Wedlock is a padlock.

If the ties that have bound Europe together for two generations are fraying, what alternative bonds can be found?

Ties among private companies enhance global stability.

Furthermore, trade tensions could weaken political ties.

Emotions are at the core of the Kremlin s message indeed, they are the tie that binds Putin to his subjects.

They, too, must be allowed to feel those ties of unity resulting from feelings and sympathy.

So it is no surprise that Japan is pushing to develop closer economic and strategic ties with India.

It looked like more to a sale deed rather than a bond of matrimony based on mutual trust and love.

It cannot create the common bonds that define Europe and hold it together.

By cultivating a high degree of morale and proficiency, we strengthen the bonds between the peoples of Japan and recipient countries.

Apparently, authoritarian values and nationalist worldviews (together with a strong dose of anti Americanism) create ties that bind.

Hence the Bush administration's tendency to weaken the ties of America's permanent alliances, including those that NATO represents.

The ties that bind us together were frayed by forty years of Soviet domination, but this did not fundamentally change these states European character.

A moving story of a 10 year old boy who travels to La Gran Sabana to meet his grandmother and rebuild family ties.

In the view of early twentieth century right wing European nationalists, Anglo American capitalism, controlled by Jews, undermined the sacred ties of blood and soil.

By endorsing such an initiative, the international community would demonstrate that it is in Afghanistan for the good of the local population, which would help farmers sever ties with the insurgency.

Moreover, China has sought to improve trade and transit ties with Central Asia over the last decade, reflecting its growing interests there.

His Cultural Revolution alone killed as many as two million people, shattered traditions, uprooted spiritual and ethical values, and tore apart family ties and communal loyalties.

This de institutionalization has enabled Islam to move from being a local and national social bond to forging imaginary ties between all Muslims, everywhere, who feel oppressed or displaced.

Lacking such external threats, the ties between, say, Czechs and Slovaks (to say nothing of Serbs and Croats!) are too weak to warrant a common national level of government.

I think it s important to have this event and conversation now because it feels like the strings that are keeping us together are gradually getting frayed, Agha says.

The legitimacy of Kim Jong un s claim to power is weak, despite his blood tie to his father and grandfather, the dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its inception. The Great Successor has had barely two years of on the job training, compared to the 14 years his father spent studying directly under Kim Il sung.

The legitimacy of Kim Jong un s claim to power is weak, despite his blood tie to his father and grandfather, the dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its inception.

The long term affectionate supportive bonds that develop throughout this long childhood with the mother, with the brothers and sisters, and which can last through a lifetime, which may be up to 60 years.

The setting of the program helps children build their self esteem, encourages them to have goals in life and to achieve those goals, promotes improved school performance, strengthens family ties, and facilitates positive involvement in their community.

Iran could also view the transitions in Central Asia as an opportunity to expand its regional influence, particularly given its close ethnic and cultural ties with Tajikistan and its long border with Turkmenistan.

After the assassination of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov in February 2015, condolence messages from around the world poured to Anna Nemtsova's Facebook page because of the assumption that she and the Russian politician were somehow related.

We know the ties of friendship, sensuality and love that unite us in the bar, the fraternal experiences, the jokes, the music that we share when we dance and laugh, free to be who we are, far from the judging glare of those who hate us.