders have other reasons to fret.

Since its independence from Spain in 1821, Honduras has had 16 constitutions, as these documents were vulnerable to leaders' desire to extend their stay in office.

Long before Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany waved a new, encrypted cellphone at reporters on Thursday in Brussels — a way to foil the N.S.A., the German leader suggested, although maybe it arrived in her hand a little late — President Obama got an early primer on how vulnerable national leaders are to espionage of all sorts.

It was particularly disheartening in post-independence Africa of the 1960s, when idealism still prevailed and the Agency for International Development was charged with building democracy while the Central Intelligence Agency rushed to outbid the French, the Russians and others to corrupt new and vulnerable African leaders.

The southerners say they will pay the equivalent of an extra $10 a barrel for transit costs, while the northerners say they are getting an extra $26 a shot.The conflicting versions show how vulnerable the leaders of both Sudans have become.