Taking into account the general background of and socio-economic changes in Western countries, this rationale assumes that the use of a well-known architect's name can give a competitive advantage to a city in many ways.
Part of the rationale behind western sanctions against people in Putin's inner circle was to harm them and prompt them to pressure the leader.
For many in Britain and the US (which, post-1945, gradually assumed Britain's geostrategic role in the Arabian peninsula, as elsewhere), the rationale binding western interests so closely to the Saudi state is no longer obvious, persuasive, welcome or easily justified.
It's basically the same rationale behind Western men's fixation on bodies that can only be achieved through a steady regiment of cocaine and gym time.
Recalling conversations he had with senior Russian politicians, Krastev said they commonly view "instability and destabilization" as the main rationale governing Western foreign policy.
We will also notify that one of the acupuncture treatments is a traditional style, while the other is a style designed according to the rationale of Western medicine.
Based on the Chinese diagnostic patterns, i.e., inspection, listening, smelling, inquiry, and palpation, the CHM prescription follows a completely different rationale than many western drug treatments [ 15].
Much of the proliferation is driven by the same rationales as in Western nations: police forces stretched thin, rising crime, mushrooming traffic jams and the bureaucratic overkill that attends any mention of terrorism.
Undoubtedly Muslims felt betrayed by the Western democracies, and this has provided rationale to some violent jihadists, including many of those now sympathetic to ISIS (the so-called Islamic State).
A major concern of the Russians is that American accusations of chemical weapons use will become a rationale for greater American and Western involvement in the crisis, including possible military action.
