How to Undermine an Alliance

It gave the US a stick with which to tear down the EU s common agricultural policy.

These nagging questions threaten to undermine the authority of the European Council.

It may also erode the charter value of institutions.

A slow growth China would undermine the global economic recovery.

Informants have tried to infiltrate my organization and undermine its work.

Regulation without redistribution could undermine the EU's legitimacy among the newcomers.

But the misuse of military resources can also undercut soft power.

Now, by openly seeking to undermine the US president, Netanyahu is breaking that link.

However, one of the most re tweeted tweets on the Brexit was optimistic and unorthodox, given the source.

The euro s rapid appreciation against the dollar threatens to undermine this foundation.

He thus sought to subvert religion by making it purely instrumental.

The EU s privacy crackdown threatens to undermine all of this.

Such extraordinary backlogs have persisted and can undermine the rule of law.

What, then, can the US do to undermine Iran s position?

Were officials of the Ministry of Finance being deliberately subversive?

I overheard them talking, all giggling, that the late start might undermine effective studying.

Extremists simply have enough power to undermine a process based on trust alone.

Yet there is much more that EU leaders can do to undermine the regime economically.

But, for Khamenei, nuclear concessions might also undermine his monopoly over domestic politics.

Protest that works must disrupt business as usual and, ideally, stop traffic.

Indeed, the group s recent incursions into Lebanon may also undermine the fragile inter communal balance there.

Indeed, aid effectiveness could be undermined just as much by incompetence as by corruption.

By transforming the political landscape of the Middle East, American officials hope to strike at the root causes of Islamic extremism.

But President George W. Bush had, from the beginning of his administration, sought to undermine multilateral institutions and agreements.

Nor can it afford to alienate its largest trading partner, a neighbor and an emerging global superpower, which is known to be prickly over any presumed slights to its sovereignty over Tibet.

Further delay might also generate violence in Kosovo and undermine international support for independence.

But they expressed concern that major reform could undermine political stability and economic development.

It cannot undermine its own democratic principles and abridge the freedom of speech of Tibetans on its soil.

Worse still, factional conflict would undermine further development of a post Saddam Iraqi identity.

Inflation, if not addressed now, could seriously compromise the region s ability to meet those challenges.

They believe that America is bent on undermining Iran's security and compromising its national interests.

A warm international embrace may only undermine the chance for negotiated settlements between Serbia and its neighbors.

Royal s lack of program has been her strength, but it could yet be her undoing.

When the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued a report in October showing that the national unemployment rate remained essentially unchanged at 7.9 , Republican operatives sought to discredit the highly respected BLS.

Changing the system and easing their grip on power was a risky move that could undermine their authority.

Brutality and indifference to just war principles of discrimination and proportionality can also destroy legitimacy.

Hamas s offensive is not an attempt to draw Israel into a costly invasion that might shake its regime.

Left unattended by policymakers and peacemakers, Northeast Asia s tensions could undermine the region s flourishing economy.

Others, for the same reason, regarded Hong Kong as a dangerous Trojan horse that could seriously undermine the Communist order.

When polls showed that Romney was falling behind President Barack Obama, they sought to discredit the polls.

marcowenjones The whole point of a military court sentencing civilians is so that it can subvert the process of justice for the sake of politics.

Such questions will only be seen as an attempt to undermine national sovereignty, or to sell the country to foreign neoliberal capitalists.

Karimov, like other dictators, peddled a narrative of stability, while doing much to undermine it.

Before that I was just a guilt player who was pretending to be good, when actually I was no good at all.