"On the so-called militarization in the South China Sea, we talked about this issue just now ... It is a normal deployment and has nothing to do with militarization," Wang said.
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Everything was wrong with, like, the militarization of American society.
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The trend toward militarization has traveled across the Caribbean Sea.
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The result has been not just a further militarization of
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The Militarization Rate Of Technology And Elon Musk's AI Worries
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Too much focus on militarization is a recipe for conflict.
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Despite O'odham protests, federal militarization of their land continues unabated.
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Detractors would no doubt call this the militarization of industry.
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This is why the militarization of space is so dangerous.
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Think about the militarization of our police, which began under Bush.
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Watch our video 'Investigating Ferguson and the Militarization of America's Police'
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The wall and militarization would split up families and disrupt ceremonies.
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It's just the latest victim in the militarization of world affairs.
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It also led to the militarization of local and state police.
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I couldn't fight and still don't believe in the revolution's militarization.
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He railed against government corruption and secrecy, the militarization of police.
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And the militarization of its police force came under harsh scrutiny.
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There ain't nobody in Russia complaining about the militarization of police.
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The militarization of the police alone is forcing them to be killers.
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That strategy revived the debate over the militarization of U.S. law enforcement.
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Here, Caribbean magic sets its gaze on the landscape's militarization and industrialization.
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Is this another sign of the "militarization" of police in the U.S.?
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"That is the biggest force behind militarization in this region," he said.
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"We have always been against the militarization of the area," he added.
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Americans, who tried to prevent the militarization of the United States. As
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Russia's militarization and President Putin's nuclear chest-thumping did not start yesterday.
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This covers the growth of tourism and the continued militarization of Guam.
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"There is a lot of militarization of the Ebola response," she said.
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"Militarization is very much tied into the for-profit industry," he said.
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However, Kingston warns, any further Japanese militarization risks further antagonizing its Asian neighbors.
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So a reversal of militarization could undo much of this escalation in violence.
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"Russia's occupation and militarization of parts of Georgia's territory are unacceptable," said Kerry.
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Some worry its deployment fuels a cycle of militarization on the Korean Peninsula.
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And the militarization of police departments is an issue that certainly deserves debate.
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If the goal of increased militarization is enhanced security, it is not working.
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"We're well aware of China's militarization of the South China Sea," she said.
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Does my aversion to militarization and violence outweigh my coveting of gender equality?
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The mood was festive, but the milicianos also provide evidence of Venezuela's militarization.
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The upshot is a radical militarization of American foreign policy, and that's dangerous.
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A similar treaty with China and Russia preventing further militarization of Greenland is inconceivable.
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"We're well-aware of China's militarization of the South China Sea," Sanders told reporters.
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But due to high militarization in the conflicted state, smugglers shifted focus to Punjab.
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The I.N.F. Treaty is not the first victim of the militarization of world affairs.
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Yet in the past 30 years, there's been an unprecedented surge in border militarization.
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But Mexico also warned that a militarization of the region could have severe consequences.
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Senior military leaders also appear far from enthusiastic about the increasing militarization of policing.
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Such a militarization is exactly what immigration from advocates are entreating Kelly to avoid.
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There is a tendency toward militarization and security, and the Olympics are coming here.
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With the growing militarization of the border, it's been much harder to do that.
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But for years, border militarization has made living a cross-border life increasingly difficult.
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Washington has consistently warned Beijing against the militarization of artificial features in the disputed waters.
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The United States, the Philippines and Vietnam have protested against China's militarization of the Spratlys.
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France spent 11 years and $450 million fortifying 450 miles of countryside against German militarization.
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Local residents stiffened in their resistance to border walls and the militarization of our communities.
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Demonstrators occasionally gather to protest what they see as the increasing militarization of the country.
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"China must not pursue militarization in the South China Sea," Carter said in San Francisco.
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The militarization of the South China Sea makes sense only in terms of power politics.
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Countless more were the victims of police brutality or militarization, like we saw in Ferguson.
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The growing militarization of the police is a tangible trend, and drones enhance this tendency.
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"It has nothing to do with militarization," she told reporters at her daily press briefing.
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Mattis acknowledged that China's militarization of islands was a reality but warned of further consequences.
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But her comments speak to the wider issue of space militarization—especially dual-use technology.
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"We can perhaps expect the Chinese to push ahead with militarization as retaliation," he said.
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"The militarization of space is underway, whether anybody likes it or not," Mr. Jha added.
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Other trends may be even more stoutly resistant, like the militarization of US foreign policy.
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It's not only police militarization where Americans' pervasive real-world play acting has been weaponized.
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It also limits access of naval warships, helping to protect the Black Sea from militarization.
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The potential for space warfare has led to calls to ban the "militarization" of space.
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And days later he publicly threatened "much larger consequences in the future" if the militarization continued.
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A Pentagon spokesman said late last week China&aposs "militarization" of disputed areas destabilizes the region.
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One is the way science fiction dramatizes the militarization of technology and the fears behind it.
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The Associated Press reports that the Trump administration is considering a radical militarization of immigration policy.
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There was backlash from the human rights community, who criticized it as another form of militarization.
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S. Agency of International Development] integration into the [State Department] or the militarization of foreign policy.
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The militarization of the border and America's shifting immigration policies are increasingly urgent themes as well.
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" Stanley also noted that drones and other remote weapons would "increase the militarization of the police.
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The United States should stop hyping up the issue of militarization and provoking trouble, she said.
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Beijing's militarization of the South China Sea and the sovereignty of Taiwan could also be influencing negotiations.
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The United States earlier this month again urged China to halt militarization of the South China Sea.
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"Unchecked extraction" of resources brought militarization and associated abuses such as rape and forced labor, it said.
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Fernando Hicap, leader of the fishermen's rights group Pamalakaya, criticized what he called a "militarization" of Boracay.
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The US has criticized Beijing over what it sees as China's militarization of the South China Sea.
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Despite the Svalbard Treaty restricting militarization of the islands, Svalbard remains a NATO vulnerability in the Arctic.
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China was disinvited from the US-led exercises over its militarization of the South China Sea islands.
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Her research focuses on women in the military, female political representation and the militarization of American culture.
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The militarization of the borderlands has become so commonplace that one often grows numb to its manifestations.
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The militarization of police has become a major point of contention following the shooting of Michael Brown.
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The permanent militarization initiated by conscription has distorted and deformed our democracy, both at home and abroad.
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The militarization of space is in full gear today, and it isn't focused on 800-pound omnivores.
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Her research focuses on women in the military, female political representation, and the militarization of American culture.
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The US has ramped up its criticism of China's militarization of islands in the South China Sea.
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In the past few weeks, there's been a heightened level of militarization and closures at the border.
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The guard will also fall under civilian control, after critics protested that military leadership could increase Mexico's militarization.
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"It has nothing to do with so-called militarization," Mr. Hong told reporters at a regularly scheduled briefing.
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The strategic issues of the nuclearization of North Korea and the militarization of the South China Sea are.
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And there's another obstacle: the objections of people and organizations opposed to the militarization of sea-dwelling creatures.
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At various moments, it calls to mind the US occupation of Iraq and police militarization of American cities.
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Second, he argued, it plays into the increasing militarization of the government that been seen since 9/11.
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Beyond that, both countries have also clashed over China's militarization of disputed islands in the South China Sea.
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Although some still debate what Putin's up to, many signs are pointing to Russian militarization of the Arctic.
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In Hanoi, a Vietnamese official said the militarization of the South China Sea was a very serious issue.
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Federal policies have also contributed to police militarization by blurring the legal lines between police and the military.
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Her latest piece, "breathe … ," to be unveiled at Roulette in Brooklyn, explores the militarization of the police. Sept.
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"The Mapuche's legitimate and historical demands for land and autonomy cannot be resolved through militarization," Mr. Huenchullan said.
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The annual index measures 23 indicators including incidents of violent crime, countries' levels of militarization and weapons imports.
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There is the increased militarization of American life, with authorities reacting to common disputes in increasingly aggressive ways.
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It sparked concerns about police militarization and drew more than a few comparisons to Islamic State recruitment videos.
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Whether the confluence of international attention and militarization ratchets up the pressure on Myanmar is hard to fathom.
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Germany's military is also badly outmoded and short of even thermal underwear, and militarization remains a touchy subject.
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One of Grossman's seminars appears in the documentary Do Not Resist—a film about the militarization of police.
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"These new caravans have helped Trump make a point and support the further militarization at the border," she said.
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"We have continued concerns about China's activities and militarization in the South China Sea," Pompeo said following the talks.
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Critics of the vehicles call the militarization of police forces a threat to local law enforcement and community partnerships.
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It's thus a lucky save for US policy that a Scarborough deal has put off Chinese militarization for now.
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"We have continued concerns about China's activities and militarization in the South China Sea," Pompeo said following the talks.
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Even after more than a decade of militarization of American law enforcement, the video still managed to shock me.
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"That means militarization of German foreign policy, and the SPD cannot and will not participate in such a thing."
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But he said it was unfair to single out China for its advanced militarization in the South China Sea.
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Later, she was an outspoken critic of the U.S.-backed militarization of Honduras that rapidly expanded after the coup.
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It's true that Stone's arrest was atypical—in that it ranked pretty low on the spectrum of police militarization.
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The heightened level of militarization has given rise to a deeper sense of fear and intimidation for daily commuters.
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He was frightened by the militarization of local police and the increasing government surveillance that new technology made possible.
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The terrible costs of the conflict between India and Pakistan — regional instability, militarization and economic disruption — make global headlines.
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In the section focusing on militarization of groups, called "By Any Means Necessary," the curatorial neutrality becomes a problem.
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The United States and China are also tangling over Beijing's militarization of disputed islands in the South China Sea.
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Still others said it was a clear case of an over-militarization of police forces across the United States.
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The most worrisome development is Serbia's rapid militarization, with Russia supplying air defense systems and other sophisticated military equipment.
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And with Kelly in office, "It's a given" that there will be further militarization of the border, Alden said.
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Much of his past work explores the way that governments influence and support militarization and imperialism across the globe.
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"We emphasized the importance of non-militarization and self-restraint in the conduct of all activities by claimants and all other states ... that could further complicate the situation and escalate tensions in the South China Sea," the statement said, without naming China but referring instead to its militarization of islands and islets.
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The White House has long been concerned about Beijing's massive rocket inventory and its militarization of the South China Sea.
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So the wall is a symbol of militarization, of government power, of man's ability to divide people from one another.
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But simmering nearby is another rapid militarization, conducted by a favored family of the White House, the House of Saud.
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We've seen a lot of them, but particularly with law enforcement and the kind of militarization we've seen with protests.
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It condemned what it called a "militarization" of oil facilities but did not name the LNA, which controls the area.
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Things have developed to where the new criminal landscape includes paramilitary background, and there's been a militarization of the police.
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Never during the 15 years that I've been a human rights defender have I seen the militarization [of the border].
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Yet Clarke's incendiary and irresponsible comments demand exactly this, taking the militarization of the police to its final, inescapable conclusion.
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"China has given a commitment of not engaging in so-called militarization, and we will honour that commitment," Wang said.
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However, the Mexican diplomat who requested anonymity expressed concern the new plan could presage a deeper militarization of Central America.
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We are not interested in militarization, we are just not interested in any sort of military base in our country.
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"China has given a commitment of not engaging in so-called militarization, and we will honor that commitment," Wang said.
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On maritime arguments, Tillerson said the US view hadn't changed that "claimants should stop construction and militarization" of disputed islands.
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Slane called the U.S. dependence on Chinese drugs a national security concern, noting that recent Chinese militarization doesn't inspire confidence.
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Experts told Business Insider that Kashmir's ongoing, unprecedented militarization is paving the way to full-scale insurgency in the region.
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The push for re-militarization For decades, Japan has debated revising its pacifist constitution which prevents it from initiating war.
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Tensions over militarization of islands Secretary of Defense James Mattis is expected to meet Friday with his Chinese counterpart, Gen.
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Protesting the militarization of theoretical and applied scientific knowledge is a timeworn tradition among researchers working on cutting-edge technology.
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In fact, the exhibition demonstrates the degree to which Irish cities were ghettoized by an ugly militarization of daily life.
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However, a few alternatives exist short of militarizing the conflict, even though they still would involve some degree of militarization.
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Experts say it is unclear whether the new sanctions will hinder the North's nuclear militarization, or even crimp its economy.
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These days, for all the emphasis on border security, the Rio Grande Valley displays few signs of an outright militarization.
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"The PLA continues to strengthen its military space capabilities despite its public stance against the militarization of space," it said.
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Mattis has previously made strong public remarks about what Washington views as the Chinese militarization of the South China Sea.
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There's also no wide militarization of the police force, and all of its prisons are state-run rather than private.
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They've lived through its industrialization (or, as some might put it, militarization) — the fences, the expansion of Border Patrol, the surveillance.
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The scale and reach of militarization among the Rohingya is difficult to verify, but experts worry extremism has already taken root.
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Russia's "militarization and aggressive actions in the region creates new tensions," Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas, told CNN's Nic Robertson Thursday.
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The militarization of the border hasn't been evenly spaced: it's concentrated on the areas that people are most likely to cross.
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"There is every evidence every day there has been an increased militarization of one kind or another," Kerry said in Washington.
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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last week urged claimants to refrain from island-building and militarization in the South China Sea.
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"Endangered species like jaguars and ocelots don't observe international boundaries and should not be sacrificed for unnecessary border militarization," he added.
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"The militarization of our law enforcement is due to an unprecedented expansion of government power in this realm," said Republican Sen.
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Singapore-based security expert Tim Huxley said while increased pressure might slow China's militarization efforts, they would be difficult to stop.
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China has accused Japan of hypocrisy in opening the base while criticizing Beijing's militarization of islands in the South China Sea.
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Earlier, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had urged claimants to refrain from island-building and militarization in the South China Sea.
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Readers will learn how the militarization of the police that we've witnessed in Ferguson and elsewhere had roots in the 1960s.
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Missing from that contingent is China, which was disinvited from RIMPAC over its militarization of islands in the South China Sea.
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Ken Cuccinelli Former Virginia Attorney General Cuccinelli has previously advocated for full militarization of the border and revocation of birthright citizenship.
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During a visit to Washington in September, Mr. Xi declared that China would not "pursue militarization" of the South China Sea.
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They raised concerns about militarization, noting that DARPA, the R&D arm of the Defense Department, has funded gene drive research.
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The article is silent on how American political and economic support serves to strengthen the rampant corruption, impunity and militarization underway.
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With Mr. Obama at his side, Mr. Xi told reporters that "China does not intend to pursue militarization" of the islands.
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The recent deaths of four American soldiers in Niger focused attention on the growing militarization of the American relationship with Africa.
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John Richardson, the US Chief of Naval Operations, told reporters earlier this month when asked about China's militarization of the area.
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He wants to roll back regulating bodies, like the EPA, increase the militarization of the US-Mexico border, and up military spending.
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The more threatening North Korea becomes, the more Abe's generally hawkish worldview — including his move toward militarization — makes sense to Japanese voters.
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"Like most countries we are opposed to militarization or military expansionism in the area," said Bruce Linghu, deputy foreign minister of Taiwan.
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All the more reason for the international community to push for more stringent measures against the stealthy militarization of the space sector.
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"We women are pushing the culture of peace and not the culture of war, because it's not just about militarization," Tuyuc said.
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For every problem, Trump has a solution, and the solution is the same: More militarization, harsher penalties, and more authority for cops.
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The militarization of policing would once again receive White House sanction, with an executive order allowing local police to acquire military weapons.
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Craig Atkinson's "Do Not Resist," about the militarization of police forces in the United States, won the prize for best documentary feature.
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And I must condemn the militarization of Charlotte by the authorities who do not want to address the fundamental concerns of protesters.
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"If I look at it through one side of the prism, I see the tourist economy and militarization of Hawaii," she said.
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The risk of outright conflict is extremely low, but the militarization of these heavily trafficked and heavily fished waters is still dangerous.
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Drawing upon good-faith concerns about surveillance abuses, prosecutorial overreach, and law enforcement militarization is a clever way to go about this.
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The White House warned China Thursday of "consequences" for its ongoing militarization of the hotly contested waters of the South China Sea.
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China, as it usually does, brushed off Mr. Mattis's complaints about Beijing's continued militarization of disputed islands in the South China Sea.
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Mexico's track record reveals another important danger: Once a country starts down the path toward militarization, it is difficult to change course.
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Last year, however, Mexico passed an Internal Security Law that institutionalizes the domestic role of the military, further normalizing and prolonging militarization.
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He said, "We all agree that U.S. leadership starts with diplomacy," when Trump is dedicated to the militarization of American foreign policy.
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The works, which are in a range of mediums from photography to installation, explore the themes of militarization, migration, and climate change.
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The activists then marched to the Whitney to join a group of anti-militarization activists who staged another protest outside the museum.
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That dissonance between paranoiac militarization and peaceful routine is the exhibition's unifying theme, especially in images from early on in The Troubles.
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Jeremi Suri: Obama challenged the militarization of American foreign policy Barack Obama's election was possible because of a failed war in Iraq.
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The killing of a 16-year-old Mexican in October 2012 raises troubling questions about the militarization of the U.S. Border Patrol.
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All Americans, especially those of us who've served in blue or green, should guard against this encroaching militarization of local law enforcement.
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Only six months later, he quit, citing increasing militarization in Syria and "the clear lack of unity" at the UN Security Council.
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"China must not pursue militarization in the South China Sea," he said at a speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.
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In the South China Sea, Beijing has continued the militarization of islands, reefs and islets in defiance of an international court ruling.
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Mr. Xi specifically referred to the Spratlys when he made his comment last year about not pursuing militarization in the South China Sea.
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HONOLULU – Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the U.S. will continue to confront China&aposs militarization of manmade islands in the South China Sea.
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The U.S. operation on Sunday was planned in advance, but similar military exercises have become routine amid China's increasing militarization of the islands.
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Such powers would only ever be turned against minorities and activists, leftists and anticapitalists, protestors against wars and the militarization of law enforcement.
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Tomii describes Matsuzawa as "a quintessential master of the wilderness," whose formative years coincided with Japan's militarization and war-making in East Asia.
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Some wrote the masks on the deputies made the video resemble an ISIS video, while others expressed concerns about the militarization of police.
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"Do we want the Arctic Ocean to transform into a new South China Sea, fraught with militarization and competing territorial claims?" he asked.
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But when you think about all of the militarization and what you go through and the barbed wire, it's certainly far from easy.
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Trump and Abe also confirmed a joint desire to see China cease militarization of disputed territories in the East China Sea, Hagerty said.
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A spokesman for China's legislature said Friday that it is Washington, not Beijing, that is heating up "militarization" of the South China Sea.
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The militarization of police became a particular sticking point during the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri, over the police shooting of Michael Brown.
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I am not Proud™ to be manipulated in support of increasing police militarization, pinkwashed imperialism, or in privileging the institution of marriage.
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U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Washington would "press China to de-escalate and stop its militarization" in the South China Sea.
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How dangerous the militarization of foreign policy is and also how quickly you can pull out of a nosedive if you choose to.
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Rage of the public sort—directed against police violence, militarization of urban spaces, mass incarceration, and exploitative labor—is the stuff of journalism.
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Mattis specifically called out Beijing's militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea, home to some of the world's busiest sea lanes.
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Russia, China in general: The bill addresses "China's militarization in the South China Sea and deterring Russia's military aggression and cyber attacks," Sen.
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The statement did not specifically name China, but it said Dung was referring especially to "large-scale construction of artificial islands" and "militarization".
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"China's continued militarization of disputed features in the South China Sea only serve to raise tensions and destabilize the region," Marine Lt. Col.
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Wu said the U.S. was employing double standards, asking why U.S. patrols in the South China Sea should not also be considered militarization.
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Though it lasted less than a year, the policy marked the start of militarization on the southern border that continues to this day.
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Yet long before President Trump, the militarization of the police was being shaped by fantasy and entertainment, with roots in 1960s Los Angeles.
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As a librarian, she witnessed first-hand the heightened surveillance and police militarization in her community after the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.
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Both sides have accused the other of provoking a military confrontation in the South China Sea through a rapid militarization of the region.
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This is similar to China's militarization of man-made islands in the South China Sea, which was in direct defiance of international tribunals.
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The situation is further complicated by China's militarization of the South China Sea and dominant role in propping up North Korea's rogue regime.
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Weber noted also that weapons manufactured by Safariland have been vital to the militarization of police forces in Baltimore, Oakland, and Ferguson, Missouri.
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S. ties, particularly over what the Pentagon views as China's militarization of the South China Sea, a vital transit route for world trade.
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Related: Honduras Is Combating Its Homicide Epidemic With Militarization The Honduran government admitted that no police were present, but blamed Cáceres for this.
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"China must not pursue militarization in the South China Sea," Carter said in a wide-ranging speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.
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Brooke even hinted at the potential to eventually start looking into militarization operations — which, again, didn't end well for the folks of Jurassic World.
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Last year, Mattis was sharply critical of what he called Beijing&aposs disregard for international law by its "indisputable militarization" of the artificial islands.
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The drawing is done in the manner of ancient Greek pottery, but morphed to represent 23st-century political realities of militarization, migration, and escape.
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" Peña Nieto said he stood in support of the Mexican senate, which on Wednesday passed a resolution rejecting the US "militarization of the border.
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A life-size devil sculpture was placed between two mega-tents on the field, a sign reading "Trump, NO border militarization" on its chest.
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Prior to his inauguration, Trump's point man on foreign policy promised stern action in the South China Sea against China's island building and militarization.
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Operation Wetback led to a drastic militarization of the border, with the Immigration and Naturalization Service using jeeps and planes to swoop up migrants.
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The sovereign activities undertaken by China had nothing to do with militarization, Hua said in remarks posted on the ministry's website late on Sunday.
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His campaign has taken a hard stance on trade and immigration, proposing tariffs, militarization around , cracking down on intellectual property violations and limiting visas.
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U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the United States would "press China to deescalate and stop its militarization" in the South China Sea.
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But Flynn and Rothbard were Cold War doves who believed that the militarization of America was as serious a threat as the welfare state.
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US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the United States would "press China to deescalate and stop its militarization" in the South China Sea.
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The overwhelming response from Americans when her photographs were published last year centered on Russian nationalism and the moral dilemmas surrounding militarization of youth.
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The violent response to these protests by Ferguson's law enforcement set off a fierce debate about the increasing militarization of the American police force.
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Jaime Huenchullan, a Temucuicui spokesman, said the government militarization of the area began around that same time, when some Mapuche started recovering their lands.
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But it is unclear at best, experts on sanctions say, whether the measures will hinder North Korea's nuclear militarization or even crimp its economy.
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China tightens party control of foreign university ventures China rejects US concerns over South China Sea militarization Mattis takes aim at China military expansionism
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More militarization means more abuse, more corruption, more interior checkpoints, more racial profiling, more unwarranted searches, and more impediments to legitimate trade and travel.
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Many of Mr. Cantú's fellow recruits were veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a reflection of the increasing militarization of the borderlands.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who chaired Saturday's meeting, did not answer a question after the summit about whether the statement would refer to "militarization".
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Turkey has played down the extent of Russia's militarization of Crimea, which NATO says involves deploying surface-to-air missiles and communications jamming equipment.
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The bottom line was that a cultural sea change was needed, that law enforcement must shift away from creeping militarization and toward community policing.
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For decades, that simple, effective propaganda message has helped three generations of Kim family rulers justify their nation's militarization and tight grip on their citizens.
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But the new lidar data is showing that these features were far more common than archaeologists had imagined, reflecting a previously unconsidered level of militarization.
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In addition to warnings about Russian interference in the upcoming midterm election and the militarization of space, he identified climate change as a significant concern.
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As families became dispersed through migration and mounting militarization, paper photos became an efficient way to share mementos and images of important people and places.
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"All of this could lead to further militarization of South Korea," said Yang Uk, a senior research fellow at the Korea Defence and Security Forum.
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He told the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that the construction and militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea undermined regional stability.
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"We want to clarify that it has never been our aim, nor do we seek the militarization of Cyprus," he said, responding to Zakharova's remarks.
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The ministry reiterated that its building of defense facilities was to protect the country's sovereignty and legitimate rights, and had nothing to do with militarization.
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There are speakers and musicians, weekly topics (the ocean, women, militarization) and, each Thursday night, an hourlong teach-in that is streamed live on Facebook.
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The President's "needless militarization of the border is motivated purely by political calculation, not our national security," Pelosi said in a statement at the time.
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Critics long have worried about a trend towards the "militarization" of U.S. foreign policy, as the United States increasingly has become engaged in security matters.
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Experts believe that the ongoing, unprecedented militarization is paving the way to full-scale insurgency in the region, Business Insider's Ellen Ioanes reported this week.
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"China must not pursue militarization in the South China Sea," Carter said in a pointed speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Tuesday.
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In the South China Sea Beijing has continued the building up and militarization of islands, reefs and islets in defiance of an international court ruling.
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Very quickly, too, such destabilizing area developments could intersect, in both seen and unseen ways, and with both sub-state militarization, and corollary terrorist aggressions.
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The Pentagon last month withdrew an invitation to China in response to what it sees as Beijing's militarization of islands in the South China Sea.
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The militarization of America has always been central to Trump's political playbook, so it's no surprise that the event centered on honoring the Armed Forces.
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In Tokyo, Trump gave Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fodder for his agenda of militarization and encouraged him to buy more weapons from the United States.
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Some regional diplomats and security analysts believe that will involve increased Chinese deployments and the quicker militarization of China's expanded facilities across the Spratlys archipelago.
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He has promised to end the militarization of border control, to resolve DACA by passing a clean DREAM act and to modernize the visa process.
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But in the immigration enforcement community, the militarization of the border has given rise to a culture imbued with the language and tactics of war.
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Obama will have enduring influence as one of the few US leaders since the Second World War to challenge the militarization of American foreign policy.
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International affairs and the very real threat of escalating militarization and possibly even military conflict seems much harder to grasp than the latest inflammatory tweet.
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For Border Dreamers and their families, legislation that trades more border militarization for DREAMer protections, means an expanded deportation force in our communities and beyond.
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By contrast, the president's approach promises the militarization of American foreign policy, which is likely to strain and overextend the military in the long run.
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Any objective analysis of the space militarization issue since the Reagan years has to note that the U.S. has been, and still, leads the pack.
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The major challenges with strong AI are economic and cultural: job loss due to automation, economic displacement, privacy and data management, software vulnerabilities, and militarization.
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The Pentagon said the withdrawal of the invitation was in response to what it saw as China's militarization of islands in the South China Sea.
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"It would be in line with what they have been doing, why else would they clearing land on the islands but for militarization," the official said.
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"They emphasized that parties must not take actions accelerating tension such as the militarization of disputed structures," it said, an apparent reference to China's construction work.
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The 2600-page document calls for the unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as far east as New Orleans, Louisiana.
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" Fashioning the military into "props in his nationalistic show raises ethical questions," wrote Ben-Ghiat, noting that "militarization has always been central to Trump's political playbook.
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Using clips from old Globe papers, June has compiled proof of signs of the coming uprising, organized by theme: Curtailing of Civil Rights, Militarization, Power Structure.
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It measures 23 indicators including incidents of violent crime, levels of militarization, weapons imports, as well as refugee tallies and the number killed in internal conflict.
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The security situation surrounding the transfer of all that cash has cast a tinge of militarization over what is often viewed as a somewhat "granola" industry.
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Individual violence — rape, trafficking and intimate partner violence are rejected; racial profiling, police brutality, militarization and mass incarceration — all forms of institutional violence — are similarly disavowed.
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The US military has performed kinetic kills of its own satellites, in 1985 and 2008, and is hardly a passive bystander in the militarization of space.
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The 11-page document calls for the unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as far east as New Orleans, Louisiana.
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The Eritrean government used Ethiopia's refusal to relinquish sovereign Eritrean territory and the subsequent militarization of the border to justify its own repressive rules at home.
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"We have called on China to remove the military systems immediately and to reverse course on the militarization of disputed South China Sea features," he added.
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To register its objection to Beijing's growing militarization of its artificial islands, the United States military on May 23 disinvited China from biannual RIMPAC naval exercises.
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But critics believe the watered-down document, which failed to mention island militarization and may not even be legally binding once finalized, were victories for Beijing.
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Trump was speaking in Vietnam, which has become the most vocal opponent of China's claims and its construction and militarization of artificial islands in the sea.
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"But I'm very openly expressing now, and would do either privately or publicly, that we take a strong position in the Pacific against militarization," she said.
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Mattis has sought to cooperate with Beijing were possible while also pushing back on what the US sees as China's militarization of the South China Sea.
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China was disinvited from the military exercise in May after the country's "continued militarization of disputed features in the South China Sea," according to the Pentagon.
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"The United States is the real promoter of the militarization of the South China Sea," defense ministry spokesman Wu Qian told a regular monthly news briefing.
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The United States has criticized China for disregarding international law by the construction and militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea, undermining regional stability.
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Separatist sentiment runs high in the valley, and a high level of militarization has led to disaffection with the Indian state and its tactics against civilians.
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This is not the creation of bureaucracy for bureaucracy's sake; the advancing threats brought about by our adversaries' militarization of the space domain necessitates this action.
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Mr. Xi would have to acknowledge other nations' right to freely pass through the South China Sea and end China's militarization of the various islets there.
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The US has long slammed what it calls China's militarization of these islands, with US officials accusing Beijing of deploying missiles and electronic jamming equipment there.
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The seizure will add to concerns about China's increased military presence and aggressive posture in the disputed South China Sea, including its militarization of maritime outposts.
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Both the US and China blame each other for the rapid militarization of the South China Sea, one of the most contested areas in the world.
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This unwise move raises new doubts about President Xi Jinping's pledge not to "pursue militarization" in a vital waterway and passage for $5 trillion in annual trade.
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In a statement after their talks, the two called for non-militarization in the South China Sea and warned against any unilateral actions changing the status quo.
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He warns that America&aposs recent move to disinvite China from a multinational naval exercise this summer was an "initial response" to the militarization of the islands.
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Riot gear meets Stormtrooper in what at first glance is a straightforward commentary on police militarization in the service of extractive industry and white savior-martyr narratives.
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The drone incident has raised fresh concerns about China's increased military presence and aggressive posture in the disputed South China Sea, including its militarization of maritime outposts.
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Last summer, Washington disinvited China from a major U.S.-sponsored naval exercise in what it called "an initial response" to China's militarization of the South China Sea.
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"China&aposs continued militarization of disputed features in the South China Sea only serve to raise tensions and destabilize the region," a Pentagon spokesman, Marine Lt. Col.
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The seizure has added to U.S. concerns about China's growing military presence and aggressive posture in the disputed South China Sea, including its militarization of maritime outposts.
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This follows several "militarization" actions by China in the region, which it claims control of, in competition with several other Asian nations including Vietnam and the Philippines.
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China has said it would not seek militarization of its South China Sea islands and reefs, but that did not mean it would not set up defenses.
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On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reiterated a call for a "freeze" in China's island building and said it was unacceptable to continue their militarization.
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Residents in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas share those sentiments and overwhelmingly reject these outdated and unnecessary militarization tactics — again being driven by the U.S. government.
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The seizure has added to U.S. concern about China's growing military presence and aggressive posture in the disputed South China Sea, including its militarization of maritime outposts.
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On Tuesday, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said the United States will continue "a steady drumbeat" of naval exercises to challenge China's increased militarization of the area.
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"Do Not Resist," winner of best documentary at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, examines the militarization of American police departments and the police oppression of African-Americans.
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A militarization of the war on drugs has beefed up regional militaries but simultaneously obscured the real source of most citizen insecurity in the region: urban gangs.
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NSC-68 rejected detente and containment in favor of a massive militarization of the Cold War, characterized by increased armament spending and military aid to U.S. allies.
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The secretary of defense is to prepare these reports "immediately" after China undertakes new reclamation or militarization or asserts any new claims in the South China Sea.
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That was designed to allow Washington to focus on other worries, including a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan and China's militarization of islands in the South China Sea.
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This creeping militarization has allowed China to make controversial territorial and economic claims in the region over the vocal protests of neighboring countries and Western states alike.
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Beijing has regularly been driven to fury by Harris' negative views on its actions in the Asia Pacific region, including the militarization of the South China Sea.
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The Obama administration has struggled, however, to come up with a policy to slow or stop what it has called China's militarization of the South China Sea.
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The Pentagon has withdrawn China's invitation to the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in Hawaii due to China's expansion and militarization in the South China Sea.
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Nepram, who once worked for Oxfam, co-founded in 2004 the Control Arms Foundation of India (CAFI), an civil society organization working on disarmament and opposing militarization.
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The Chinese do not describe their actions as militarization; they accuse the United States of militarizing the sea with its freedom-of-navigation ship operations and overflights.
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"China's continued militarization of disputed features in the South China Sea only serve to raise tensions and destabilize the region," Commander Logan said in the Pentagon statement.
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Paul criticized the decision in a series of tweets, saying that the move would "subsidize militarization" and provide "an illusive and dangerous, or false, security" to Americans.
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In his address, a kind of "Pompeo Doctrine," he indicated that the United States was shifting from benign neglect of the region to aggressive involvement and militarization.
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The $716 billion fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) addresses "China's militarization in the South China Sea and deterring Russia's military aggression and cyber attacks," Sen.
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But an unpublished draft dated Friday and seen by Reuters included the term "land reclamation and militarization", which were not featured in a draft two days earlier.
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Fast-forward two decades and the militarization of our police departments should give Americans pause, especially at a time of such deep racial distrust in our communities.
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I first encountered Haacke's work in the early 1990s via artworks confronting the interconnectedness of the cultural sphere, corporate greed, neo-liberal fiscal policy, militarization, and violence.
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But critics say this display of weaponry is just one more example of militarization by local cops who would do more good by screening for drunken drivers.
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Japan's growing militarization is controversial because it runs counter to a pacifist clause in the country's postwar constitution, which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to revise.
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Hyperallergic has previously reported on Kanders' stake in the militarization of the United States police force through Safariland, where he is also chairman and chief executive officer.
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Mistrust of China runs deep in Vietnam, one of the most outspoken critics of Chinese construction and militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea's disputed waters.
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Cambodia has supported China's island-building and militarization in the contested South China Sea, and shielded Beijing from criticism by ASEAN, Southeast Asia's 10-member forum of nations.
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"Vietnam demands that China stop these activities, cease militarization of the area, and strictly respect Vietnam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa islands," Hang said, referring to the Paracels.
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So while the escalation and militarization of the war on drugs in Mexico did lead to much more violence, it was in part exacerbating an already-bad situation.
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Offshore nuclear power could lead to the militarization of disputed waters, with China arguing "they have to beef up their presence" in order defend the reactors, Hibbs said.
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That's normal and logical, and the American people must know this — that their money is going directly to Honduras, helping the militarization and the violation of human rights.
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Even thinking that this violence, this militarization, this repression only leads to a future where everything is violence, where there's no other answer, which leads to forced migration.
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The piece strikes me as a representation of the lost count of days these women were subjected to violence and the lives imposed by militarization, colonialism, and imperialism.
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Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said he was unaware of the specifics of the situation, but added that any facilities built have to do with national defence, not militarization.
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The protests against the Ferguson police that followed helped propel the already-burgeoning Black Lives Matter movement, and drew widespread awareness to the militarization of American law enforcement.
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Pompeo told reporters that he had raised concerns at the meeting about Chinese militarization of the South China Sea and the importance of maintaining a rules-based order.
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Talking about militarization, if we look at those advanced ships and aircraft going in and out of the South China Sea, aren't most of them from the U.S.?
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The foreign minister of the former administration, Alberto del Rosario, on Tuesday said the Philippines' hosting of ASEAN summit was an opportunity for Duterte to raise China's militarization.
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A Pentagon spokesman said the United States remained committed to "non-militarization in the South China Sea" and urged all claimants to take actions consistent with international law.
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From massive Chinese steel exports to Beijing's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, the EU is nervous about the activities of its second-largest trading partner.
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Mater's Disarm 1-10 (from Desert of Pharan) comes out of the artist's vigilant recordings of the city's development over the past decade—including its gentrification and militarization.
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"It's important ... because of the complex developments in the South China Sea, especially the reclamation and militarization activities and all those unilateral actions," Minh said of the code.
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"If there is more than one country militarizing, and it's not only the islands, if huge navies are sailing through the area, is that not militarization?" he said.
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On Wednesday, the Pentagon withdrew an invitation for China to join a major naval drill because of Beijing's continued militarization of its islands in the South China Sea.
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First-person shooter video games top the video-game market while Hollywood films ratchet up representations of extreme violence and reinforce a culture of fear, aggression and militarization.
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In any case, when added to rising trade tensions with Mexico, the unnecessary militarization of the border adds another dimension to tensions with our neighbor to the south.
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China last month said it would not seek militarization of its South China Sea islands and reefs, but that did not mean it would not set up defenses.
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Lopez Obrador's new security focus has already stirred unease among some human rights activists, who argue the plan ignores past abuses stemming from the "militarization" of public safety.
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Richardson said he was struck by how China's increasing militarization of the South China Sea had increased the willingness of other countries in the region to work together.
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She said money should be diverted from the "militarization of the border" — for example, increased surveillance — to more humanitarian goals like providing food or medical care to migrants.
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Both countries have dug into seemingly nonnegotiable positions on China's militarization of disputed land features in the South China Sea — the issue that most bedevils the military relationship.
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Beijing's militarization of the South China Sea islands — which have been claimed variously by China, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines — has been for years a source of tension.
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You do that by dividing America into tribes and, as "president," aligning yourself with the most extreme tribe, all the while promoting militarization among people who support you.
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She also released a plan for border communities that would reduce Mr. Trump's militarization of the border and ban federal development on Native American lands without tribal consent.
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They were part of a group of 22 pastors who are in the District to protest a proposed increase in funding for detention and deportation and border militarization.
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The country has built its legitimacy on its totalitarian cult of personality, its controlled economy and its militarization for too long to give those up, Mr. Kelly said.
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It's not the risk of a military coup; it is what I call the "velvet militarization" of American foreign and national security policy over the next four years.
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And beyond the fight over rich minerals, there is a growing concern from the U.S. side over China and Russia's potential "militarization" of the Arctic, said Strafor's Zhang.
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"There is every evidence, every day that there has been an increase of militarization of one kind or another," Kerry told reporters when asked about the reported deployment.
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"Space is the common heritage of mankind and every nation has the responsibility to avoid actions which can lead to the militarization of this arena," the statement said.
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It's not just a waste of taxpayer resources; it is that militarization in border communities makes life harder for the people who live along the US-Mexico border.
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Mr. Xi, in his Washington remarks, specifically referred to the Spratlys, not the Paracels, when saying that China "does not intend to pursue militarization" in the South China Sea.
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Mistrust of China runs deep in Vietnam, one of the most outspoken critics of Chinese construction and militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea&aposs disputed waters.
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"It's important ... because of the complex developments in the South China Sea, especially the reclamation and militarization activities and all those unilateral actions," Minh told Reuters in an interview.
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As you can tell from the subtitle of my upcoming book, Undocumented: The Militarization of the US–Mexico Border, border security is also a main theme of this project.
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Joint U.S.-Philippine naval patrols "promote the militarization of the region", the Chinese defense ministry said, urging that the bilateral military cooperation avoid prejudicing the interests of third parties.
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HANOI (Reuters) - A top U.S. official on Thursday said China's land reclamation and militarization in the disputed South China Sea was raising tensions and serious questions about its intention.
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"These actions have increased tensions in the South China Sea and constitute the militarization of the South China Sea," Hong told a regular briefing, when asked about Kirby's remarks.
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U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis warned in Singapore on Saturday that China's militarization of the South China Sea was now a "reality" but that Beijing would face unspecified consequences.
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The presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama brought a regrettable militarization of American policy towards Africa, with the creation of the United States Africa Command in 2008.
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The Pentagon last week ratcheted up rhetoric about China's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, even as the Trump administration presses China for cooperation on North Korea.
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So again, I ask that you use your powers to suspend the dated Posse Comitatus Act, which unfairly limits your ability to use domestic militarization to respond to crises.
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It's easy to fault the one-sidedness of "Do Not Resist," Craig Atkinson's documentary about the militarization of the police in the United States, but that's missing the point.
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But the decision ignited a debate about the increasing militarization of police and the remote-controlled use of force, and raised the specter of a new era of policing.
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But absent a cohesive strategy to respond to increased Chinese militarization in the region, it's unclear how the new China-fashioned status quo in the region can be altered.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis blasted Beijing on Saturday for the militarization of artificial features in the South China Sea, warning the Asian giant of potential penalties ahead.
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It seems that the United States's problem with inequality in the military has more to do with what over-militarization engenders, like making violence (and violence towards women) commonplace.
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But in a rare move, the country's prime minister on Monday pressed Obama for a greater US role in preventing militarization and island-building in the South China Sea.
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Though Indian authorities have cut communication lines, forcibly disappeared people, and carried out mass arrests in the past, the current militarization is unprecedented, regional experts told Insider's Ellen Ioanes.
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" The group warns completion of such a wall "would be a step towards militarization of the relationship between the US and Mexico and a harbinger of things to come.
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My parents' generation had seen two wars between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, followed by an insurgency against Indian rule and rapid militarization in the winter of 1989-90.
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"It is a blank check for endless wars, fuel for the further militarization of US foreign policy, and a gift to Donald Trump," they wrote in their December statement.
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Cambodia is also pushing to strike out any reference to the militarization of the South China Sea, watering down the language in statements issued previously by ASEAN this year.
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"[Thammavong] was very clear he wants a unified ASEAN and he wants maritime rights protected, and he wants to avoid militarization and to avoid conflict," Kerry said on Monday.
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China claims ownership over large parts of the South China Sea — one of the world's busiest trade routes — and its program of island-building and militarization has unsettled western powers.
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Paul's other four points on his action plan essentially boil down to greater militarization of schools: bulletproof windows, heightened police presence, check-in points, and bulletproof backpack inserts for kids.
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The two sides also share concerns about maritime security in the Indo-Pacific, including worries about China&aposs increasingly aggressive build-up and militarization of manmade islands in the region.
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Despite its calls for freedom of navigation and restraint for peace, the US has pushed forward militarization of the South China Sea with an "intention to exert hegemony," Yang added.
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Chinese officials say the United States is pushing militarization and endangering stability with "freedom of navigation" operations by its military ships and aircraft in the South and East China seas.
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"Over the next five years, these deep rooted trends are likely to reduce global levels of militarization and to narrow the capability gaps between armed forces worldwide," read the report.
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"We emphasize the importance of non-militarization and the need to enhance mutual trust and confidence, exercise self-restraint...and avoid actions that may complicate the situation," the communique said.
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Militarizing the police force These presidents also heavily contributed to the militarization of police, an erosion of the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act that denies U.S. military involvement in domestic policing.
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"But its massive land reclamation projects in the South China Sea and the increasing militarization of these outposts fuels regional tension and raises serious questions about China's intention," Blinken said.
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Walter Olson, of the libertarian American think tank the Cato Institute, criticized the rising militarization of law enforcement as illustrated in Ferguson: Why armored vehicles in a Midwestern inner suburb?
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In his remarks at the State Department, Wang said he and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had discussed U.S. complaints about Chinese "militarization" of features in the South China Sea.
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China Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying warned the U.S. on Wednesday against "hyping up militarization and stirring up trouble" at a daily briefing in Beijing, according to the Associated Press.
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It also comes at the same time as the wider militarization of space, evidenced by Trump's planned "space force" and an apparent Indian anti-satellite weapons test earlier this year.
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I'm glad you raised that, because one of the things that falls by the wayside as a consequence of this trend of the militarization of foreign policy is human rights.
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"I also want to point out that recently the U.S. military likes to talk about the so-called militarization of the South China Sea," Hua told a daily news conference.
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U.S. Pacific Command disinvited China from its 2018 Rim of the Pacific Exercise in the wake of continued Chinese militarization of the features it controls in the South China Sea.
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Biti and other members of the alliance also criticized what they called the "militarization" of the government following the appointment of two former senior military officials to the new cabinet.
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The bloc will adopt a softer than usual tone about South China Sea disputes and exclude references to militarization or island-building, according to a draft of the chairman's statement.
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In New York, Mr. Bratton's policing reforms were paired with the most significant militarization of the city's officers in its history — changes, aimed at combating terrorism, that began last year.
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The proposed size of the force has crept up over time and its roll-out has fueled concerns that Lopez Obrador will increase the militarization of law enforcement in Mexico.
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Its government says that such action does not constitute a militarization of the islands, which Beijing considers to be Chinese territory and therefore it cannot militarize land it already owns.
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The militarization of the city has fueled criticism that the government's handling of the protests has been too heavy-handed, with human rights groups urging security forces to use restraint.
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He illustrates with examples of communities where media-fueled public engagement led to regulation of Stingray cellphone intercepts, body cavity searches, the militarization of police arsenals, and stop and frisk.
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More broadly, increased United States security spending in Central America has been accompanied by further militarization and reports of security forces' involvement in organized crime and appalling human rights abuses.
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Senator Risa Hontiveros sought an end to Manila's "subservience" to China, while Congressman Gary Alejano said the issue of China's militarization in the South China Sea is a "global concern".
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"As for the South China Sea, we share serious concerns over unilateral actions that raise tensions, such as large-scale reclamation, the building of facilities and militarization," Abe told reporters.
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The annual index, which measures 23 indicators including incidents of violent crime, countries' levels of militarization and weapons imports, said intensifying conflicts in the Middle East were mostly to blame.
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To China's annoyance, Vietnam held out an ASEAN meeting this month for language in a communique that noted concern about island-building and criticized militarization in the South China Sea.
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China and the United States have repeatedly traded barbs over what Washington says is Beijing's militarization of the South China Sea by building military installations on artificial islands and reefs.
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The visit also comes amid sharp U.S. criticism over China's militarization of its island holdings in the South China Sea and a brewing trade war between the world's two largest economies.
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Image 2 of 2 SINGAPORE – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Saturday raised the prospect of additional American steps against China if its "militarization" of the South China Sea keeps apace.
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"We do not see it as a militarization by going through what has traditionally been an international water space," said Mattis of the U.S. ship movements through the South China Sea.
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Mun added that for many years, but particularly since 9/11, the federal government has invoked national security to justify increased border militarization, sometimes with the tacit support of immigration activists.
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It's a major boost for US troops in the Pacific as China has engaged in the development, and by many assessments militarization, of man-made islands in the South China Sea.
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Duterte's latest comments seem to mark a departure from his previous policy, and suggests a desire to pursue the type of militarization Beijing has been accused of bringing to the region.
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"As an initial response to China&aposs continued militarization of the South China Sea we have disinvited the PLA Navy from the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RimPac) Exercise," he added.
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"We oppose China's artificial island construction and their militarization of features in international waters," Tillerson said while appearing in Sydney, Australia Monday alongside Mattis and the Australian foreign and defense ministers.
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And the move has sparked criticism from Democrats that Trump is disinterested in fulfilling his duties as commander in chief, as well as concerns about the over-militarization of his administration.
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At a summit of Southeast Asian leaders in California on Monday, Vietnam's prime minister suggested to U.S. President Barack Obama that Washington take "more efficient actions" against militarization and island-building.
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Mattis already has withdrawn an invitation to China to participate in a major military exercise, because of what the Pentagon says is Chinese militarization of islands in the South China Sea.
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"Countries across the Asia-Pacific are voicing concern with China's land reclamation, which stands out in size and scope, as well as its militarization in the South China Sea," he said.
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Washington (CNN)The Pentagon on Thursday ratcheted up rhetoric about China's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, even as the Trump administration presses China for cooperation on North Korea.
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Admiral Harris highlighted an immediate need for modern submarines, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance platforms, and anti-ship missiles capable of matching China's breakneck modernization and militarization of the South China Sea.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned China on Tuesday against what he called "aggressive" actions in the region, saying there would be "specific consequences" to militarization of the South China Sea.
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In 2008, Robert Gates, the secretary of defense, began warning about the "creeping militarization of some aspects of America's foreign policy," with the State Department withering and the Pentagon steadily expanding.
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Part of the dilemma is that "the Maldives is just another front for the Chinese," Mr. Kumar said, citing its militarization of islands in the South China Sea as one example.
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"This clearly shows just who doesn't want to see stability maintained in the South China Sea, and who is the biggest factor in pushing the 'militarization' of the South China Sea."
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Analysts say the visit by the 95,000-ton carrier to Vietnam is a clear shot at Beijing, designed to counter China's aggressive island building and militarization in the South China Sea.
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Though Modi said Wednesday's test was for India's defense and security, it is likely to be seen as provocative by Pakistan and China and raise concerns about the militarization of space.
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A US defense official based in Europe said Moscow's recent deployment of its Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad was "the biggest move we've seen" in terms of Russia's militarization of the Baltics.
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The combination of democratic backsliding, power grabs by the executive, and the militarization of policing is a problem by itself, and a precedent for future escalations and abuses of executive power.
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In response to outcry against police militarization following the events in Ferguson, the Obama administration ordered a comprehensive review of the policies that supplied local police departments with military-grade equipment.
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"The United States continues to call on all claimants to halt land reclamation, construction and militarization of features in the South China Sea," the Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday. Adm.
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Manalo also said Manila would hold talks with Beijing next month to tackle "issues of concern regarding the South China Sea," including China's militarization of several manmade islands in the Spratly Islands.
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The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) dropped references to "land reclamation and militarization" from its chairman's statement this year at the end of its summit in the Philippine capital, Manila.
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Almost overnight, the small Missouri town became a symbol of everything from the militarization of local police to the countless incidents in which unarmed people of color don't survive encounters with cops.
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"Space is the common heritage of mankind and every nation has the responsibility to avoid actions which can lead to the militarization of this arena," Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement.
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Virts argued that the skillsets of astronauts and space militarization experts are vastly different from those of aviation specialists and Air Force pilots, and that this reality warrants a new governmental entity.
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But just as border militarization in the United States simply made the journey more dangerous for desperate migrants, the question will be whether a faster Bestia will deter migrants or punish them.
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The senators said the United States should be "regularly challenging China's excessive maritime claims" through air and warship patrols and make clear the U.S. interest in preventing Chinese militarization of strategic features.
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China claims US sparking militarization Beijing says its growing military presence in the South China Sea is necessary to protect its sovereignty, blaming Washington and its allies for tensions in the region.
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Beijing points to the regular US Navy patrols and flyovers of the South China Sea as an example of US militarization and provocations, and a justification for the increased Chinese military presence.
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Manalo also said Manila would hold talks with Beijing next month to tackle "issues of concern regarding the South China Sea", including China's militarization of several manmade islands in the Spratly Islands.
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Post-9/11 foreign policy has been matched here at home by expansive growth of executive power, unaccountable militarization of domestic law enforcement, chronic over-criminalization and pervasive disrespect for civil liberties.
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French Defence Minister Florence Parly said last year she was committed to giving France strategic space autonomy in the face of growing threats from other powers amid a race in space militarization.
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He has—very quietly and very peacefully—protested what he believes is the systemic over-militarization of police forces that have an ingrained culture of racism and take black lives without consequence.
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In 2015, Hyperallergic reported on Kanders' stake in the militarization of United States police forces through his role at Safariland, LLC, whose weapons are also utilized by Ferguson, Oakland, and Baltimore police.
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Aside from Mauro's presentation, the event is also drawing criticism for pushing military-style training and equipment on police departments at a time when the militarization of law enforcement is under scrutiny.
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But it has accused China of militarization of the waterway in building up artificial islands and said the strategic passage, through which roughly $5 trillion in trade passes annually, must remain open.
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"Even if it's a short-term deployment, it's another step toward militarization of our border," Isacson said, adding that 40 percent of people being apprehended at the border were children and families.
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The US and China both blame the other for militarization in the contested South China Sea, which China claims nearly in its entirety, to the consternation of neighboring nations in the area.
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Friday described the United States's "growing security network in the Asia Pacific" amid growing regional concerns about China's militarization of territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
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A scheduled meeting between their foreign ministers in August was canceled on the sidelines of a regional gathering in Manila amid an argument about militarization in the South China Sea and island-building.
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The visit also comes amid a brewing trade war between the world&aposs two largest economies and sharp U.S. criticism over China&aposs militarization of its island holdings in the South China Sea.
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Earlier this month the United States said it had raised concerns with China about its latest militarization of the South China Sea and said there would be near-term and long-term consequences.
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Click here to view original GIFHere in the U.S. we just went through a big public debate over the militarization of the police so this probably won't be coming to our shores right?
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Mathew Feeney of the Cato Institute insists "It's very important local communities don't view their police department as an occupying force," saying "unfortunately, the militarization of the police really does blur that distinction."
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If we are to heal the racial divide, we need a new presidential-level commission that considers these overlapping problems of poverty, inequality, gun violence, public mental health, mass incarceration, hyperpolicing and militarization.
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Images of camo-clad Ferguson police, dressed for war and rolling out armored vehicles in response to protesters made international headlines, sparking a conversation about the creeping militarization of the nation's law enforcement.
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The case sheds light on the broader impact that the militarization of public security has had on large parts of the country since troops were first mobilized for anti-narcotics operations in 2006.
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China's official Xinhua news agency, in an English language commentary, said the "hype" about China's "so-called militarization" failed to mention that China had for many years deployed defensive measures on Woody Island.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier hosted Xi in Moscow, where the countries issued a joint statement, articulating a common peace plan for the peninsula, and together condemning US militarization in the region.
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The documentary, fêted at film festivals and in theaters nationwide starting Friday, aims to shine a military grade spotlight on the issue of police militarization in the U.S. and it does just that.
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The United States and its allies oppose China's building of artificial islands in the South China Sea and their militarization, given concerns Beijing plans to use them to deny access to strategic routes.
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Merkel said her appearance was meant to underscore the importance of the military at a time when some lawmakers are worried that boosting defense spending could lead to a militarization of German society.
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Do Not Resist examines the militarization of police departments in the US and goes inside of training sessions that illustrate why police might feel justified in using equipment well beyond what they need.
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While the LAPD has vowed to use the drones on a case-by-case basis and only under strict regulations, protestors at Tuesday's meeting reportedly expressed concern about the militarization of the police.
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While Moon's popularity rating is still around 70%, according to Gallup Korea, there does seem to be increasing support for greater militarization of South Korea in response to the threat from the north.
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Here's the silver lining: The United States is finally waking up to China's many provocations, from political influence campaigns, to militarization of the South China Sea, to attempts to export China's authoritarian politics.
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But the militarization hasn't changed the underlying dynamics driving immigration: El Salvador and Honduras rank as the second and fourth most violent countries in the world, respectively, and Guatemala trails not far behind.
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China and the United States have repeatedly traded barbs in the past over what Washington says is Beijing's militarization of the South China Sea by building military installations on artificial islands and reefs.
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The resolution, intended to press North Korea to renounce its nuclear militarization, could reduce the isolated country's already meager annual export revenue by $1 billion, or about a third of its current total.
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The assault on the soil, the militarization of the land, sea and sky, the loss of wildlife worldwide, these Corbin predicted, as well as algae blooms plaguing the sea and 200 mph typhoons.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and Canada share "serious concerns" over reclamation and militarization in the South China Sea, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday, in an apparent reference to China's maritime activity.
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The United States has urged against the militarization of the South China Sea, following the rapid land reclamation by China on several disputed reefs through dredging, and building air fields and port facilities.
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China and the United States have in the past repeatedly traded barbs over what Washington says is Beijing's militarization of the South China Sea by building military installations on artificial islands and reefs.
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"It is one thing for federal officials to work with local authorities to reduce or solve crime, but it is another for them to subsidize militarization," Senator Rand Paul said in a statement.
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More than 80 percent of Filipinos felt their country should oppose Beijing's militarization of its man-made islands in the South China Sea, according to a Monday survey from research institute Social Weather Station.
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Mattis rebuked China and said the country hasn't abided by its promise to stop militarization of the Spratly Islands, a disputed territory whose ownership is contested by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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The result, Javier Corrales, an Amherst College political scientist, wrote in a column last week, has been the steady "militarization of democracies" — culminating in this month's drumbeat of presidential appearances alongside their top brass.
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She described the charges she and her colleagues were facing for civil disobedience at the border — along with a group of religious faith leaders, she said they had been arrested for protesting border militarization.
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"The ASEAN members have been unanimous in their expression of concern about what they see as a militarization of the region," Yasay told reporters after a ministers' retreat on the Philippine island of Boracay.
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A Pentagon statement said the decision to disinvite the Chinese navy was "an initial response" to what it called China&aposs militarization of the South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety.
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Richardson said he was struck by how China's increasing militarization of the South China Sea had increased the willingness of other countries in the region to work together, not just bilaterally, but also multilaterally.
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Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, the first senior Western official to visit China since the reports appeared, said she raised the issue of the South China Sea's militarization in talks in Beijing on Thursday.
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In the 2016 documentary Do Not Resist about police militarization, Dave Grossman leads a training seminar for police who would later be filmed ransacking poor black neighborhoods looking for drugs as innocuous as marijuana.
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The Pentagon on Wednesday disinvited China from a major U.S.-hosted naval drill in response to what it sees as Beijing's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, a decision China called unconstructive.
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It also expressed the unwillingness of the SPD to spend more money on German defense while the necessity of doing so has come into sharper focus due to Moscow's militarization and invasion of Ukraine.
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Locked into boundary disputes with its neighbors, China has accelerated the militarization of the South China Sea, acquiring more than 3,200 acres of land on reefs and outcrops and installing runways, ports and hangars.
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It encompasses struggles against climate catastrophe, a history of breaking treaties with Native Americans, attacks on the right to assemble, assaults on journalists, the militarization of police, and placing corporate profits over human rights.
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China's military "continues to strengthen its military space capabilities despite its public stance against the militarization of space," including developing Beidou and new weaponry, according to a Pentagon report issued to Congress in May.
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They zoom in on, and pan out from, some of the most complex, pressing issues of our time — among them surveillance, alienated labor, militarization, protest culture, corporate domination and the rise of alternative economies.
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Incendiary Traces is an art and research project by Hillary Mushkin that examines the intersection of landscape, militarization, and surveillance, focusing on sites like the 803 Palms Military Base or the US–Mexico border.
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Then in May, the United States disinvited China from joint naval exercises off Hawaii in response to what it called China's militarization of disputed areas of the South China Sea, an allegation Beijing rejects.
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Then in May, the United States disinvited China from joint naval exercises off Hawaii in response to what it called China's militarization of disputed areas of the South China Sea, an allegation Beijing rejects.
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While working for the American Friends Service Committee, the Quaker peace and justice organization, Mr. Kajihiro and his colleague Terrilee Kekoʻolani studied the environmental and social effects of colonization, militarization and overdevelopment of Hawaii.
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The Mexican-American experimental composer Guillermo Galindo, meanwhile, has responded to the recent wave of border militarization by composing music on instruments he makes out of detritus — water bottles, flashlights, animal skeletons, shotgun shells.
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The idea, pushed by SHP and others, that school shootings are an epidemic has fueled the militarization of U.S. schools, as armed guards, mass shooting drills, and calls for armed teachers become increasingly common.
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"When the EU was not able to come up with a strong statement about the militarization of the South China Sea in July, it was the Hungarians who blocked it," an EU diplomat said.
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This week, the United States uninvited China from a major U.S. naval drill in response to what it sees as Beijing's militarization of the disputed South China Sea, drawing a sharp response from China.
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China's growing military presence in the disputed South China Sea has fueled concern, with the United States criticizing its militarization of maritime outposts and holding regular air and naval patrols to ensure freedom of navigation.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told the Singapore forum that Washington remained committed to the region and insisted it would oppose China's militarization of the disputed South China Sea, one of Asia's most volatile hotspots.
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Philippine foreign ministry official Zaldy Patron, who is in-charge of ASEAN affairs, said nobody at the summit had pushed strongly on the South China Sea issue, or mentioned anything about land reclamation and militarization.
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The United States has criticized what it called China's militarization of its maritime outposts and stressed the need for freedom of navigation by conducting periodic air and naval patrols near them that have angered Beijing.
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And the more Omar heard Trump attack journalists, green-light the militarization of police forces, and demonize immigrants, the more she saw the red flags that preceded unrest in other countries with deep political divisions.
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The United States and its allies oppose China's building of artificial islands in the South China Sea and their militarization, given concerns Beijing might use them to deny access to strategic routes vital to commerce.
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The decision to charge Shinzato with Shimabukuro's murder has been welcomed by anti-militarization and women's rights campaigners across Japan, who have long been opposed to the strategic presence of the US on the island.
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" Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said via Twitter on Wednesday that he had directed his country's exterior ministry to ask the UN Secretary General to address what he called the "worrying militarization of Venezuelan society.
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His pick for secretary of state, former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, also told a confirmation hearing that Beijing's militarization of reclaimed islands in the disputed waters of the South China Sea must be stopped.
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Is there a hidden agenda behind the creation of these pop icons and are young people being conditioned to accept hyper-sexualization, militarization, and mental and physical torture with this sugar-coated, Disneyfied pop culture?
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An early draft of the summit statement seen by Reuters made references to land reclamation and militarization in the disputed waterway, but they were subsequently dropped, as were references to "tensions" and "escalation of activities".
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The Pentagon said the withdrawal of the invitation was in response to what it sees as Beijing's militarization of islands in the disputed South China Sea, a strategic waterway claimed in large part by Beijing.
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"China's reclamation and militarization of disputed outposts in the South China Sea...including the use of maritime militia to intimidate, coerce, and threaten other nations, undermine the peace and security of the region," it said.
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" He said that countries at the summit discussed the need to take "tangible steps in the South China Sea to lower tensions, including a halt to further reclamation, construction and militarization of the disputed areas.
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It was President Obama who stopped police from getting military equipment like armored vehicles, grenade launchers and camouflage uniforms in 2015 over concerns about the "militarization" of the police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
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"It is inadmissible to use this situation as a pretext for massive militarization of northeast Asia and deployment of another position area for U.S. global missile defense there," Lavrov told the United Nations General Assembly.
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"The United States has long raised concerns about the militarization of outposts on disputed features in the South China Sea," said a State Department official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
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On Sunday, China's Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian labeled the return of US warships a "provocation" which violated Chinese and international laws and blamed the US military's exercises for the growing militarization of the region.
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Critics argued that giving control of the guard to generals would increase the militarization of Mexico, whose reputation has been battered in the past few years by notorious rights abuses carried out by security forces.
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"Community policing," an elastic term that has become an orthodoxy for "progressive" police reform since the 1990s, but has coincided with stop-and-frisk, mass incarceration, police militarization, and sensational episodes of unprovoked police violence.
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In a country that has criminalized immigration with increasing severity since 1996—and has been ramping up its militarization of that fight under Donald Trump—a U Visa can seem like the least bad option.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has raised concerns with China about its latest militarization of the South China Sea and there will be near-term and long-term consequences, the White House said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON — As we bear witness to the global democratic recession, we cannot afford to ignore the increasing militarization of societies in Latin America, which has coincided with illiberal trends in other parts of the world.
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"So we need police departments that look like the communities that they serve — we get rid of a lot of this militarization of the police department, which is a form of intimidating people," Sanders responded.
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A. I think you're right that the militarization of local law enforcement — which has accelerated under the Trump administration — increases the temptation for the police to use excessive force, particularly when they confront the unknown.
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"The militarization of the Iraqi streets with armed men at checkpoints and the proliferation of militias has created new mechanisms of social control," the sociologist Zahra Ali wrote in the aftermath of Ms. Fares's murder.
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"This behavior by the United States military is a show of force to promote the militarization in the region, and would very easily lead to accidents on the sea and in the air," Sr. Col.
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I refuse to believe that the senators who voted for the Rounds-King proposal truly believe that it is sound policy to give the president $25 billion for a wall and militarization of the border.
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In recent years, amid roiling racial tensions between minority communities and law enforcement, activists have pointed to the hulking armored vehicles mobilized in protests across the country as symptomatic of the militarization of the police.
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" Russia opposed the militarization of space, Putin insisted, but said "at the same time the march of events requires greater attention to strengthening the orbital group and the space rocket and missile industry in general.
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"The United States carries out militarization in the South China Sea in the name of freedom of navigation and overflight, threatens coastal nations' sovereignty and security and destroys regional peace and stability," the ministry said.
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China's growing military presence in the disputed South China Sea has fuelled concern, with the United States criticising its militarization of maritime outposts and holding regular air and naval patrols to ensure freedom of navigation.
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"China's militarization of the South China Sea and aggressive action in international waters destabilizes the region and threatens shared efforts to promote security," Mattis said at the ASEAN-US meeting following his meeting with Wei.
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His popularity has helped to insulate him from criticism over his deadly war on drugs, his misogynistic jokes and insults at the church, and his indifference toward China's rapid militarization in the South China Sea.
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The Mexican government has told the United States that "if the announced deployment of the National Guard turned into a militarization of the border, that would gravely damage the bilateral relationship," Mexico's Foreign Ministry said.
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In September, China's president, Xi Jinping, speaking with President Obama at the White House, said that Beijing "does not intend to pursue militarization" in the Spratlys, or the Nansha, as the islands are known in China.
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China and the United States - currently in heated talks over trade - have frequently sparred over questions of militarization of the South China Sea, where China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines all have competing claims.
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A Social Weather Stations poll of 1,200 Filipinos released on the eve of Xi's visit showed 84 percent felt it was wrong not to oppose China's militarization of its manmade islands in the South China Sea.
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At last year&aposs meeting, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sharply criticized what he called Beijing&aposs disregard for international law by its "indisputable militarization" of artificial islands in disputed areas of the South China Sea.
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According to the draft memo, the militarization effort would be proactive, specifically empowering Guard troops to solely carry out immigration enforcement, not as an add-on the way local law enforcement is used in the program.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has authorized more than 400 soldiers to join the security team at his annual state of the nation speech this week, drawing outrage from opponents who called it "militarization".
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday uninvited China from a major U.S.-hosted naval drill in response to what it sees as Beijing's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, a decision China called unconstructive.
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"As an initial response to China's continued militarization of the South China Sea we have disinvited the PLA Navy from the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise," said Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Logan, a Pentagon spokesman.
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"This rise in accidents is because of the militarization of immigration policy," said Ignacio Ramirez, director of the Abba migrant shelter in nearby Celaya, referring to stepped-up Mexican enforcement, under pressure from the Trump administration.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States is encouraged by China's efforts to restrain North Korea but Washington will not accept Beijing's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday.
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The United States has previously criticized what it called China's militarization of its maritime outposts, and stressed the need for freedom of navigation by conducting periodic air and naval patrols near them that have angered Beijing.
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Just one example of those effects: the rise of militarization in school discipline, which Sen says is characterized by the presence of police officers, metal detectors, and high rates of punishment fueled by zero-tolerance policies.
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The United States has repeatedly criticized China for disregarding international law with the construction and militarization of artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, where neighbors Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have claims.
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"Countries across the Asia-Pacific are voicing concern with China's land reclamation, which stands out in size and scope, as well as its militarization in the South China Sea," Mr Carter said in Manila on Thursday.
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" They urged all claimants in the region to "refrain from land reclamation, construction of outposts, militarization of disputed features, and undertaking unilateral actions that cause permanent physical change to the marine environment in areas pending delimitation.
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However, four ASEAN member states disagreed with omitting "land reclamation and militarization" - terms included in the statement issued last year in Laos, but not featured in an earlier draft of this year's statement seen on Wednesday.
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Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping just had a summit in Moscow at which the countries issued a joint statement, articulating a common peace plan for the peninsula, and together condemning US militarization in the region.
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The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law said Monday that the move to relax curbs on the militarization of the police will carve fresh divides between law enforcement officers and African-American and Latino communities.
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The defense secretary is trying to get Beijing to step back from the militarization of the South China Sea and ensure that Beijing presses North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give up his nuclear weapons.
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The deployment of a number of missile systems to the Spratly and Paracel Islands in May sparked an angry rebuke from Washington about Beijing's "militarization" of the sea, almost all of which is claimed by China.
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In a speech during a flag-raising celebration at the Department of Foreign Affairs Monday, Cayetano defended the Philippine government from allegations they were taking a soft policy on Chinese militarization of the South China Sea.
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The Chinese Foreign Ministry hasn't commented on reports it removed the missile launchers but in her daily press briefing on June 6, spokeswoman Hua Chunying laid the blame for increased militarization squarely with the United States.
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Vietnam had held out for language that noted concern about island-building and criticized militarization in South China Sea in the communique on Sunday from foreign ministers of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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It is the perfect time to highlight the dangers of militarization; three of the four countries on the secretary's itinerary — Brazil, Argentina and Colombia — have to varying degrees turned to their armed forces for domestic security.
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Kai Koerber, another junior, criticized the militarization and "overpolicing" of schools, and shared his fears that having more police around at Stoneman Douglas will increase the likelihood of students of color becoming victims of police brutality.
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In 2014, the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., prompted a nationwide debate on the use of police force and the militarization of law enforcement across the United States.
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In 2014, the shooting death of Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., sparked a nationwide debate on the use of police force and the militarization of law enforcement across the United States.
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Pompeo also pointed to increased U.S. naval exercises in the South China Sea in response to China's militarization of disputed islands and Trump's imposition of tariffs on Chinese imports as aspects of the administration's deterrence strategy.
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The index provider is aware of that, so they're already looking for companies that are going to be doing things in the militarization of space, in more space transportation and hospitality as well as infrastructure building.
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The United States has criticized what it has called China's militarization of its maritime outposts and stressed the need for freedom of navigation by conducting periodic air and naval patrols near them that have angered Beijing.
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Indigenous leader Aida Quilcué told CNN that violent attacks on indigenous groups have increased under Duque's government, and she is worried about mining, violence against social leaders, and increasing militarization, including the presence of paramilitary groups.
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The militarization of US policing at home is often overseen by the same people in charge of global counterinsurgency, and to understand how these systems work and evolve, we must look at both together, Schrader argues.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday criticized the United States for uninviting it from a major U.S.-hosted naval drill in response to what it sees as Beijing's militarization of islands in the disputed South China Sea.
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Some activists and progressives refer to the buildup at the border as a "militarization," and there's something to that — living on the border means being subject to roadside checkpoints, surveillance, and (sometimes) a fence through your backyard.
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After video footage of a campus police officer casually blanketing Occupy Wall Street student protestors with pepper-spray went viral, the episode prompted mass outrage, sparked conversations about the militarization of police, and launched a thousand memes.
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The region - which includes strong U.S. allies Japan, South Korea and Australia - hosts some of the world's most volatile flashpoints, with high tension on the Korean peninsula and China's militarization of the South China Sea causing friction.
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He's led litigation in federal court, met with President Barack Obama, and has called on the Department of Justice to investigate what he calls "the overall militarization of law enforcement response" to peaceful protests at Standing Rock.
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The work reflects the trauma brought by the militarization of Sápmi—the land was scorched by retreating Nazis during WWII and, during the Áltá action, the region saw Norway's largest police deployment in the post-war era.
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Asked about China's investment plans, Gabrielle Price, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman, said Washington continued to call on all claimants to halt land reclamation, construction of new facilities, and militarization of outposts in the South China Sea.
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Southeast Asian countries have altered a statement to be issued at Saturday's ASEAN summit to include references to militarization and island-building in the South China Sea, the latest draftshows, in a move likely to frustrate Beijing.
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The United States has previously criticized what it called China's militarization of its maritime outposts in the South China Sea, and stressed the need for freedom of navigation with periodic air and naval patrols nearby, angering Beijing.
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The Philippines irked China two months ago when its then foreign minister, Perfecto Yasay, said he and ASEAN counterparts had noticed "very unsettlingly" that weapons systems had been installed, and considered that "a militarization of the region".
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" Richardson said China's large-scale land reclamation in the South China Sea and militarization of artificial islands extended its potential ability to deny access to a region with precision missiles and radar, something that "demands a response.
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"The changes can indeed seem astonishing," he writes in the introduction, but — as shown by mass incarceration, the militarization of police forces and the resegregation of America's schools — "a lot, in fact, is still taken for granted."
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During the campaign, and through the early months of his term, López Obrador's promises to demilitarize Mexico brought hope to those exhausted by the widespread terror of the 2006 militarization of the government's war on drug traffickers.
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Above the South China Sea (CNN)High above one of the most hotly contested regions in the world, CNN was given a rare look Friday at the Chinese government's rapidly expanding militarization of the South China Sea.
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"By playing up the so-called China's militarization in the South China Sea, certain people in the US are staging a farce of a thief crying "stop thief"," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in May.
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They urged claimants to refrain from land reclamation, construction of outposts and militarization of disputed features, a veiled reference to China's expansion of its defense capability on Mischief, Fiery Cross and Subi reefs in the Spratly archipelago.
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"China is resolutely opposed to this kind of show of force and pushing of regional militarization by the U.S. that may easily cause an unexpected incident at sea or in the air," it said in a statement.
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"He was very clear he wants a unified ASEAN and he wants maritime rights protected, and he wants to avoid militarization and to avoid conflict," Kerry told reporters after meeting Thongsing in Vientiane, the capital of Laos.
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MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said the failure of the United States to thwart China's island-building in the South China Sea showed there was no serious concern about its militarization or reclamation work.
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In the midst of active military operations in neighboring Yemen, Saudi Arabia is undergoing a rapid militarization plan calling for new wares from across the world in an effort to update its armed forces to western standards.
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In communities where there is already a deep mistrust of the police, such as Chicago, the federal government should provide incentives that repair that relationship not threaten brute force and militarization to create further harm and alienation.
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The region includes strong U.S. allies Japan, South Korea and Australia and has some of the world's most volatile flashpoints, with high tension on the Korean peninsula and China's militarization of the South China Sea causing friction.
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Here in El Paso, we've had a front-row seat to watch the militarization of the border: There is a wall, drones fly overhead and state troopers and National Guard members have been sent to our community.
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China's growing military presence in the disputed South China Sea in particular has fueled concern, with the United States criticizing its militarization of maritime outposts and holding regular air and naval patrols to ensure freedom of navigation.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dallas police ended a standoff with a gunman Friday morning by remotely detonating a "bomb robot," an unprecedented tactic by officers that rekindles concerns about the militarization of local law enforcement in the United States.
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The Trump administration has made holding China accountable for a range of policy decisions, ranging from how it trades with the U.S., to Beijing's seizure (and militarization) of islands, reefs, and shoals in the South China Sea.
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Supporters of the agreements say they have helped deter Chinese militarization in the South China Sea and $1.3 billion of U.S. defense assistance since 1998 has been vital in boosting the capabilities of under-resourced Philippine forces.
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But in recent weeks, several senior government officials have said Canberra would not be silenced about concerns such as China's militarization of the South China Sea, its treatment of ethnic minorities and its detention of Australian citizens.
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Moscow is waging an unrelenting cyber and information war (for Moscow they are two sides of the same coin) against the West while trumpeting the militarization of the domestic Russian scene, the economy, and Russian political consciousness.
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Border communities in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas complained of the "militarization" of the border and the abuses of Border Patrol agents (even when those abuses were against Mexican citizens on the other side of the fence).
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Speaking at a daily news briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she hoped the United States could clarify whether it thought sending "this type of offensive weapon" to the South China Sea counted as militarization.
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"We call on South China Sea claimants to publicly commit to a reciprocal halt to further land reclamation, construction of new facilities, and new militarization of disputed features," said Navy Commander Bill Urban, a spokesman for the Pentagon.
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The group, which opposes what it calls mass domestic surveillance and militarization of California's local police departments, said the state has the resources to go it alone and doing so will be in the best interest of Californians.
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"The ASEAN ministers have been unanimous in their expression of concern about what they see as the militarization of the region," Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay told reporters, using the acronym for the group of Southeast Asian countries.
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He has been determined to build a strong relationship with China, despite a history of diplomatic friction, and some unease among a U.S.-leaning defense apparatus wary about Beijing's militarization and island-building in the South China Sea.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon this week slammed the continued Chinese militarization of the South China Sea on the heels of a CNBC and NBC News report that Beijing was conducting anti-ship ballistic missile tests in the disputed waters.
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Standing side by side, top U.S. officials urged their Chinese counterparts on Friday to halt militarization of the disputed South China Sea, drawing a rebuke from the Chinese for sending U.S. warships close to islands claimed by Beijing.
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"Civil society organizations in the United States have fought hard against the militarization of the domestic internet," Access Now's U.S. policy manager and global policy manager Amie Stepanovich said, noting that the shift could lead to increased surveillance.
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" He added about the traditionally safe haven asset: "I do think with the Trump administration and with the militarization that's going on right now, the risk is very high, so gold does have the chance to go further.
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The U.S. military's Pacific chief testified at the House hearing Wednesday that North Korea's nuclear program poses a bigger threat than ever but China, despite offering to help, remains a formidable adversary with island-building and increased militarization.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - China is behaving like a "bully" with its militarization of islands in the South China Sea, Republican U.S. Senator John McCain said on Tuesday, activity Washington must confront with its allies to find a peaceful solution.
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He's documented their hardscrabble lives in Central America and along the route to the US-Mexico border, and earlier this year published a book of his work: Undocumented: Immigration and the Militarization of the United States-Mexico Border.
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One of the most commonly and sincerely expressed concerns I hear from communities -- and have heard them for a long time as a law enforcement executive and now as a deputy mayor — is about the "militarization" of police.
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Though PCA exceptions shape the president's authority over the National Guard and U.S. military on domestic soil, the limitations of the PCA may not be enough to prevent the militarization of immigration enforcement under a "national security" narrative.
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"China does not intend to pursue militarization," Mr. Xi said, referring to the area as the Nansha Islands, a Chinese name for what most of the rest of the world calls the Spratlys in the South China Sea.
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With global attention turned elsewhere and little recourse beyond sending warships on freedom of navigation exercises through Chinese-claimed waters, there's little the U.S. can — or is willing — to do to deter increasing Chinese militarization of the region.
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But the U.S. is maintaining its commitment to freedom of navigation by periodically sailing navy ships within 12 nautical miles of the islands China claims as its own — a move that China calls "American militarization" of the Sea.
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It seems strange that this flimsily justified action schlock from 1991 would be such a relevant work in 2016 but the militarization of the police and the murder of unresisting suspects is a huge issue in modern America.
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In addition to supporting the Dream Act and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, he has called for the closing of private immigrant detention centers, denounced the "militarization" of immigration enforcement and spoken out against the wall.
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Speaking at a separate briefing, defense ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang said they had noted that the United States had recently been "turning a blind eye to the facts and hyping up" the militarization of the South China Sea.
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China and the United States have traded barbs in the past over what Washington has said is Beijing's militarization of the South China Sea via the building of military installations on artificial islands and reefs in disputed waters.
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This backdrop spans China's militarization of the South China Sea; rising tensions over Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own; U.S. criticism over human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang and a backlash against telecoms gear provider Huawei.
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"(We are) firmly opposed to such flaunting of force and promotion of militarization in the region by the US, which could easily trigger accidents at sea and in the air," it said in a statement at the time.
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He has been determined to build a strong relationship with China, despite a history of diplomatic friction, and some unease among a U.S.-leaning defense apparatus wary about Beijing's militarization and island-building in the South China Sea.
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" Combined with concerns about the militarization of space and the further automation of weapons and sensor systems "and the new, more aggressive military doctrines asserted by the most heavily armed countries," they wrote, "could result in global catastrophe.
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However, the plan was never carried out, due to concern about a negative public reaction, possible militarization of space and the higher probability that a manned moon landing would be more popular in the eyes of the world.
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Beijing sees THAAD's radar system, capable of peering into China's military installations, as part of Washington's strategy of containment, with the two powers clashing over China's possible militarization of rocks and reefs in the disputed South China Sea.
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's "not liking" the military dynamic in eastern Asia, citing the militarization of the South China Sea and the ongoing development of North Korea's ballistic missile program as causes for global concern.
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"Despite world interest in avoiding militarization of space, potential adversaries have identified the use of space as an advantage for US military forces, and are actively fielding systems to deny our use of space in a conflict," Gen.
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But Mr. Xi, in his Washington remarks, specifically referred to the Spratlys, a different chain of islets and reefs, and not to the Paracels, when saying that China "does not intend to pursue militarization" in the South China Sea.
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"We can have very candid discussions around intellectual property theft or the militarization of the South China Sea or, you know, pick a whole host of subjects, and I think that's the value in having these dialogues," he said.
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On Tuesday, some of the lawyers marching through Harare carried placards emblazoned with the words: "Systemic beatings, detentions silence the rule of law" while another sign read "#No to judicial capture, #justice not politics; #no to militarization of magistracy".
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Members of the military used the failed coup as a pretext for exerting more power over the government, one of many steps toward militarization that Japan would make over the next half-decade, culminating in Pearl Harbor and WWII.
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Organizers of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue Asian Security Summit identified three potential flashpoints threatening stability in the region: North Korea's nuclear weapons program, China's militarization of man-made islands in the South China Sea, and violent Islamist extremism.
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Obama pressed for a "halt to reclamation, new construction and militarization" of Asia's oceans, an indirect reference to China's rapid construction in the South China Sea of airstrips and ports in the Spratly Islands that could have military uses.
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I implore you to use your powers to suspend the dated Posse Comitatus Act, which unfairly limits your ability to use domestic militarization to respond to crises, and send in the resources necessary to stem the violence overrunning Chicago.
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At the annual Shangri-La Dialogue security gathering in Singapore last weekend, Harris operated behind closed doors as U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis pushed China to rein in North Korea and end its militarization in the South China Sea.
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Both Glaser and Fravel note that the Trump administration has prioritized trade and North Korea above issues related to the South China Sea — a fact not lost on Chinese military planners as their creeping militarization of the region continues.
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While the Indian government and military forces have engaged in mass arrests, forced "disappearances," and other human rights violations before in Kashmir, the scale of militarization and civilian suppression is unprecedented, making it ripe for a full-scale insurgency.
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Despite U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis' stern warning on Saturday about "consequences" for China's provocations in the region, experts say that won't slow Beijing's militarization of the strategic waterway, through which $3.4 trillion in global trade passes annually.
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In the weeks leading up to Anakonda, NATO deployed 4,000 permanent troops to the Baltic states and Poland—which will also host the NATO summit in July—a move Russia countered with further militarization along its own western border.
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HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's prime minister has urged a greater U.S. role in preventing militarization and island-building in the South China Sea, the government said on Tuesday, in a rare call for Washington's support to curb Beijing's maritime expansionism.
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MANILA (Reuters) - Southeast Asian foreign ministers ended an impasse on Sunday over how to address disputes with China in the South China Sea, issuing a communique that called for militarization to be avoided and noting concern about island-building.
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Interior Minister Olga Sanchez told the news conference that migrants would in future enter Mexico in an "orderly" and "safe" way, vowing a shift away from what she called a policy of "repression and militarization" at its southern border.
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Such a designation could have severe consequences, ranging from the imposition of tariffs and sanctions on Mexico to the increasing militarization of America's southern border and more delays in the passage of the revised North American Free Trade Agreement.
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The exercise, held in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, comes a week after Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe and top diplomat Yang Jiechi visited Washington, where U.S. officials urged China to halt militarization of the South China Sea.
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As Radley Balko, a journalist and author of Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces, explained on Twitter, the restrictions were about shifting how both the police and public perceive the role of law enforcement.
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This militarization is among the "ills of an unjust world"; and Weinberg is saying in effect that the Whitney must be complicit in such injustice to maintain its donor base and attract high-ranking corporate officers to its board.
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During his Senate confirmation hearings this week, the former Exxon Mobil chief boldly declared that China's militarization of artificial islets in the South China Sea was "akin to Russia's taking Crimea" from Ukraine -- a comparison that will ruffle feathers in Beijing.
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"The Sound of Bombs" is directly in line with the subject matter Al Qadiri has gravitated towards in the past; her 2016 album Brute was a tribute to political protest during a time of the increasing militarization of America's law enforcement.
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It's even become a polarizing battle within the tech industry itself, with Elon Musk warning about the possible misuse and militarization of AI, while tech execs, including Google's Eric Schmidt and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg , call Musk's views misleading and alarmist.
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While Song's party has been keen to reassure Washington that it is open to discussion on THAAD, opposition to the system and the increased militarization of the Korean peninsula was a key part of protests that helped bring down Park.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said on a visit to the U.S. last year that "China does not intend to pursue militarization" of the area, prompting some foreign experts to accuse China of going back on its word with its new deployments.
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The United States has previously criticized what it called China's militarization of its maritime outposts in the South China Sea, and stressed the need for freedom of navigation by conducting periodic air and naval patrols near them that have angered Beijing.
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Photo: Isaac Brekken (Getty Images)The U.S. government wants to deploy MQ-9 Reaper drones to the border with Mexico as part of the Donald Trump administration's ongoing and completely unnecessary militarization of the region, TYT Network reported on Wednesday.
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A Brazilian diplomatic source told Reuters the flights were for humanitarian purposes and Argentina had issued the statement only after opposition lawmakers accessed the information on the flights and used it to criticize what they called increasing militarization of the islands.
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"Despite its public stance against the militarization of space ... China also continues to develop a variety of counterspace capabilities designed to degrade and deny the use of space-based assets by adversaries during a crisis or conflict," the Pentagon warns.
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"We're still processing, trying to see how we can improve our reach to prevent further loss of life, but it's always a work in progress due completely to Border Patrol and their continued escalation of militarization of the border," she added.
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Mr. Pence listed areas of concerns, including China's export of surveillance technology, its militarization of the South China Sea and its attempts to build infrastructure around the globe, including ports that could potentially be used by the People's Liberation Army Navy.
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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the deployment of Russian warplanes on one of the islands in February, accelerating the area's militarization at a time when Moscow's ties with Tokyo are strained over the roll-out of the Aegis U.S. missile system.
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That law came under heavy criticism in 2014 when images of heavily-armored vehicles and officers in military-grade gear confronting protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, made international headlines and forced the country to confront the increasing militarization of local police.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Standing side by side, top U.S. officials urged their Chinese counterparts on Friday to halt militarization of the disputed South China Sea, drawing a rebuke from the Chinese for sending U.S. warships close to islands claimed by Beijing.
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Trump's naked xenophobia, tacit support of vigilantism, and lack of concern over police militarization and brutality suggest it may soon become far less safe for people of color, Muslims and Sikhs, LGBT individuals and other targeted minorities to walk home alone.
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"In this way, Alken Enge provides a new, yet older, testament to the history of the militarization of the Northern Germanic societies and stresses the formative significance of the expansion phase of the Roman Empire at the turn of the era."
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The region's foreign ministers were unanimous in their concern over China's militarization of its artificial islands, but were confident a framework for a code of maritime conduct could be agreed with Beijing by June, Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay said.
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He actually has a plan in terms of extending the influence of Russia, as he's been doing in the Middle East, and then undermining our allies through the militarization of information in Central and Eastern Europe and screwing up their elections.
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President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have routinely cited a two-year surge in homicide rates to justify tough-on-crime policies, including a return to harsh mandatory minimum sentencing and the re-militarization of local police forces.
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The current militarization of the region -- where access is heavily restricted to aid workers and journalists -- has precipitated violence with the same "hallmarks" of past genocides in Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo and Darfur, reads the open letter published by the Yunus Centre.
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The terrible human rights situation in Honduras, including environmental destruction of indigenous lands and the ongoing flood of refugees fleeing violence, is a natural result of the overthrow of a democratically elected, reform government, and its replacement with repression and militarization.
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" On Tuesday, Kerry addressed the radar installation, saying, "We have been very clear that it is important for all of the nations -- China, the Philippines, Vietnam, others -- not to engage in any unilateral steps of reclamation, of building, of militarization.
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MANILA (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations would adopt a softer than usual tone about South China Sea disputes at a leaders' summit on Saturday in Manila, and exclude references to militarization or island-building, according to a draft of the chairman's statement.
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Read More: The Chinese military challenged a US destroyer to a South China Sea showdown The US disinvited the Chinese navy from last year's Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises in response to China's militarization of the South China Sea.
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The intrusion almost feels like a divine intervention, the roaring thwacks of its blades a chilling reminder that the themes we're discussing—neoliberal fascism and the increasing militarization of America's law enforcement—aren't just abstract concepts, but our living reality.
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He said the military would invest in more speed boats and helicopters to help flush out the group based on southern Jolo island, rather than divert funds into maritime security amid rising tensions and militarization in the South China Sea.
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Arpaio pardon The administration's new plan, which could lead to the further "militarization" of police, was announced three days after Trump pardoned former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- a vehement supporter and lightning rod for claims of police brutality and racial discrimination.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States is considering intensified naval patrols in the South China Sea in a bid to challenge China's growing militarization of the waterway, actions that could further raise the stakes in one of the world's most volatile areas.
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What I've been doing with this performance is interrogating the world that surrounds me, the world of occupation, the world of militarization, the world of living between bunkers and living between army camps and what used to be torture centers.
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On the South China Sea, Beijing has expanded its militarization of the islands it created by destroying entire coral reefs, despite Chinese leader Xi Jinping's promise to Trump last year that China would not continue that aggressive and environmentally destructive activity.
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"China's militarization of artificial features in the South China Sea includes the deployment of anti-ship missiles, surface-to-air missiles, electronic jammers and, more recently, the landing of bomber aircraft at Woody island," said Mattis, confirming previous intelligence reports.
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" Pyongyang has long viewed those exercises as a direct threat, and Liem added that "all of that militarization, the hostile policy towards North Korea and the fact that there is still a state of war, is part of a vicious cycle.
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Community policing, police legitimacy, police reform, culture change, use of force, de-escalation, militarization, Black Lives Matter, fair and impartial policing, constitutional policing, blue courage, unconscious bias, de-policing, the Ferguson effect, body-worn cameras, citizen oversight, policy change, warrior vs.
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Non-governmental organizations and think tanks have voiced concern that the plan, pitched as an effort to boost Central American economic growth, could instead herald a greater militarization in a violent region where coups and gang killings have been commonplace.
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"We emphasized the importance of non-militarization and self-restraint in the conduct of all activities by claimants and all other states...that could further complicate the situation and escalate tensions in the South China Sea," the chair's statement said.
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Today, China's ruling communists are brutally crushing pro-democracy movements in Hong Kong, detaining and oppressing ethnic minorities in Xinjiang by the millions, and making "waste paper" of international court rulings meant to curb the militarization of the South China Sea.
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US position Briefing reporters in Beijing during the China leg of Trump's Asia tour, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US view on the maritime dispute hadn't changed -- that "claimants should stop construction and militarization" of disputed islands.
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This program was first announced in 85033 to boost the capabilities of China's neighbors in Southeast Asia with an eye to keeping them from being entirely pushed out of contested waters by Beijing's massive campaign of island-building and militarization.
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Earlier this year, Fatima Al Qadiri released an album exploring authoritarianism and police militarization in America; Kara-Lis Coverdale, meanwhile, told us about how writing music relates to performance and how dance music relates (or doesn't) to her of experimental composition.
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If you haven't been following American politics, these past few years have been a time of reckoning with the ongoing militarization of police forces throughout the country and the way that communities of color bear the brunt of this violence.
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"The change that took place when whites left power was in the color of the skin, but the system of militarization of the state remained, which we see even today under Mnangagwa's government," said Ngoni Thomas Chitauro, a veterans' representative.
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The militarization had displaced thousands of the indigenous Lumad people and some had been killed, said Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, the U.N. Human Rights Council's special rapporteurs on the rights of indigenous peoples and internally displaced people.
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Mattis said on Tuesday the United States would push back against what it sees as China's militarization of islands in the South China Sea despite China's condemnation of a voyage through the region on the weekend by two U.S. Navy ships.
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At Roulette, Ms. Roberts will debut "Breathe …," a work of music and visuals that turns her historically minded, revelatory gaze on the militarization of police in the present day, and on the consequences it has wrought across the United States.
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A recent report by The Constitution Project—which discusses the impact of increased militarization on constitutional rights—highlights that 85 percent of SWAT operations target private homes, waking up inhabitants with what appear to be a storm of heavily armed soldiers.
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With the parade and policies like the militarization of the South China Sea, Mr. Xi and other Communist Party leaders want to tell the world: We are ready to fight and to seize or protect what we deem is ours.
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Canadian governments have historically been opposed to space "militarization," however in June, the Trudeau government announced that the country would commit to increasing defense spending from the current $28500 billion to $6900 billion by 2628, an increase of 28503 percent.
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On Monday, U.S. Navy chief Admiral John Richardson said China's large-scale land reclamation in the South China Sea and militarization of artificial islands had extended its potential ability to deny access to some of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
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Related: A Cop on Trial for Murder in Toronto Breaks His Silence Peter Kraska, an expert on the militarization of police in the United States, said that the wider use of the C8, like most public policy decisions, presents trade-offs.
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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the deployment of Russian warplanes on one of the disputed islands in February, accelerating the area's militarization at a time when Moscow's ties with Tokyo are strained over the roll-out of the Aegis U.S. missile system.
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On the evening of Thursday, May 4, the concluding event will be a screening of Do Not Resist, a recent film focusing on the militarization of police forces throughout the US, followed by a discussion with Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors.
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The defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for more details about the handover The seizure has added to U.S. concerns about China's growing military presence and aggressive posture in the disputed South China Sea, including its militarization of maritime outposts.
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"Vietnam is extremely concerned about the information (as reported) and reaffirms that all militarization activities, including the installation of missiles on the Spratly islands, is a serious violation of Vietnam's sovereignty," Hang said in the statement posted on the ministry's website on Tuesday.
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"China has increased defense spending at a high rate for some time and Japan would like to see a high level of transparency in regard to its defense policy and militarization," the Japanese government's spokesman Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday.
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To be a liberal today is to take the side of economic neoliberalism, where deregulation, privatization, and financialization — which rely on globalization, militarization, and imperialism, stoked by and fueling racism, xenophobia, and nationalism — have in concert driven economic inequality to unprecedented extremes.
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It reported the 11-page document called for an unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement on the states bordering Mexico - California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas - and also encompassed seven states contiguous to those four — Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved the deployment of Russian warplanes on a disputed island near Japan, accelerating the area's militarization at a time when Moscow's ties with Tokyo are strained over the roll-out of a U.S. missile system.
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"Artificial island construction and indisputable militarization of facilities on features in international waters undermine regional stability," Mattis told an audience at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, where he spent much of his time criticizing Beijing for its actions in the region.
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A Social Weather Stations survey released late on Monday showed 84 percent of Filipinos felt it was wrong not to oppose China's militarization of its manmade islands, and 86 percent believed it was right to strengthen the Philippine military, especially the navy.
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The United States has consistently raised concerns that any restrictions on freedom of movement could affect the global economy and that militarization of the region makes it a potential powder keg in which an isolated incident could spiral into a geopolitical clash.
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In fact, that number is projected to increase by 226 percent by the end of 29, even with intensified militarization at the border in response to the thousands of migrants awaiting asylum in the US and the possibility of hours-long crossing waits.
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The United States has said in the past that rotational deployments of Chinese fighter jets to Woody Island were part of a disturbing trend of militarization that raised questions about Beijing's intentions in the South China Sea, which is an important trade route.
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President Barack Obama issued an executive order in 2015 prohibiting the transfer of a host of equipment, including armored vehicles, grenade launchers, high-caliber weapons and camouflage uniforms following controversy over the "militarization" of the police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Washington (CNN)A Chinese spy ship is currently spying on a major US-led military exercise off the coast of Hawaii, the same exercise it was disinvited from due to US opposition to Beijing's militarization of features in the South China Sea.
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A week before the midterm elections, Trump has injected drama to his argument that there is a national security need for the militarization of the southern border against an unarmed caravan of Central American immigrant families moving north on foot through Mexico.
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There is no shortage of topics of discussion on military focused issues with China at a time when Beijing is on an aggressive pace of militarization in the South China Sea, something the United States and its allies view as dangerously provocative.
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"China must abide by the decisions of the tribunal and cease all reclamation and militarization activities in the South China Sea that violate the sovereignty of its neighbors and undermine peace and stability in the region," he said in a written statement.
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In a joint statement released on Monday, Trump and Duterte made no mention of the two airbases but reiterated their commitment to upholding freedom of navigation in the strategic sea and agreed to refrain from actions that would escalate tensions, including militarization.
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Militarization of Vanuatu could worry US Any moves towards a military presence on Vanuatu would have strategic implications of not only Australia and New Zealand, but also the United States, Euan Graham, director of the International Security Program at Sydney's Lowy Institute, said.
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" Mattis said at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Singapore last month following a meeting with Wei: "China's militarization of the South China Sea and aggressive action in international waters destabilizes the region and threatens shared efforts to promote security.
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In the last few years, we've had crucial, painful conversations about race and police brutality (and the rising militarization of American police), all while so many "big" games still set players in the roles of hyper-powered soldiers, vigilantes, or even, occasionally, cops.
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In the last few years, we've had crucial, painful conversations about race and police brutality (and the rising militarization of American police), all while so many "big" games still set players in the roles of hyper-powered soldiers, vigilantes, or even, occasionally, cops.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China "really needs" its defenses in the South China Sea in the face of a militarization process being pushed by the United States, and can deploy whatever equipment it wants on its own soil, China's Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
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"The big aim... is to organize and form one million militia men and woman, trained and armed to defend the peace, sovereignty and independence of our fatherland," he said, pointing to a deepening militarization in a country of around 30 million inhabitants.
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In recent years, Democrats have tried to respond to the tightening noose around undocumented immigrants' necks with tepid measures, but even those—such as a 2013 bill to offer a pathway to citizenship while increasing border militarization—have failed to shift perceptions.
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Studying the United States-Mexico border where Mr. Trump would build his wall, the sociologist Douglas Massey and colleagues found that the "unprecedented militarization" of the border from the 1980s did not seem to affect migrants' likelihood of making an undocumented crossing.
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He's also a bulwark against all the destructiveness Trump has embraced: ethno-nationalist bigotry, the growing authoritarianism of Putin and Xi Jinping, the erosion of the rule of law, trade wars, the militarization of foreign policy and the undercutting of the European Union.
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The militarization of opposition to Bashar al-Assad's regime actually worked in the government's favor because it had superior forces, leaving Syrians with a stark choice between the Assad clan and an insurgency that came to be dominated by Sunni Arab religious extremists.
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Admiral Harry Harris, the chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, told the U.S. Congress this week that he expected to be carrying out such patrols in the South China Sea soon, and repeated earlier concerns at China's continued militarization of the area.
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S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivered an 'emphatic' message to foreign ministers from Southeast Asian nations that militarization and construction in the South China Sea must stop while territorial disputes in the area are worked out, a senior U.S. official said.
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A blinding assault on enemy satellites could well be the very first step of a military conflict between great powers, said professor Bhupendra Jasani, an expert in the militarization of outer space at the department of war studies at King's College London.
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In fact, the research I've seen shows that border militarization can actually backfire in the sense that many people in the past may have come over to the US for a little while and then returned home to Mexico decided to stay.
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It's hard to talk about the happiest memories, because to be honest, after the dogs, the bulldozers, and the slow infiltration of distrust and militarization, Standing Rock — the camps — became a lot about survival and less about thriving on the land, together as a community.
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The 2002 declaration of conduct by claimants in the South China Sea that set loose guidelines for behavior in the disputed waters has "no fangs," and China&aposs continued militarization of the area has raised concern and could potentially escalate regional tensions, he told Parliament.
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Rather than focusing on reforming our criminal justice system to achieve racial justice, the nation focused on President Nixon's call to "law and order"-- which entailed more punitive policies and sentencing, the militarization of local police forces, and the expansion of the carceral system.
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News of the sighting came as Trump was in Florida for meetings with China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday and Friday at which he is expected to air U.S. concerns about China's pursuit of territory and militarization of outposts in the South China Sea.
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The photos and videos of cops using military-grade vehicles and weapons during encounters with protesters sparked criticism of police militarization in the US. An NPR investigation found that since 2006, the Pentagon has given local police departments around $1.9 billion worth of equipment.
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While the U.S. officials stressed agreement on the goal of North Korean denuclearization, the talks also dealt with China's sweeping territorial claims in the South China Sea, with the Americans reaffirming opposition to Beijing's militarization of islands it is building in the strategic waterway.
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We should engage in dialogue without precondition and see whether an offer of a peace deal might provide North Korea with a degree of comfort that would reduce its motive to keep pouring resources into militarization, instead of meeting the needs of its people.
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SINGAPORE — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis harshly criticized the Chinese government on Saturday for its continuing militarization of a string of islands in the South China Sea, calling the new presence of advanced military equipment and missiles there a flagrant show of military power.
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But relations between NOC and the east have worsened since the Libyan National Army (LNA) started an offensive to take Tripoli in April, with NOC warning in April of a "militarization" of its infrastructure after the LNA briefly sent a warship to an eastern port.
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"Even though it's just one local video, it does, in a very short amount of time, encapsulate much of what is wrong with policing today: militarization, using force inappropriately, and continuing to fight a drug war that has proved to be a failure," he said.
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Six hours after the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit officially ended in Manila, no customary joint statement had been issued and it was unclear whether there was agreement over including references to China's militarization and island-building in the hotly disputed waterway.
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" He said militarization was not the responsibility of one party alone and added in apparent reference to U.S. patrols: "We don't hope to see any more close-up military reconnaissance, or the dispatch of missile destroyers or strategic bombers to the South China Sea.
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WASHINGTON/TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday the United States expects to have "very serious" talks with China about militarization of the South China Sea after reports that Beijing deployed advanced surface-to-air missiles to a disputed island.
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There also have been increased tensions over Beijing's ongoing military buildup in the South China Sea, mainly the development and militarization of man-made shoals and islands aimed at extending China's reach in the strategically vital area, through which about $5 trillion in global trade passes annually.
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You know, on the other hand, in the past when we&aposve seen Korean peace efforts or initiatives before, North Korean peace efforts, they&aposve always frankly been disguising their move to the next level of militarization and nuclearization so -- BARTIROMO: We can&apost trust them.
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"If China's building of normal facilities and deploying necessary territorial defensive facilities on its own islands is considered militarization, then what is the sailing of fleets into the South China Sea?" he added, in an apparent reference to U.S. "freedom of navigation" patrols in the waters.
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"Using DACA as a way to get people wedged and just accept more militarization and enforcement, is a classic presidential playbook for immigration, regardless which party they're from," said Roksana Mun, director of Strategy and Training of the NYC-based group Desis Rising Up and Moving.
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Environmental and human rights organizations agree that a wall will only exacerbate the border's problems, but they see an increased technological footprint along the border — a "virtual fence" approach built around surveillance towers, remote sensors, and other monitoring systems — as part of the larger problem of militarization.
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Even sooner was the use of the airplane in combat, with a mere 11 years between the Wright Brothers' first success at Kitty Hawk and the adoption of aircrafts as weapons by the British military during World War I. This militarization of technology is an eternal process.
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"We remain concerned about tensions in the South China Sea, in particular those caused by land reclamation and militarization of disputed outposts and the willingness of some to resort to coercive tactics to assert their claims," said Michael Cavey, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department.
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Anything I did, it needed to include voices that fight against these injustices, I couldn't pass up opportunities and a public platform and not remind everyone in attendance about America's problem with discrimination and militarization, and how the combination leads to tax-funded murders of black families.
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The flyover came days after Secretary of Defense James Mattis called Beijing out over its militarization of the islands, accusing China of "intimidation and coercion" in the Indo-Pacific, making clear the US has no plans to leave the region and prompting a furious Chinese response.
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Radley Balko, a Post opinion blogger and author of Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces, tweeted that the attorney general was sending a clear message—one firmly in line with the president's pardon of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio last week.
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"In all communications on the issue, the government of Mexico has expressed to the government of the United States that, if the announced deployment of the National Guard were to translate into a militarization of the border, that would gravely damage the bilateral relations," read the release.
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But those who used Stone's arrest as a sign of FBI overreach while simultaneously decrying the efforts of thousands of others to stop overpolicing and police militarization — or even arguing that those who are overpoliced somehow deserve it, provided they're not Roger Stone — seem less than sincere.
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The vote capped months of legislative wrangling over the nature of the force and who would control it, with human-rights activists and civil society groups lobbying fiercely to limit the military's influence on it and warning it could represent the further militarization of policing in Mexico.
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To clarify on the border crossings and apprehensions: The research I've read says that the decline in unauthorized crossings is related more to bigger economic push-and-pull factors rather than being a result of the huge growth in the Border Patrol and other militarization measures. Correct.
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And conservatives are far more likely to identify with a criticism of "elites" when they believe those elites are responsible for the expansion of trans rights or creeping secularism than the wealthy and powerful people who are investing in private prisons or an expansion of the militarization of police.
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At the same time, both sides of the divide recruit well off of the horror stories of Central Intelligence Agency torture; the continued existence of the prison at Guantanamo Bay; the fits of Islamophobia played out in Western refugee policy; and the French and American militarization of Islamic Africa.
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EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – Defense Secretary Jim Mattis laid out plans for a less contentious, more open dialogue with Chinese leaders as he travels to Asia, less than a month after he slammed Beijing at an international conference for its militarization of islands in the South China Sea.
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"People are part of the environment, so human rights problems on the border and environmental problems on the border have the same source," said Dan Millis, the Sierra Club's borderlands program coordinator: militarization, wall construction, and border patrol operations that are not sensitive to human rights or the environment.
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We already know that in the midst of historic militarization of police, renewed targeting of Black activists, and the growth of a federal deportation force currently engaged in human rights abuses — this will be another powerful tool for the surveillance state, and ultimately serve to harm the most marginalized.
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There is also growing unease within the ruling Coalition that China is becoming a geo-political threat due to its militarization of the South China Sea, and that might not make it suitable to be a controlling investor in key Australian infrastructure, the senior government member told Reuters.
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The Association of South East Asian Nations had not received any guarantees from China in discussions to create a framework for the code within this year, but ASEAN was hopeful a set of rules could be agreed to ward off disputes and militarization, Le Luong Minh told Reuters.
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There are many other reasons for the recent disenchantment as well: problems that the foreign business community is experiencing, China's expanding military power, island-building and militarization in the South China Sea, its diplomatic truculence, crackdown on NGOs and religion, pressure on Hong Kong and other negative trends.
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Protesters successfully blocked discussion of the bill for much of Tuesday, barring access points to the Senate, and laying out placards warning against the militarization of the country while pointing to a massive rise in killings since President Felipe Calderon first put the army on the streets in 2016.
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The Pentagon last month disinvited China from participating in an annual multinational military drill, known as RimPac, which officially kicks off this week, blaming it on Beijing's escalating militarization in the South China Sea by deploying new missile systems on its man-made islands in the contested waters.
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Why it matters: While NASA is a civilian space agency dedicated to scientific research and space exploration and a Space Force wouldn't be its purview, the agency's leader — himself a former Navy fighter pilot — is endorsing what some see as a step toward the further militarization of space.
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"I believe the influence of the military and security industry on the shaping of the [EU's] border security policy is quite big, especially on the securitization and militarization of these and on the expanding use of surveillance technology and data exchange," Stop Wapenhandel's Mark Akkerman told Common Dreams.
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The Commission avoided directly criticizing Beijing, a major trade partner, but warned in a new policy document that it opposed "unilateral actions that could alter the status quo and increase tension", in a sign of concern at China's construction and militarization of islands in the South China Sea.
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Since 2015, the Chinese government have attempted to back up their position through the militarization of reclaimed shoals and sandbars across the South China Sea, and said that repeated US Navy exercises in the region show it is necessary for China to be able to defend its interests.
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After the fatal shooting in 2014 of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white officer in Ferguson, Mo., the response by the police to protests highlighted the militarization of local law enforcement nationwide that occurred as part of a program that was created in the 1990s.
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But today, with the rise of mass incarceration and the militarization of our police departments, many people consider extrajudicial shootings—which were brought into sharp focus after Martin's shooting, even though Zimmerman was not a police officer—as picking up where lynchings left off in the 1950s by institutionalizing them.
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"The continued military escalation in Yemen, specifically the militarization of large regions on its Western Coast and the associated increase of humanitarian access obstacles and population movement restrictions, are of grave concern to the humanitarian community," the Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
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The murders of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, so many others, all by local police force; the terrifying trend of police militarization (especially in New York City), that fucking 1033 program; the protests, the marches, the live streams of St Louis' reaction to the Brown's killer getting away with murder.
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That is perhaps understandable, as police militarization in the US has already approached crisis levels, accountability for abuse of law enforcement authority is similarly low, and mission creep in which police roll out the drones in increasingly invasive or legally dubious scenarios seems more or less inevitable in the current environment.
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Those opening salvos, the firsts of dozens of press briefings held at the Hilton during the next two weeks, including Yiaga's validation of the re-election of president Buhari through its Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT), and the monitoring of the subsequent gubernatorial elections which saw the unprecedented militarization of the polls.
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The war on terror and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq contributed to the militarization of American diplomacy as well as empowering the military establishment, which has in any event always been able to marshal far greater resources than the State Department because of its connection to defense industry-related jobs.
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From Bill Clinton's militarization of the southern border in 1993 to the creation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the September 11, 2001 attacks—and now to Donald Trump's detention of asylum seekers in concentration camps—Washington has normalized the view that undocumented immigrants are a threat to America.
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"China's militarization of the South China Sea has been a gradual process, with several phases where alternative actions by the U.S., as well as other countries, could have changed the course of history," said Alexander Vuving, a professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu.
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At the same time, an increasingly rogue Russia continues to violate international treaties, destabilize Ukraine, and attack democratic institutions in the West, even as America's problems with China include a possible trade war as well as ongoing tensions resulting from China's growing militarization of contested portions of the South China Sea.
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But Mr. Trump's mobilization, which could deploy thousands of troops, has reignited concerns in Texas and elsewhere about the militarization of border communities and has angered local officials and lawmakers who say that the troops are not needed and that they give the false impression that their cities are under siege.
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Pompeo has consistently pointed out China's human rights abuses during his tenure as secretary of state, among a raft of critiques the secretary of state has leveled at Beijing -- from its militarization of the South China Sea and the Arctic to its trade practices to its use of mass surveillance.
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The issue could complicate what are determined efforts by Duterte to build a strong relationship with China, despite deep mistrust among his U.S.-allied defense apparatus, which remains wary about China's maritime militarization and what it sees as bullying and denial of Manila's access to its own offshore oil and gas reserves.
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I'm glad you picked that up — the response to that, "If you can talk, you can breathe" is also directly from the Eric Garner case — and that part of the story is certainly about police brutality and the over-militarization of police, which obviously we're seeing a lot of here in America.
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"We have consistently called on China, as well as other claimants, to refrain from further land reclamation, construction of new facilities, and militarization of disputed features, and to commit to managing and resolving disputes peacefully with other claimants," a Pentagon official told CNBC when asked about China's recent military activity in the area.
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According to Peter Kraska, an expert in police militarization at Eastern Kentucky University, more than 240 percent of towns with fewer than 503,250 residents now have a SWAT team—and nationwide, such units are called out some 21980,211 times a year, most often for raids on the homes of low-level drug offenders.
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In this first offering, Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber's "Peace Officer" (2015), Dub Lawrence, a former sheriff and county commissioner in Utah who, after establishing one of the state's first SWAT teams in 1975, is forced to confront the militarization of police when the unit kills his son-in-law in 2008.
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"Today it remains as necessary as ever for local residents and humanitarian aid volunteers to stand in solidarity with migrants and refugees, and we must also stand for our families, friends and neighbors in the very land itself most threatened by the militarization of our borderland communities," Warren said, according to NBC.
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At his summit meeting with President Obama in September, Mr. Xi pledged not to "pursue militarization" of the Spratlys, but he did not include the Paracels, and Beijing has since insisted that it is entitled to "limited defensive facilities" across the South China Sea, comparing them to United States bases in Hawaii.
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For some perspective on how likely it is that Japan will take bold new steps toward re-militarization, and what that might mean for the whole North Korea situation, I called up Amy Catalinac, an assistant professor of politics at New York University who focuses on Japanese politics and foreign security policy.
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After President Trump's ill-advised suggestion to use the United States military to secure our southern border, the administration has an opening this week to demonstrate commitment to our core principles by stating its opposition to the militarization of law enforcement, which represents a challenge to liberal democracy across much of Latin America.
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The issue could complicate what are determined efforts by Duterte to build a strong relationship with China, despite deep mistrust among his U.S.-allied defense apparatus, which remains wary about China's maritime militarization and what it sees as bullying and denial of Manila's access to its own offshore oil and gas reserves.
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Mr. Shanahan barely mentioned China by name during a speech to a gathering of Asian military officials on Saturday, although he warned Beijing that "behavior that erodes other nations' sovereignty and sows distrust of China's intentions" should stop, in a clear reference to China's militarization of disputed islands in the South China Sea.
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Over the course of 10 trenchant essays, he covers a lot of ground: what Kaepernick's NFL banishment says about the depths of white supremacy in America, how post-9/11 militarization has taken the guise of patriotism, what celebrity culture betrays about which people are worthy of rehabilitation in the public mind.
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And let's also hope that when next police respond in riot gear to a violent protest or bravely run towards the sound of automatic weapons fire, armed only with their service pistols — as we witnessed in Las Vegas — let's hope the issue of the "militarization" of America's police forces gets an earnest hearing.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is opposed to the militarization of Asia under the pretext of countering North Korea and is concerned by U.S. plans to deploy part of its global missile defense system in the region, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday Lavrov was speaking after talks with his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono in Moscow.
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"It has worked; ASEAN set aside the tribunal ruling, didn't complain about continued Chinese militarization of the South China Sea, watered down its joint statements, and basically wasted a year, all so they could reiterate the same principles they already agreed to in the Declaration on Conduct 15 years ago," Poling said in an email.
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Against a chorus of calls for restraint, China has prevented coastal states from exercising their legitimate rights under the Law of the Sea Convention, carried out environmentally destructive island building, embarked on militarization of the disputed areas in the guise of providing "public goods," and threatened freedom of navigation and overflight and unimpeded trade.
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Earlier this month, the U.S. disinvited the People's Liberation Army Navy from the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, a biennial maritime warfare exercise, in response to "China's continued militarization of disputed features in the South China Sea" and other actions that "raise tensions and destabilize the region," according to a Pentagon spokesman.
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"Unmanned vehicles, like those whose sale has been proposed by the United States, would allow India to monitor activities in the region much better ... Clearly, there are concerns about the militarization of the Indian Ocean, including the increased presence of China's People's Liberation Army Navy," explained Dhruva Jaishankar, foreign policy fellow at Brookings India.
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"Irrespective of the opposition and concern voiced by Vietnam and the international community, China continues to take actions that not only violate Vietnam's sovereignty, accelerate militarization of the East Sea, but also threaten peace and stability," foreign media spokesman Le Hai Binh told a briefing, employing the name Vietnam uses for the South China Sea.
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The government is poised to pass a bill that would put even more power behind its armed forces in their war against organized crime, but security experts aren't convinced it'll change the country's bloody course, and fear that the formal militarization of Mexico's streets will only invite more bloodshed, illegal surveillance, and human rights abuses.
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Consider: While we're busy obsessing over MBS, longer-term frictions with China — which has also soaked Silicon Valley in capital — grow more concerning by the day, from an ongoing trade war with the U.S., to allegations of intellectual property theft, to Beijing's continued militarization of disputed islands in the South China Sea, to newer concerns over currency manipulation.
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Trump similarly appealed to deep-seated notions of entitlement and privilege — mixing in fear-mongering, racism, and misogyny through the scapegoating of marginalized people — meanwhile offering no solutions for the real problems facing so many Americans — problems like unemployment, low wages, a lack of health care, restrictions on basic reproductive rights, and police militarization and brutality, among many others.
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At the same time, the militarization of America's police departments continues to be justified by appeals to an idea that was canonized in the aftermath of a $20,000 heist in a small town in California—that if only cops had more firepower, both they and the citizens they are duty-bound to protect would somehow be safer.
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"Despite China's claims to the contrary, the placement of these weapons systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion," he said, noting that China's militarization of the Spratlys is also in direct contradiction to President Xi's 2015 public assurances in the White House Rose Garden that they would not do this.
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This experience, which he likens to "appearing as mere data to a predatory thing hovering over you," has led Khan to believe that our planet has reached a "nexus of crisis" predominantly caused by the militarization of public space and the dehumanizing aspects that a Predator drone's algorithm, or a CCTV camera's machine vision, can have.
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A product of the militarization of radio during the war years, the perverse effect of the phenomenon comes into light during these days of transition toward peace, days in which important, sensitive topics affecting the community abound, and in which there's no one—not a single civilian voice—to address them, much less question, investigate, or argue about them.
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Even if the troops remain in the barracks in the future, their presence has now been advertised, and this contributes to the perception of a militarization of Hong Kong's streets, which nightly — and increasingly by day, too — teem with regular police officers, riot policemen and members of the elite "Raptor" unit, a specialized riot control task force.
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I disagree with AG Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsDOJ should take action against China's Twitter propaganda Lewandowski says he's 'happy' to testify before House panel The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy MORE on 1033... The militarization of our law enforcement is due to an unprecedented expansion of government power in this realm.
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READ: Duterte just threatened to arrest an International Criminal Court prosecutor As well as worries over China stealing the reserves, there has been growing concern about Beijing's militarization of the South China Sea, including the installation of missile defense systems on islands the country has artificially constructed as a way to bolster its claims to the disputed waters.
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Among China's actions stirring the most concern have been Xi's decision to lift constitutional term-limits on himself, his reclamation and militarization in the South China Sea, and a high-tech, high-profile offensive behind the motto "Made in China 2025" that has helped make China a global leader in next generation technologies but raises worries about the potential purpose of that primacy.
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"If you look beyond the demagogic 'aggressiveness and territory annexation of Russia,' then it is evident that one of the biggest obstacles [to that deal] is the U.S. missile defense program, and subsequent U.S. attempts to ensure superiority in other areas – development of NATO's infrastructure, basic armament, precision weaponry, drones and the militarization of space," said Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev.
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" Responding to Harris's comments Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the admiral was "obsessed with hegemony" because he fears others are trying to steal it from the US. "The US military presence in the South China Sea far exceeds the total of China and other coastal countries," Hua said, calling US accusations of militarization "like a thief crying, 'Stop, thief!
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"We value your promise to hold all the members of your caucus to vote on a clean Dream Act without harmful amendments, like a costly border wall, border militarization such as an increase in Border Patrol agents, additional immigration detention funding or increases in [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agents, or other measures that undermine the spirit of this bill," the letter states.
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China's island reclamation there has stoked tensions with the United States "I would caution China, as President Obama and others have, to not unilaterally move to engage in reclamation activities and militarization of islands and areas that are part of the claims that are in contest," Kerry added, repeating that the United States welcomed the rise of a strong China.
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China has deployed military aircraft to the island before, but Tuesday's report came as China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, was in Washington to meet with Secretary of State John F. Kerry and a week after leaders of Southeast Asian nations met with President Obama at the Sunnylands ranch in California, where Mr. Obama discussed the need to halt further militarization and land reclamation in the sea.
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As the Woodrow Wilson Center's Aaron David Miller noted recently in the Wall Street Journal, Clinton frequently complained about the militarization of US foreign policy when she was secretary of state and touted the virtues of "smart power" (the idea that all elements of national power are needed to solve foreign policy problems) and diplomacy in tackling the nation's most serious national security challenges.
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As immigration becomes an increasingly important topic in US politics, John Moore's visual reporting has become more vital than ever in comprehending the realities of border security in the US. This spring, a new book by powerHouse Books called Undocumented: Immigration and the Militarization of the US–Mexico Border brings together a collection of Moore's most eye-opening and emotional photographs on the topic.
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It is also about the presence of justice—not just living wages, affordable education, safe streets, and clean housing, but also the end of police militarization, the implementation of structural criminal justice reform, the arrival of service jobs with meaningful benefits, the restoration of downtrodden neighborhoods to something beyond "clean" and "safe," and a vision of civil society we haven't yet seen on the ground.
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Defense Secretary James MattisJames Norman MattisOnly Donald Trump has a policy for Afghanistan New Pentagon report blames Trump troop withdrawal for ISIS surge in Iraq and Syria Mattis returns to board of General Dynamics MORE met his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Singapore last month while attending a regional security conference and vowed to work with America's allies to prevent China's further militarization of the region.
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The more I learned about it, the more I had discussions with the DSA, members within our group, and specifically with regards to displacement and militarization of police, homelessness, immigration, it kind of dawned on me and all of us—I don't know who said what when—but over a period of time we're talking about it and we realized it was really important.
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Misguided policies like the cancellation of a new Mexico City airport by AMLO via popular referendum; the authoritarian drift seen in the militarization of Mexican public safety and law enforcement; the sending of American troops to the common border by Mr. Trump, and his insistence on building a wall along the border and recklessly imposing trade sanctions all show just how trigger-happy both leaders can be.
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"There's been bad cases in terms of the scope of privacy rights of searches of personal effects and of people trying to cross into the United States, and that's an ongoing tension and something we continue to have concerns about, particularly in a world where the administration is committed to further militarization and build up at the border and has this real expansive notion of what the border is," Ebadolahi said.
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And because this is the Air Force we're talking about, we also know that the goals of any experiments run in the spaceplane are likely going to ramp up to defense and military use, which is a logical thing for the U.S. to pursue, given how quickly space is becoming a relative boom town, and how much money other states are spending on in-space defense and militarization.
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