Sentence examples for western decisions from inspiring English sources

This was not the result of unilateral western decisions but the consequence of a resolution voted by the UN security council.

Western decisions to invade Iraq in 2003 or bomb Libya in 2011 flew in the face of Ankara's counsel, the wisdom of which is now evident.

That is not to mention German murkiness about keeping NATO the central body for Western decision-making on security issues.

Western decision-makers must start taking this approach seriously – it could be their only path out of the quagmire.

By gradually increasing the costs of Iran's nuclear pursuit, Western decision makers believe, Tehran will eventually concede.

The recent discussion among western decision-makers has been mainly focused on deterring future chemical attacks in Syria.

The unintended consequences of intervention are potentially enormous yet Western decision-makers arguably cannot afford the luxury of waiting, for fear of worsening the conflict.

The upheavals in the Middle East cry out for a long view yet scenario methodology appears limited in what it can offer Western decision-makers.

Scenario methods' holistic approach and their combination of analytical knowledge and creative thinking could bring a wide range of possible futures together to form manageable outlooks that inform Western decision-making on the Middle East.

However, combined with his earlier praise for Obama, the sum of Khamenei's words must be seen as a hint to western decision-makers that the progress on negotiations would accelerate if the sanctions machine came to a halt.

It remains to be seen whether Western decision-makers and pundits will display the political courage and intellectual creativity needed to move beyond the false choice between secular dictators and "crazy Islamists" and support real democracy in the Middle East, for a change.