The military was set to reassert full legislative powers.

India is simply rising again to reassert its traditional global position.

But now Ahmedinejad s opponents are moving to reassert longstanding constraints on the presidency.

There is thus an urgent need to reassert the core character and identity of Europe.

If this economic bond disappears, national interests will reassert themselves and rip the project apart.

Henry then tried to reassert his rights as the sovereign of northern Italy without delay.

Powerful forces within the Egyptian business community are silent at the moment, but in time will reassert themselves.

Ukraine does not collapse, but the oligarchs reassert themselves and the new Ukraine begins to resemble the old Ukraine.

With the rise in energy prices boosting its economy, Russia has seen an opportunity to reassert its power over its neighbors.

For the Kremlin, Iran s nuclear program is only one chapter in a campaign to reassert Russia s role as a great power.

Once the episode of zero interest rates ends, the US Federal Reserve will be anxious to reassert its commitment to price stability.

Chinese foreign policy also prioritized legitimacy after 1989, with the regime hoping to reassert its authority globally by expanding China s participation in international organizations.

Yet rather than address the front s demands and shape a healthy bilateral relationship between equal countries, Syria has sought to divide the opposition and reassert control.

By circumventing Ukraine, Poland, and of course, the Baltic countries, the new pipeline promises greater leverage to the Kremlin as it seeks to reassert itself regionally.

Today, the Saudi regime uses Mecca s status among Muslims in a calculated way designed to reassert the Kingdom s paramount status as the Islamic world s leading state.

Given this, the prospects for Ukraine to reassert control over the Donbas region militarily are so slim that even trying to do so would be foolish.

But the interference of the French king, Philip VI, in Edward III's war against Scotland, led Edward III to reassert his claim to the French throne.

The alternative is a world in which we remain hostage to the region s pathologies, which provide ample opportunity for Al Qaeda to reassert its narrative and influence.

And then in an extraordinarily Bart Simpson like, juvenile way you've actually got to type out these words and get them right to reassert your freedom to speak.

It must never be forgotten that the EU is a project designed for mutual economic progress. If this economic bond disappears, national interests will reassert themselves and rip the project apart.

None has reversed course, and any hint that governments might reassert political control over interest rates, as happened recently in India, are met with alarm in financial markets and outrage among economists.

It is this imperative that underlies the importance of the coming decision, for it provides an occasion for the Court to reassert the fundamental principle of non discrimination that defines our democratic societies.

Arm some of these manufactured minority structures so that they can demand autonomy at the barrel of a gun, and you get the kind of chaos the Kremlin can use to reassert its control.

Last year, when separatist forces in the Donbas region appeared to be crumbling under the weight of Ukraine's counter offensive, it seemed possible that Ukraine would be able to reassert its sovereignty over the area.

Correa took the opportunity to reassert himself as a defender of freedom of the press and stated that what he does not tolerate is the mediocrity, dishonesty and lies that undermine the freedom of expression.

Amongst those invited was the writer, Tony Díaz, founder of Librotraficante, a movement which organized a caravan to smuggle banned books from Houstan, Texas to Arizona in order to reassert the right to literary expression and political resistance.

This led to the FIA President Prince Metternich attempting to reassert its authority by appointing Jean Marie Balestre as the head of the CSI, who promptly reformed the committee into the autonomous Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA).

Hezbollah is, after all, a creature of Lebanon s resistance to Israel s 1982 invasion, now trying to reassert its influence at home and in the wider region by portraying itself as a champion of the Arab Islamic cause, namely in Palestine.

And this year in Kyrgyzstan, where relative civil freedoms are coming into conflict with calls to reassert traditional values at the level of the state, a popular local celebrity Assol Moldokmatova joined in public criticism of the night of All Hallows

In an era of growing concern about religious fundamentalism, liberal democratic institutions must reaffirm their role in protecting individual rights for all. And, in order to enable the full enjoyment of our freedoms be they of worship or scientific research the state must reassert its secular nature.

By circumventing Ukraine, Poland, and of course, the Baltic countries, the new pipeline promises greater leverage to the Kremlin as it seeks to reassert itself regionally. President Vladimir Putin and his administration of ex KGB clones will no longer have to worry about Western Europe when deciding how hard to squeeze Russia s postcommunist neighbors.

While unlikely anytime soon, this possibility should give everyone pause and spur us to find policies that will help Arabs find the political dignity and good governance they deserve through an ordered, peaceful process. The alternative is a world in which we remain hostage to the region s pathologies, which provide ample opportunity for Al Qaeda to reassert its narrative and influence.