It is often said that today's China is more assertive.
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So you're usually the more assertive one in a relationship?
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"Take some risks and be more assertive, basically," Moller said.
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Macron is also seeking a more assertive role in Syria.
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A more assertive Pentagon approach already appears to have started.
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All signals suggest a more assertive China is to come.
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The benefits of a more assertive Congress would be profound.
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In response, Chief Justice Roberts has become increasingly more assertive.
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Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, was more assertive.
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"I think we need to be more assertive," McConnell said.
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However, the Philippines lately has become more assertive about its sovereignty.
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One day, Japanese strategists hope, India will also be more assertive.
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Canada's indigenous peoples, for their part, have also become more assertive.
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Corinne's cavalier flirting style makes me want to be more assertive.
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In their second debate, he was much more assertive and aggressive.
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On the global stage, China had grown more assertive, not less.
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The US response to a more assertive Russia is hard to predict.
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Jones is much more assertive in her delivery than Guthrie ever was.
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The speech in its entirety was more assertive than some analysts anticipated.
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The result could be more assertive attitudes from China, Japan and Korea.
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They could easily have taken a more assertive role in foreign policy.
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That reality requires a far more assertive and independent Europe, Macron argues.
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Ms. Tsai's more assertive tone is likely to be noticed in Washington.
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But your roles on "The Leftovers" and "Fargo" are much more assertive.
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Some will offer your standard "liquid courage," allowing you to be more assertive.
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But as many cities become more assertive, governments are reluctant to cede control.
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Here I'm hoping I will soon see Cody's more assertive side come out!
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State insurance regulators, he said, must become more assertive in collecting such information.
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American smiles are more assertive, reflecting Americans' rating of themselves as more dominant.
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Indigenous groups have become more assertive, courts more sympathetic and the government more responsive.
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There are certainly ways to try to become more assertive, but it takes practice.
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Yet lately some Muslim groups have become more assertive in pushing an Islamist agenda.
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Despite this more assertive stance, Retno said relations between the two countries remained good.
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This time, Biden appeared more assertive and more prepared for attacks from his rivals.
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And Escobar's wife, Tata (Paulina Gaitán), becomes more assertive about securing her family's safety.
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Recently, the alliance has a renewed importance with a more assertive Russia in Europe.
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"Contrary to expectations, women used slightly more assertive language than men," the study says.
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The game is opening up as Senegal gets a little more assertive on offense.
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So I would be more assertive, and she'd be happier for a few days.
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Congress's more assertive role is among the bigger surprises of Mr Bolsonaro's surprising presidency.
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I have learned about my liberty, and I am now more assertive about it.
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Some Moroccans, including members of his own party, would like him to be more assertive.
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Mr Xi has been more assertive in pressing China's claims in the South China Sea.
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If it wants to curb Iran's influence, America must be more assertive on the ground.
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Meanwhile, traditional fund houses, under growing pressure to justify their fees, are becoming more assertive.
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Slinky, brassy, and bold, it sounded more assertive than anything else in the band's discography.
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It will presumably be even more assertive with Mr Abbasi and the younger Mr Sharif.
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That something could be "a more assertive stance on trade and foreign policy," Himmelberg said.
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The police and judiciary became more assertive and more independent, for example, as did prosecutors.
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These latter experiences encouraged her to be more assertive and spontaneous with the painting process.
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But she also wisely says it's not just about encouraging girls to be more assertive.
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She had spent her professional life arguing for a more assertive American response to atrocities.
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On more assertive notes, two sculptures incorporate human hair that Hammons gathered at black barbershops.
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Growing U.S. pressure on Iran has weakened Rouhani and made his hardline rivals more assertive.
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So I've been much more assertive and aggressive and controlling my mind a little bit better.
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Mexico, which has a much more tense relationship with Trump than Canada does, is more assertive.
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An email that OkCupid sent out last week was a little more assertive on the subject.
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It marked a shift towards what EU diplomats say is a more "assertive and competitive mindset".
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It would, therefore, not be a far-fetched thought to anticipate a much more assertive China.
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It marked a shift toward what EU diplomats say is a more "assertive and competitive mindset".
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They scream: Humans are naturally competitive, men are naturally more assertive than women, and so on.
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In fact, they said, they urged her to be more assertive if she wanted public recognition.
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One common response was to become more assertive about one's cultural values, like becoming more patriotic.
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Employees will see the information right away, and your message will have a more assertive tone.
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But the pressure appears to be nudging Democrats in Congress to take a more assertive position.
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Sergeant-of-arm officials have also been more assertive to control the large crowds of reporters.
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At the same press conference, the mayor was more assertive about not rebuilding in lava zone 234.
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They say DCFS will be more assertive when other abuse or neglect reports come into the department.
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Overseas, China threatens Japan not just in economic terms but, as it grows more assertive, militarily too.
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Perhaps most important, he suggested there would be no let-up in his more assertive foreign policy.
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As Iran has become more assertive, the Saudis have stepped in as the champion of Sunni Muslims.
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In the skies around the peninsula, B1-B bomber flights are becoming more complex and more assertive.
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As indigenous groups grow more assertive, and politicians become more supportive of them, maps are being rewritten.
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He has been taking an increasingly high profile as Beijing becomes more assertive on the global stage.
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President Trump vowed in August to take a more assertive stance in combatting terrorism in the region.
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Mulki will face a more assertive parliament, after the Muslim Brotherhood gained a foothold in the election.
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Since then the militias have become more assertive, riding around cities in vehicles flying their own flags.
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But here's the surprising part: Researchers found that on Facebook, women's language is more assertive than men's.
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There will be increased demands for a more assertive defense of Europe's Christian culture, values and borders.
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She reworked six Bandcamp songs and added two newer, more assertive ones for "Collection," released last year.
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Xi's government, meanwhile, had appeared prepared to begin taking a more assertive stance on the reclusive nation.
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But over time, the government has nudged the definition of self-defense into a more assertive posture.
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In the last decade, however, states have also become more assertive and increased restrictions on unauthorized immigrants.
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Poppea's characterization has evolved as well: "She now has to be much more assertive," Mr. McVicar said.
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Tasters seemed to appreciate the more assertive pepperiness, which distinguished it from some of its zestless brethren.
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Since Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, returned to office in 2012, the country has become more assertive.
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My diffidence feels out of place in the far more assertive India I returned to in 2011.
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And they are doing so at a time when the Chinese government is growing more assertive and nationalistic.
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It is also increasingly dismissive of international norms and "Western" ideas, and more assertive in its extraterritorial reach.
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In his speech last week, Mr. Wu was broadly critical of such calls for a more assertive China.
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Harris's approach is the latest piece of evidence showing how Democrats have become more assertive on gun control.
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As the Chinese Communist Party becomes more assertive and aggressive about its values, so too must American businesses.
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"Juke is a fun car that allows for more assertive expression — which is exactly what many buyers want."
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Now, it is just one of several potential hot spots between a more assertive China and its neighbors.
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Until these systemic inequalities are addressed, simply telling girls to be "more assertive" will never solve the problem.
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In the interview, Ms. Vestager compared Europe's more assertive stance in tech regulation to its regulations of agriculture.
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Of course, such activities do not necessarily translate into a desire for a more assertive national defense policy.
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In pursuit of this end, credible threats and a more assertive U.S. policy toward Iran may be necessary.
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As Hong Kong becomes economically less important to the overall Chinese economy, the central government has become more assertive.
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Recent Israeli air strikes against Hezbollah targets in Syria appeared to mark a more assertive stance toward the group.
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Chinese leaders have grown more assertive in recent months in pushing foreign entities to play by Communist Party rules.
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Mr Abe has tried to make owners more assertive, introducing codes on corporate governance and for Japanese institutional investors.
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Now the continent risks being squeezed between a more assertive Beijing and the "America First" policies of Donald Trump.
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Other risks lie ahead: the election of a President Trump, perhaps, or hardliners becoming even more assertive in Tehran.
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Ms. Hammond's wan Lauren, with her hands usually jammed into the pockets of her hoodie, gradually turns more assertive.
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In this context, Iran has been a key part of this more assertive Russian strategy in the Persian Gulf.
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Propaganda aside, Xi is proving far more assertive than his most recent predecessors in employing China's new military power.
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But Wozniacki has shored up her forehand and serve as part of a dedicated tilt toward more assertive tennis.
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He said he knew he had to be more assertive, but he also wanted to involve his teammates more.
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Yet today, with the president cutting America off and escalating tensions with a more assertive China, leadership is scarce.
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"I think we should've frankly been more assertive in September," House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday.
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If the international response is weak, Moscow may see an opening for yet more assertive military strikes in the future.
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"He was more assertive and didn't let her get away with a lot like he did last time," Germaine said.
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That could see India taking a more assertive stance against its neighbor Pakistan — and against China's growing dominance in Asia.
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Jennings said Canberra viewed a more assertive China and the threat of cyber attacks as increasing risks to critical infrastructure.
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Parker has been more assertive offensively, and that's why he has increased his scoring average from the 14.1 last season.
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A bigger and more assertive middle class "is no longer prepared to put up with corruption and impunity", she says.
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Any US withdrawal would "severely undermine (US) credibility and encourage the Chinese to be more assertive and bold," he added.
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But the addition of the beet-onion-and-cucumber relish requires something equally rich, yet more assertive and less subtle.
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Russia strengthens its hand Iran's increasing strength and influence coincides with an ever-more assertive Russian presence in the region.
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Still, Batum needs to become more assertive as a scorer in the offense, especially when Walker goes to the bench.
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And some of the "draft Cuomo" chatter has quieted as Biden has become more assertive, doing interviews from his studio.
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It's a valuable life skill that can make you more assertive, more engaging, and more socially confident in any setting.
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Some studies in the general population suggest that men use more assertive language and women more tentative language when communicating.
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" She indicated the company would be taking a more assertive role: "You can expect to see us add our voice.
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Fueled by regret — why had he not noticed sooner, and why wasn't he more assertive in trying to help Shilpa?
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But I must confess I loved seeing him take on a more assertive role and exude some confidence for once.
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Some advocates are calling for more assertive action on YouTube's part, like cracking down on all types of children's content.
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You know, I have to be more assertive with women and I have to test the waters by doing certain things.
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Malpass can be expected to give the U.S. a more assertive role in the bank, a senior administration official told Axios.
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A more assertive policy message by the Fed, on the other hand, would likely lift U.S. yields and boost the dollar.
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China insists its intentions in the South China Sea are peaceful but its more assertive stance has raised worries about confrontation.
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The Trump administration had vowed a more assertive approach towards China than Obama's over issues such as the South China Sea.
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Mexico has been more assertive with Washington, talking openly about abandoning NAFTA if need be or slashing imports of U.S. grain.
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The American-led actions in the Balkans provided China and Russia with excuses for later military buildups and more assertive policies.
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In reaction, the E.U. decided to become more assertive in reaching free trade agreements around the world, E.U. officials have said.
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"The crime of genocide must trigger much more assertive action at the political level, including at the Security Council," Pinheiro said.
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In their eyes, he was becoming more comfortable and more assertive — traits that could serve him well in this year's playoffs.
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A more assertive Russia under President Vladimir Putin has begun to change the picture and European governments are again spending more.
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And countries with little tradition of democracy, liberty and human rights -- notably China and Russia -- have grown more assertive in world affairs.
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The core beliefs that got Reagan elected and re-elected were conservative: lower taxes, smaller government and a stronger, more assertive military.
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So Riyadh's younger generation of decision-makers set out on a more assertive foreign policy, which included putting Qatar in its place.
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Warren has been more assertive in her support, while Harris has repeatedly tried to dance around whether she fully supports Sanders' proposal.
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The question is whether he will opt to be even more assertive in Game 3, especially if Love is absent or limited.
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Poland, a staunch NATO ally, values its close security ties with the United States in the face of a more assertive Russia.
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Some Democrats, especially those who have less national name recognition and are closer to announcing their candidacies, have been even more assertive.
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Given the size of Kavanaugh record and the expected timeline to confirmation, we must be more assertive to guarantee a full vetting.
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Mr. Leonhardt's performances showed a certain gentleness, whereas Mr. Harnoncourt's were more assertive, with phrasings and accentuations that sometimes bordered on mannerism.
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I've had surgery, started taking hormones, stopped taking hormones, and learned to be more assertive about having my identity respected and acknowledged.
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"The number one thing that people told me was to be more assertive and confident and to jump into answers," she says.
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Some companies, such as Apple, have decided to be more assertive in determining what people can and can't do on their platforms.
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So there is time for an anti-imperial rebalancing, in which a more assertive Congress somehow brings us back into constitutional equilibrium.
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As its economic clout has increased, China has become more assertive politically, seeking to displace the United States as Asia's leading power.
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"The US does need to take a consistent and perhaps more assertive approach to how to deal with this advancement," said Kirby.
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" Then came a realization: "What she actually wanted was for me to be more assertive, to be the man in the relationship.
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Their effectiveness is open to debate: Patrol officers got a new contract, though the mayor's shelter plan is more assertive, not less.
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Tillerson said China's more assertive posture was due to its realization that North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities had advanced too far.
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He has learned to be more assertive when he walks into a restaurant, immediately asking for a table instead of a booth.
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We often do spend more time with the apps as they've become more assertive, and less intimately human, even as we've complained.
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Australia, which long enjoyed unrivalled influence in the Pacific, has in recent years been more assertive in maintaining its standing in the region.
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Countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region have taken notice and upped their spending as China has become more assertive with upgraded military capabilities.
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The Trump administration last year began re-establishing the U.S. Second Fleet, responsible for the northern Atlantic, to counter a more assertive Russia.
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Officials, who have grown increasingly concerned about North Korea's nuclear weapons program, are now pushing for a more assertive response, the Journal said.
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A new analysis from Ernie Tedeschi of Evercore ISI, a consultancy, quantifies just how much more assertive state and city governments have become.
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A more assertive response by Mali&aposs security forces to the attacks has led to accusations by human rights groups of extrajudicial killings.
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Hardliners in the camps argue for a more assertive stance in talks on the terms under which the refugees might return to Myanmar.
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I mean, being rejected all day, starting conversations when you're an introvert, and at Quip we were just way more assertive about it.
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China's more assertive claim has included dredging to build up islands and the construction of air fields and shipping facilities on some reefs.
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On the contrary, the data show that non-Americans prefer a more assertive U.S. role in the world than domestic U.S. citizens do.
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Beijing had grown even more assertive, from threatening neighbors over the South China Sea dispute to repressing dissent in Hong Kong, he said.
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Kaneisha (Teyonah Parris) is more assertive — and Mista Jim (Paul Alexander Nolan) more nervous — than you would expect in a real antebellum encounter.
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Azerbaijan also became more assertive in controlling its energy wealth by building up large stakes in its energy projects via state company Socar.
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In a far more assertive intervention, the federal government took over operations at the scandal-plagued Chicago Housing Authority in the mid-1990s.
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For foreigners, this means getting used to a China that is stronger and more assertive — but possibly more brittle — than in the past.
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But General Suleimani's public challenge to Mr. Trump appeared to signal that the Iranian hierarchy felt obliged to send a more assertive reply.
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I've become more assertive, I've learned to advocate for someone who is critically ill, to pay attention to details and focus on tasks.
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In general, this younger generation of drivers is more assertive and combative than just about any racing F1 cohort that I've ever seen.
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Facebook is growing more assertive about barring groups and people, as well as types of speech, that it believes could lead to violence.
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It was during the oil shocks of the 19703s that the right wing of the GOP argued for a more assertive Middle East policy.
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If that's the case, keep your eyes peeled for more confrontations and pushback against criticism of China from a more assertive Chinese diplomatic corps.
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Britain's Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Mark Lancaster, spoke about "an ever more assertive Russia" in a speech in London in July.
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This was an instance when I definitely could have practiced being more assertive instead of going with the flow, which is my natural inclination.
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Security risks in the Asia-Pacific region created by a more assertive China and North Korea's nuclear ambitions will also be on the agenda.
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Meanwhile, a more assertive response by Mali&aposs security forces to recent attacks has led to accusations by human rights groups of extrajudicial killings.
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However, the Honda spokesman confirmed that the party claimed a more assertive role in another joint venture with a different Chinese company, GAC Group.
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It goes to show that business as usual is frustrating both sides of the aisle and the desperate need for new more assertive leadership.
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She starts to become more assertive in all areas of her life: showing us that loving yourself is more than "accepting" your own body.
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In this she is like a more assertive, aggressive Scully, no longer the sidekick to an inspired, wayward Mulder, but leading her own investigations.
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Over and over again at Howard, the conflict between conciliation with the white world and a more assertive form of politics animated campus activism.
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But if Japan's equity culture were more assertive still, shareholders might demand more of the corporate cash hoard back—to spend or invest elsewhere.
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Mr. Sanders has grown steadily more assertive and combative since the Democrats' first debate in October, when he passed up opportunities to attack Mrs.
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It was a glimpse at a more assertive chief of staff on policy matters, and a reminder that Kelly leans conservative on immigration issues.
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Expanded sanctions now under consideration include a more assertive interdiction and inspection authority from the UN, similar to those imposed against Iraq in 1990.
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China's more assertive approach comes as Mr. Xi considers accepting an invitation from the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, to visit the North.
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With a more assertive policy throughout the region, he left behind the cautious years when the preferred tools of persuasion were diplomacy and cash.
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In recent remarks on the campaign trail, he has promised to reassert US power internationally by taking a more assertive role in climate talks.
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Trump, he said, left a wide opening with his handling of the outbreak, requiring the Democratic candidates to be more assertive on the issue.
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As it now moves into the final year of its term, a much more assertive approach to reducing paperwork would be a fitting move.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a more assertive foreign policy a centerpiece of his administration, and the Moscow conference advertised Russia's diplomatic clout.
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Unless the Thunder's ball movement improves and his teammates grow far more assertive, Oklahoma City seems destined for an early exit from the playoffs.
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Hawks 102, Knicks 98 | Overtime ATLANTA — There were a number of pronouncements this week that the Knicks needed to be more assertive and defensive.
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"The apartments are simply designed, but as you get closer to the front door, the personality of the building becomes more assertive," he said.
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It fits into a pattern we have seen over some time: a more assertive Russia, significantly increasing its defense budget and its military presence.
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Imagine the possibilities for this team once Porzingis, 63, discovers how to do it on his own, to be more assertive, to adjust to defenders.
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In recent years, Russia's military has become more assertive and more capable, directed by the Kremlin to probe for weaknesses, sow uncertainty and exploit opportunities.
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"I am disappointed that we weren't more assertive and aggressive to deal with that property," said Gallo, the councilman whose district includes the Ghost Ship.
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There's something about my postpartum vagina, though, that's been more assertive, more attuned to her own nerve endings, and readier to please than ever before.
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The Libyan coastguard, which receives EU funding and training, has become more assertive in recent months in intercepting migrants and bringing them back to Libya.
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He said the change is due in part to the Republican and Democratic bases having become much more assertive and aggressive in lobbying the Senate.
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One reason politicians are in such trouble is that a new, better-educated and more assertive middle class refused to put up with their impunity.
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That had showed the baseball world a more assertive side of Syndergaard and sent a message: The Mets were not backing down from the Royals.
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In fairness, Obama is right to be cautious about military involvement, and we don't know whether the more assertive approaches favored by Hillary Clinton, Gen.
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For once, I was proud to be Asian, and I felt like I could set better boundaries and be more assertive in my dating life.
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Yet the public's trust in the political firewall has eroded as the Chinese authorities appear ever more assertive in exercising their will in the city.
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China's leader, Xi Jinping, has signaled a more assertive strategy for dealing with the coronavirus epidemic after days of seeming to retreat from center stage.
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They also note that, for all Mr Trump's bellicosity, he has done little to stop Iran becoming more assertive—and indeed attacking major oil installations.
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The new Indian tonic water has a more assertive flavor profile than its regular tonic (labeled Spectacular), with more bitterness and a touch more sweetness.
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Now, in many ways, NATO is coming back to Europe, because we see a more assertive Russia, we are strengthening our collective defense in Europe again.
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While China was becoming richer and more assertive, U.S. strategy and policy had entered "a period of, at best, uncertainty under President Donald Trump", he said.
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Researchers like Dragan are tackling the challenges of interpreting—and predicting—human behavior to make self-driving cars safer and more efficient, but also more assertive.
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Mr Chabot worries that insufficient communication between the two sides could hurt Taiwan's, and by extension America's, security in the face of a more assertive China.
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Like Trump, many suggested that military strikes and, in some cases, more assertive action to depose Assad represented the best strategy for relieving the refugee crisis.
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I don't know if there is so much of an overall theme, but I think it has to do with being more assertive in my palette.
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Artists in all forms of media need to be even bolder in their statements and more assertive and insistent on making sure their voices are heard.
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"Unity" was originally called "We're No. #1," a more assertive title, perhaps recalling the historical competition between the boroughs that reaches back to the 19th century.
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Ed Ashurst, 65, an outspoken rancher who manages land about 20 miles from the border, is more assertive, but he needs to address something else first.
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Within Israel, where Netanyahu has now amassed more than a decade in power, the political and cultural drift is toward ever more assertive and intolerant nationalism.
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Mr. Bolton has long promoted regime change in Iran, argued for bombing Iran and a more assertive American policy against Iranian expansionism in the Middle East.
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The United States needs the help of allies and trading partners to manage a more assertive China — the very allies Mr. Trump's policies threaten to alienate.
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They are versatile wines, and would go well with pork, poultry, veal, more assertive fish like salmon and tuna, and a range of eastern European preparations.
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But there were moments when I wanted to hear more from Yang, and that means that he's got to be a bit more assertive at times.
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A senior official in the Trump administration said Thursday the White House has chosen to embrace a much more assertive public approach in dealing with China.
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But to transform it into a light main course, I'll top it with plain yogurt and either nuts or pita chips for a more assertive crunch.
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Tighter sanctions plus a more assertive approach at sea could dial up tensions at a time when fragile diplomacy between North and South Korea has gained momentum.
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China's military modernization comes as Beijing takes a more assertive line over territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas and especially over self-ruled Taiwan.
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China, which has in recent years become more assertive in the western Pacific and South China Sea, has carried out similar exercises in the area since September.
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Russia, striving to promote a more assertive foreign policy amid chilly ties with the West, is in the process of re-arming its army and the navy.
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In simple terms, China is mirroring the actions of the US and taking on a more assertive posture as it heads into its next round of negotiations.
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Trump has pledged a more assertive approach to North Korea but given no clear sign of how his policy would differ from Obama's so-called strategic patience.
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When I tried for a more assertive playthrough, I figured out exactly why it was appearing, when to run from it, and when to stand and fight.
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On the foreign stage, he appeared more assertive, denying pleas for clemency in 2015 from foreign drug traffickers on death row, straining ties chiefly with neighbor Australia.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Growing U.S. pressure on Iran has weakened pragmatic President Hassan Rouhani and made his hardline rivals more assertive at home and abroad, recent developments show.
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Instead, the tough environment has created people who are more committed to achieving a goal and more assertive about taking the steps they need to get there.
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"They are learning to be more coercive, learning to be more aspirational, learning to be more assertive by what they're getting away with," said the CIA's Collins.
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Those tensions have risen further since King Salman rose to the Saudi throne last year and pursued a more assertive foreign policy, including the war in Yemen.
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The EU also faces a more assertive China and challenges from Russia, and has differences with the United States, especially over President Donald Trump's "America First" policies.
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A group of activists is trying to make the dance style less dogmatic about traditional gender roles, and more assertive about rooting out sexual harassment and assault.
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In July the group published a protocol to make tango halls less dogmatic about traditional gender roles and more assertive about rooting out sexual harassment and assault.
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There's a window of opportunity for the new government to take a new, more assertive approach to military and defense matters before things settle into familiar routines.
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But national security aides have also prepared options for Mr. Trump if China does not take a more assertive stance, including reintroducing nuclear weapons in South Korea.
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And her winning message is one many Democrats may run on in the midterms -- the need for a more assertive style in the age of Donald Trump.
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Trump also grew more assertive over Hong Kong, despite reportedly telling Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this year that said he would stay quiet on the issue.
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Faustine's work is much more assertive and bold, putting her naked body in front of the audience to represent the history of the expropriation of black labor.
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President Xi Jinping has pushed to toughen the armed forces as China takes a more assertive stance in Asia, particularly in the South China and East China seas.
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A more assertive United States will raise tensions in the European Union with both sides having laboured for years to find common ground in areas like clearing derivatives.
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In exchange, NATO offered information on four battle groups it is deploying in Poland and the Baltic states to help assuage their concerns over a more assertive Russia.
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Mr Abe, who faces a re-election battle later this month, has long sought a more assertive global role for Japan, and the EU is an obvious partner.
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Since then, however, Russia has become more assertive, flexing its military muscles in conflicts like those in Ukraine and Syria, and tensions between Moscow and Washington have increased.
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Lithuania, which borders Kaliningrad, in January said it planned to build a two-meter-high wire fence along its border, underscoring its concerns about a more assertive Russia.
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Well he showed me how to have a lot of gumption, you know what I mean, he showed me how to be a little more assertive and positive.
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Hulu, a streaming service jointly owned by 21st Century Fox, Disney and NBC Universal, had become more assertive in licensing and developing shows, vying with Netflix for deals.
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Analysts said a more assertive India would answer concerns in Southeast Asia about expanding Chinese influence in the region and a fear that the United States was disengaging.
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"Lean In" was Sandberg's popular 2013 book that argued women may hold themselves back in their careers and should be more assertive and demand raises, much like men.
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Mr. Cruz has become far more assertive on the campaign trail, rallying earlier this month with Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, and even in Mr. O'Rourke's hometown.
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Mr. Gandhi, 48, is seen by many voters as a lightweight compared with Mr. Modi, and has struggled to compete with his much more assertive and intense rival.
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Yes, but: Iran has become more assertive in its neighborhood and is now breaching limits set in the nuclear deal — the opposite of the Trump administration's stated goals.
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As the interview wore on, Trump became more and more assertive about his plans to end the CDC's guidelines to cut down on the spread of the disease.
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Remember, in the first round of presidential elections last April, nearly half of French voters supported parties asking for more assertive French policies in defense of economic interests.
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This has prompted calls from human rights groups for the U.N. to be more assertive in Burundi, where 300,000 people were killed in the 1993-2005 civil war.
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So the fact that France now steps in a more assertive way is good for Europe as a whole, is good for France, and especially good for Germany.
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In other words, in the short term, as they feel they are being eclipsed, white evangelicals become more politically engaged, more assertive — and more dangerous to their opponents.
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It is true that if you tell immigration officers that the handcuffs are off, and then let them do what they want, they'll be more assertive and aggressive.
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Instead of being the centrepiece of a more assertive Saudi regional strategy, the Yemen intervention has called into question Riyadh's military influence, said one former senior Obama administration official.
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While athletes have been mostly silent this election cycle (it's almost over!) and steered clear of endorsements save for a few, they have been more assertive with their money.
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Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla told Reuters on Monday the Southeast Asian nation would be more assertive in protecting its exclusive right to the waters around the Natuna Islands.
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In fact, she has some advice for her younger self (and other women who are considering a career change) to be more assertive when it comes to their dreams.
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Analysts however, say Mahathir&aposs more assertive stance on the South China Sea is unlikely to amount to a challenge to Beijing, which is Malaysia&aposs top trading partner.
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President Xi Jinping has pushed to toughen the armed forces as China takes a more assertive stance in the region, particularly in the South China and East China seas.
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Some allies, particularly in the former Soviet bloc, are acutely sensitive to any sign of waning U.S. interest in their defense as they deal with a more assertive Russia.
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One former senior administration official said the U.S. government would have been in a much better situation if officials had started taking more assertive action in January or February.
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But a higher percentage, 153 percent, "strongly" agreed with the more assertive populist message — similar to the Abrams approach — than the 32 percent for the message focused on opportunity.
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"Pakistan is prepared to absorb the impact of a more assertive U.S. policy toward the country," said Arif Rafiq, an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington.
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"Pakistan is prepared to absorb the impact of a more assertive U.S. policy toward the country," said Arif Rafiq, a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington.
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Even businesses, which have long shied away from hiring deportees out of fear they were criminals or would be more assertive about their labor rights, are changing their attitudes.
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Moscow's military intervention in Syria from 2015 took many in the West by surprise, and the coming decade could yet see Beijing too take a more assertive path overseas.
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Moon Jae-in, who won the presidential election on Tuesday, promised today to play a more assertive role in resolving the crisis over North Korea's nuclear program through dialogue.
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China's military ambitions, including taking a more assertive stance in the disputed South China Sea, including building artificial islands and ramping up defense spending, have long rattled its neighbors.
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I ended up having to walk away mid-sentence and go look at laptops alone, making me feel like a jerk but also proud of myself for being more assertive.
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But as noted in the CSIS report, slowing growth, stalled reforms and mercantilist policies are creating a more difficult environment in China, while Beijing is pursuing more assertive policies externally.
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It is spending heavily on its armed forces, which have become more assertive, but is alone among the big powers in having had no combat experience in almost four decades.
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My friends will say, "Oh, [Mark], you think too much" or all of the advice that I ever get from other men is that I have to be more assertive.
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The other group were instructed to take a more assertive approach, to learn that they were safe by approaching the avatars and standing toe-to-toe or looking at them.
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"We've got some pretty interesting players out there that are pushing SpaceX to be even more assertive with launch," said Richard Rocket, CEO of space industry research firm NewSpace Global.
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Related story: US, China swear off cyber theft "Russia and China are growing more assertive and sophisticated in their cyber operations," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters last July.
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But she said Brussels would not be bullied by the threat of sanctions that it views as illegal under World Trade Organization rules, and was pursuing a more assertive path.
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She also said the EU needed to advance single market reforms, invest in joint defense capacities that would complement those of NATO, and "become more assertive" toward the United States.
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The impasse underlines how Tehran is taking a more assertive posture in its dealings with trading partners as options open up for business and it looks to strike better deals.
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Now, I make it a point to be much more assertive than I used to be, always asking myself the eternal question of What the fuck am I apologizing for?
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She also said the EU needed to advance single market reforms, invest in joint defence capacities that would complement those of NATO, and "become more assertive" towards the United States.
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Beijing's more assertive pursuit of its claims over the past year or so has included land reclamation and the construction of air and port facilities on some isles and reefs.
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Even if that happens, Congress still needs to be more assertive than in the past in setting clear parameters to ensure that intelligence gathering programs are legally sound and effective.
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This is apparent in the music video: her expressions change, her movements become more assertive, and, having been moping in a hotel room, she ends up outside in the sunshine.
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In interviews, Prince Mohammed and other Saudi officials have stood up for the new approach, saying that the kingdom needs to play a more assertive role in shaping its region.
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The failure of the Council to take a more assertive action on Yemen exposed divisions between Russia and the West over the causes of armed conflicts roiling the Middle East.
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Still, with support for Abenomics robust, the premier has used his political clout to push through other unpopular measures, such a more assertive military and a tough official secrets act.
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Many nations now face the stark choice to either heed calls from the White House for more assertive policies or else swallow Tehran's denials and obfuscations regardless of the facts.
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China's current government is more assertive than recent ones, he said, and the country is heavily dependent on technology transfers from advanced economies as it tries to transform its own.
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FDA "has tools that could mitigate opioid risks more effectively if the agency would be more assertive in using its power to control opioid prescribing, manufacturing, and distribution," Hubbard said.
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But there is no doubt that the Swedish authorities are nervous, given Russia's more assertive posture and the mounting uncertainties about the future of Europe's alliance with the United States.
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Yet a marginally more assertive Fed and generally tighter financial conditions, Wilson says, should pull the S&P back toward 2,750 (just 2 points below Friday's close) by year's end.
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Eve Warburton, a researcher at Australian National University who studies Indonesian resource nationalism, said that over the last decade Indonesian politicians had consistently been more assertive toward foreign mining companies.
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Then there are some states, like Germany, that are taking more assertive steps to ensure that those who have been denied asylum actually leave, like the 18 Afghans deported Wednesday.
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So while Clinton appears to be positioning herself as a third Obama term, on foreign policy, at least, we could expect a more assertive and interventionist approach from a President Clinton.
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Despite more assertive efforts, it has also become increasingly clear that Xi's anti-corruption attempts have been more directly targeted at his party's rivals, according to reporting from the Washington Post.
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The post of top diplomat is crucial as Germany, still haunted by the legacy of its Nazi past, gradually takes on a more assertive international role to match its economic might.
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In recent years, China's more assertive posture under President Xi Jinping has led to rising security tensions, between Washington and its allies and Beijing, in the South and East China Seas.
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Those discussions focused on mending U.S.-Russian economic relations strained by sanctions imposed on Moscow, cooperating in fighting Islamic State in Syria and containing a more assertive China, the sources said.
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President Xi Jinping is reforming the military and investing in submarines and aircraft carriers, as China's navy becomes more assertive in its territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas.
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Annie asserts her bodily autonomy when she gets an abortion, and that kick starts her resolve to be more assertive about who gets to talk about her body and her fatness.
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Moscow will likely paint the US as an unreliable actor, while its more assertive policy in the Middle East -- from Turkey via Syria to Libya -- may also benefit from American abstention.
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That bias is challenged, for example, when we feel surprised by men who turn out to be more caring and by women who are more assertive than gender norms would predict.
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His more assertive behavior may produce exactly the reinvigorated alliance he feared, one that is much more serious about military spending despite problems with economic growth, Syrian refugees and political dysfunction.
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Discouraging trade and investment could cause lower economic growth that might slow China's military rise but also might feed anti-Western sentiment and foster public demands for more assertive foreign policy.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany should be more assertive in setting foreign policy according to its own interests rather than to those of the United States, the German foreign minister said on Tuesday.
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S. trade talks broke down and President Trump vowed to protect American workers and goods, the E.U. decided to become more assertive in reaching free trade agreements, E.U. officials have said.
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President Emmanuel Macron of France, carving out a more assertive global role, called the American announcement a "dangerous threat to peace" as he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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Officials celebrated the arrest in the American consulate in Rio de Janeiro, which in recent years has come to play a more assertive, if largely invisible, role in Brazil's drug war.
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Instead, the 44-year-old Pressley -- already a rising star in Democratic politics -- cast the race as about Democrats' need for a new, more assertive style in the Donald Trump era.
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They are less accustomed to dealing with the office of the United States trade representative, which has consistently tilted toward more assertive policies and has a prominent role under President Trump.
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She danced the main tap duet — previously performed by Mr. Fairchild with Mr. Peck himself — with Taylor Stanley, whose more assertive manner contrasted handsomely with her freer, looser upper-body style.
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There seems little doubt that if his party holds the House as well as the Senate, the President will feel emboldened and become even more assertive in his exercise of power.
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China's military ambitions, including taking a more assertive stance in the disputed South China Sea such as by building artificial islands and ramping up defense spending, have long rattled its neighbors.
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In an exclusive interview with CNN, Tsai said the military threat posed by China was growing "every day" in line with a more assertive foreign policy under its President Xi Jinping.
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In the meantime, Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states will take what assurances they can get from the United States as they try to assume a more assertive approach toward Moscow.
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Washington remains Saudi Arabia's chief military partner, but Riyadh has adopted a more assertive policy in response to what it perceived as U.S. disengagement from the region under former President Barack Obama.
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The contentious spending debate comes at a crucial time for NATO, as the partnership faces increased threats from conventional sources as well as cyber-terrorism and a "more assertive Russia", Stoltenberg said.
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China's more assertive foreign policy will continue as the country grows in confidence and power, and as it sees increasing opportunities to capitalize on the vacuum created by Trump's "America First" policies.
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In typical Rolls fashion, the press release is chock full of absurdism, saying Black Badge was created for the "darker, more assertive, confident and demanding aesthetic" of a certain breed of customer.
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"If the American public wants a stronger response, and they want a more assertive role in the world, they think Republicans are going to be more likely to push that," Reeher said.
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Some of the group's youth, which make up more than 75 percent of those who participated in rallies and organized ahead of the vote, are believed to want a more assertive stance.
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While the former New York businessman had sought to encourage global players to take a more assertive stance against North Korea, Moon was elected on a platform of increased dialogue with Pyongyang.
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They also point to more assertive forms of activism in recent years, including the group End Rape on Campus, which helps survivors file federal complaints and find legal and mental health services.
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Roosevelt was an unapologetic champion of America in the world and an opponent of surrendering sovereignty to the League of Nations, but he also advocated a more assertive federal government at home.
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Mr. Johnson's more assertive posture is reflective of an attitude shared by many Council members, including those who ran against Mr. Johnson for speaker and others who did not support his bid.
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When the president took a more assertive posture against the outbreak, conservative outlets shifted, too — but now accuse Democrats and journalists of trying to use the pandemic to damage Mr. Trump politically.
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When the president took a more assertive posture against the outbreak, conservative outlets shifted, too — but now accuse Democrats and journalists of trying to use the pandemic to damage Mr. Trump politically.
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Eventually I started to cut off these conversations by being more assertive and letting him know that I had work to do or making up excuses to have to leave my desk.
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Jim Demers, a New Hampshire lobbyist who was an early supporter of Mr. Obama's, said Mr. Biden was right to be more assertive in contrasting himself with Mr. Buttigieg and Mr. Sanders.
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This month, President Donald Trump announced his administration would suspend aid to Pakistan until the country took more assertive steps to rein in terror organizations, referring to the Haqqani network by name.
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The United States would instead focus on trying to convince the Cambodian government to be more assertive in the defense of Cambodian neutrality, or to let others act to preserve that neutrality.
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The Moon is in confident Fire sign Aries, highlighting the sector of your chart that rules finances— which, Pisces, is an area of life you could be a little more assertive about.
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This will require a more assertive marketing push, one that should ideally present it as an alchemy of old-time values, where fans can watch skilled hockey that still indulges their basic instincts.
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In Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) there is talk of a more assertive German "lead culture" and a stronger sense of "homeland", which may indicate the party's direction when Mrs Merkel steps down.
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Stoltenberg said NATO was concerned by a more assertive Russia that he said had annexed Crimea, destabilized eastern Ukraine, backed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and meddled in the affairs of other nations.
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STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - The U.S. military is moving toward more global exercises to better prepare for a more assertive Russia and other worldwide threats, a senior officer said in an interview with Reuters.
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President Trump has promised a more assertive approach than the gradual-pressure "strategic patience" strategy of his predecessor, but he also has recognized the importance of China in any potential long-term solution.
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The move coincides with broader efforts to reform the military, including the modernization of its command structure, as China becomes more assertive in its territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas.
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But the absence of Justice Scalia, the court's longest serving and in some ways most dominant member when he died in February, means Chief Justice Roberts could lead in a more assertive way.
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The White House soon swung back to a position that was more assertive in terms of the need for Assad to leave, with Trump ordering a strike in response to the chemical attack.
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It is part of a broader push by Maas to take a more assertive stance in disagreements with the United States on a range of issues including trade, military spending and climate change.
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Germany should continue to invest in its partnership with the United States as a trading partner but must be more assertive in representing its own interests when the two countries are at odds.
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They meet at a defining moment in US-China ties which are turning sharply more adversarial with Beijing being more assertive on the world stage and Washington shifting to a more confrontational pose.
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But a more assertive social conservatism would also pursue the second thing that the post-fusionist conservatives seem to want — namely, stronger state interventions in the economy on behalf of socially conservative ends.
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Too often this simple fact goes unacknowledged, even though it should be a source of some reassurance, especially at a time when North Korea seems increasingly belligerent and China more and more assertive.
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On the one hand, the Socialist party has seen lower public support, leading some analysts to argue that the SPD could be about to take a more assertive role in the ruling coalition.
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President Obama tried to manage a more assertive China by pursuing deeper military cooperation with smaller Asian nations and negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation agreement setting higher standards for trade.
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Every ASEAN leader wants New Delhi to play a more assertive role in the Indo-Pacific region, Preeti Saran, secretary at India's Ministry of External Affairs, was quoted as claiming at the time.
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Political dissidents and activists in Vietnam, India, Cambodia and Sri Lanka are also urging the Silicon Valley behemoth to take a more assertive role in addressing urgent human rights issues on its platform.
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Many Western countries are pushing for a more assertive stance against Moscow over President Vladimir Putin's backing for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of using chemical weapons in the country's civil war.
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If these are "earth works," there is nothing bombastic or aggressive about them (in contrast to the more assertive interventions of certain artists who have literally reshaped nature to suit their expressive purposes).
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Minority investors have been becoming more assertive in Japan, complaining about what they see as poor performance as well as returns from cash-hoarding firms, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocating strengthening corporate governance.
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Google boss Sundar Pichai told us during Code Conference that the company would be more assertive and "opinionated " about Nexus phone design, which would still be the product of collaboration with its hardware partners.
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If the use of the "mother of all bombs" is any guide, General Nicholson will get the "few thousand" more troops he has been pleading for, combined with a much more assertive air campaign.
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The decision comes as China and Russia have been more assertive in the region, flying their first joint military air patrol together in July, which triggered an international incident with South Korea and Japan.
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We are not going to get very far unless it is acknowledged that women and girls, as a sex, are vulnerable to males, who are on average bigger, stronger, more assertive and more violent.
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It's optional, of course, and I'm not criticizing Google for the addition (which I find cute), but it shows a company ready to be more assertive about the exact future it's helping to shape.
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Germany on Friday underscored its commitment to European defense integration, but said it also planned to be more assertive about seeking waivers from European Union regulations that require Europe-wide competition for defense equipment.
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After the election as U.S. president of Donald Trump, who has said he wants closer ties with the Kremlin and has , some analysts predict an emboldened Moscow could become more assertive in eastern Europe.
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Market activism has historically been low-key in Japan but a drive by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to get investors to be more assertive in their demands for shareholder value has slowly changed this.
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Google boss Sundar Pichai told us during Code Conference that the company would be more assertive and "opinionated" about Nexus phone design, which would still be the product of collaboration with its hardware partners.
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The Pentagon is weighing a more assertive program of so-called freedom-of-navigation operations close to Chinese installations on disputed reefs, two U.S. officials and Western and Asian diplomats close to discussions said.
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Mr Trudeau is treating Atlantic Canada "like a backwater", complained one MP. In the Senate, where regional diversity is assured, the risk is that a less partisan chamber will be a more assertive one.
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Macron's column coincides with rising tensions in the West, shaken by U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" policies and Britain's departure from the EU. A more assertive China and Russia also pose major challenges.
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From the 1970s onwards the malign era of Transaction Man begins, in which financial deregulation and more assertive owners see big firms broken up and managers take a more ruthless view of social obligations.
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TOKYO — A Japanese submarine participated in war games in the South China Sea last week and is now visiting Vietnam, signaling a more assertive pushback by Japan against China's territorial claims in the region.
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Faced with a precedent-shattering candidate who made false assertions at a rate none had seen before — one considerably higher than that of his opponent — reporters became more assertive in directly calling out falsehoods.
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In 2011, as China became more assertive in the South China Sea, Vietnam accused China of instructing three high-speed patrol boats to cut the cables of a Vietnamese oil and gas survey ship.
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" A senior official in the Trump administration official told reporters that Pence's speech reflects a US decision to take a more assertive approach in dealing with China that is more "constructive and results oriented.
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The thinking in Brussels now holds that, if Washington and China are throwing out the rulebook on international trade and support for home-grown industry, Europe might as well start getting more assertive, too.
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The scars of its 20th-century history are healing, and it is becoming more assertive: having got used to foreign military deployment in Afghanistan, it has now broadened into new missions in Mali and Lithuania.
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The case poses a test for post-Brexit security cooperation as Russia, the EU's biggest energy supplier, grows more assertive abroad, accused of backing war in Ukraine and meddling in U.S., French and German elections.
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Saudi foreign policy has become more assertive since the rise of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has said he will protect the kingdom from what he calls Tehran's efforts to dominate the Muslim world.
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Social media companies have struggled with that balance, but have grown more assertive in policing content amid a backlash from users and lawmakers over how these platforms have been abused by states, trolls, and bigots.
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Prime Minister David Cameron, who leads the "In" campaign, has argued Britain's membership makes the country more secure and that it needs the EU to help fight Islamic State and rebuff a more assertive Russia.
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The decision also comes as China and Russia have been more assertive in the region, flying their first joint military air patrol together in July, which triggered an international incident with South Korea and Japan.
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The star tells GQ her sister and brother-in-law Kanye West are the ones that taught her to be more assertive when it comes to creative things in her career — like her cover shoot.
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China's more assertive pursuit of its claims in the South China Sea over the past year or so has included land reclamation and the construction of air and port facilities on some isles and reefs.
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OSLO (Reuters) - NATO allies Britain and Norway agreed on Thursday to beef up their defense cooperation, including maritime surveillance and joint exercises on Norwegian soil, amid concerns about a more assertive Russia in northern Europe.
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EU officials say discussing an alternative candidate to Tusk would only add to the many feuds inside the bloc as it wrestles with a range of challenges from a more assertive Russia to militant Islam.
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Over the course of the events, Graham grows more assertive; by the time she's leaving the Supreme Court, the movie makes it clear that she's become a pioneer for young women looking up to her.
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But a new generation of Nubians, emboldened by the Egyptian revolution of 2011, has become more assertive in pressing the group's demands, most notably their right to return to the area around their ancestral homeland.
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In a bit of a surprise, the study showed that women used slightly more assertive language, said H. Andrew Schwartz, an assistant professor of computer science at Stony Brook University and one of its authors.
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That recognition has nudged Israel into a more assertive military posture vis-à-vis Iran in Syria in recent months, characterized by repeated cross-border air raids against Iran and its chief terrorist proxy, Hezbollah.
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China makes up more than 80 percent of North Korean trade and it has been credited with holding up the regime, but analysts say Beijing has become more assertive this year in pressuring its ally.
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In recent weeks, the Kingdom has exercised a more assertive regional foreign policy, ratcheting up its military campaign in Yemen and taking a more aggressive stance against the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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General Mattis is known for his hawkish views and is likely to advocate a more assertive stance in the Middle East — but unlike Mr. Trump, he does not favor tearing up the Iran nuclear agreement.
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"The coming together of China's more assertive public defense of their own system coincides with a moment where the U.S. and by extension the West seems like it's having some trouble," the former official said.
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Using these definitions, I would argue that the path to achieving true equality and understanding will require, in addition to needed institutional changes, both women and men aspiring to be more assertive, not less so.
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"What makes this Pisces season different from the last is that the planetary ruler of Pisces, Jupiter, is now in Capricorn, which adds a tougher and more assertive vibe to the Piscean energy," Stardust explains.
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" But it was also clear that General Mattis favors a more assertive response to Iran, which he described in a written submission to the Senate committee as the "biggest destabilizing force in the Middle East.
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Simply put, a vote for "Green Book" represented relative safety and reassurance, while either "Black Panther" or "BlacKkKlansman" would have signaled the opposite: a bolder, brasher and more assertive reflection of Hollywood's changing racial profile.
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In a shift in tone, the European Commission, the EU executive, last week described China as a "systemic rival" and called on the bloc to be more assertive after years of welcoming Chinese investment virtually unhindered.
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S. Akbar Zaidi, a professor at Columbia University as well as at the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi, says civilian governments have grown more assertive with each successive election, a "slight and often subtle" change.
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"Girls get the message they should not be in leadership roles and boys get message they need to be more assertive and aggressive," said Deborah Best, a Wake Forest University psychology professor who studies gender stereotypes.
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NATO has announced plans to send troops, tanks and planes to the Baltic states and Poland to counter what it perceives as a more assertive Russia following Moscow's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and other actions.
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But the U.S. election and broader concerns about Europe's ability to maintain its citizens' security at a time of growing instability in North Africa and a more assertive Russia helped garner support from centrists, lawmakers said.
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Last week in a shift in tone, the European Commission, the EU executive, described China as a "systemic rival" and called on the bloc to be more assertive after years of welcoming Chinese investment virtually unhindered.
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Training women to be more assertive in asking for a promotion or pay rise is pointless; they are just as likely to ask for these but also likelier to be seen as pushy when they do.
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As Russia has grown more assertive in recent years, in part to compensate for its weakness relative to the West, much of the friction between it and NATO has played out along the Russian-Baltic borders.
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"I think a lot of people getting married need support with being more assertive in many other areas of their lives, but the wedding is first or most significant place where it's coming up," Bejar said.
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The bank has failed to play a more assertive role in human rights in part because bank executives have been reluctant to add more regulations to the work of an institution that is already infamously bureaucratic.
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Yet EU politicians are determined to increase cooperation on defense and security in the face of a more assertive Russian military, and they are wary of effectively leaving the fighter jet market to the United States.
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Each of the ruling coalition's four ethnically-based parties faces increasing competition from newer, more strident parties in their own home provinces, and are having to become more assertive themselves to avoid being outflanked, analysts say.
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"This is China stepping out of the shadows to play a more assertive role and to use its increasing leverage globally to get what it wants," said Ted Piccone, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
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The White House signaled that American companies were increasing efforts to restock hospitals with crucial supplies during the pandemic, but it again stopped short of more assertive steps that some state and local leaders have demanded.
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He has been much more assertive — many would say aggressive — on foreign policy, launching a punishing military intervention in Yemen, imposing a blockade on Qatar and overseeing the forced resignation of the prime minister of Lebanon.
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Peggy Johnson Executive vice president of businessdevelopment, Microsoft I'm naturally more introverted, but early in my career I was told that to be a leader I'd have to speak up and be more assertive in meetings.
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He was 16 when he set aside his playing dreams and committed himself to umpiring, developing a persona in the chair that was far more assertive than the quiet, unassuming one he displayed away from court.
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It is expected that the Trump administration will announce a more assertive policy later this week that allows for proportional responses to provocative gestures, like the ballistic missile tests of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC).
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Pakistan's judiciary has lately been more assertive in what supporters and analysts say is a battle to strengthen the rule of law and regain credibility, which the opposition parties allege it lost by interfering in politics.
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If Washington wants to take a more assertive stance towards Beijing, they'll find much more success if China believes that it is dealing with an American government that honors past promises and stands by its allies.
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This was exactly the response he was hoping to elicit — surprise, uncertainty and a sense that the rational, predictable statecraft of President Barack Obama had given way to Mr. Trump's more assertive vision of American power.
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WASHINGTON — With the nation on the cusp of a more assertive immigration policy under the administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump, the Supreme Court on Wednesday considered the rights of people held in immigration detention.
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One of the biggest changes in F1 2019, and something I'm still struggling to adjust to, is how much more assertive its AI drivers are—and how that AI has exposed weaknesses in my own skillset.
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Prominent European Union politicians said the anniversary also underlined the need to defend freedom and democracy today on a continent facing a new wave of authoritarianism in eastern Europe, as well as a more assertive Russia.
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Still, Tatiana Clouthier, another senior aide on the Lopez Obrador campaign, said he would be far more assertive with Trump than the outgoing Mexican president, Enrique Pena Nieto, who is limited by law to a single term.
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" That could reflect the fact that BlackRock's clients will have a wide range of views on the shareholder proposals, he added, but "one might have assumed that Finks January letter would herald a more assertive posture here.
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Aside from the macroeconomic scenario, Gomes noted that Lojas Renner has advanced in its digital transformation and is likely to reap the benefits over the next few months, with more assertive collections and more efficient inventories management.
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Macron's column coincides with rising tensions in the West, which has been shaken by U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" policies and Britain's departure from the EU. A more assertive China and Russia also pose major challenges.
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Some advocates of independence, fed up with Ms Tsai's caution, are jubilant at Mr Lai's announcement, both because they think Mr Lai has a better chance of winning and because they think he might be more assertive.
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Wary of China's more assertive maritime role in the region, the U.S. Navy's Third Fleet plans to send more ships to East Asia to work alongside the Japan-based Seventh Fleet, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Wary of China's more assertive maritime role in the region, the US Navy's Third Fleet plans to send more ships to East Asia to work alongside the Japan-based Seventh Fleet, a US official said on Tuesday.
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The brands are the latest to get into hot water over political issues in China, which has been more assertive in its territorial claims and how it expects foreign companies doing businesses in China to describe them.
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China makes up more than 2100 percent of North Korean trade and has been credited for holding up the regime, but analysts say that China has become more assertive this year in exercising pressure on its ally.
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Donald Trump said during the U.S. presidential campaign that he would consider a country's contribution to the NATO alliance before coming to its defense, rattling many in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia who fear a more assertive Russia.
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"I think it would be very, very helpful if the federal government could be more assertive and aggressive and more organized in helping all of us to obtain these systems," Inslee said at a Thursday press conference.
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The deal with Japan, and the others being negotiated, point to a more assertive Europe, one that is looking past the frosty ties with the United States, and even the coming withdrawal of Britain from the bloc.
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After the Parkland mass shooting, Mr. Trump suggested raising the minimum age for purchasers of certain weaponry, and indicated that the government should be far more assertive in taking away weapons from people who might be dangerous.
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Giselle (Olga Smirnova) is perkier and more assertive than usual; a girl with a spirited side that shows in her love of dancing and her laughing refutal of her mother's warnings that she will become a Wili.
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"This bill is the latest example of a more assertive congressional role in foreign policy prompted by concerns about some of the policy inclinations of President Trump," said John Herbst, Eurasia center director at the Atlantic Council.
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The idea of the "Chinese Dream" has been left intentionally broad to encompass many different things, Mitter said, adding he'd heard it defined as both a prosperous economy and a more assertive China in the Asia region.
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In an exclusive interview with CNN last month, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said the military threat posed by China was growing "every day" in line with a more assertive foreign policy under its President Xi Jinping.
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Congress has clearly become more assertive on issues where Trump's policies have been at odds with the prevailing sentiment in both parties on the Hill, such as matters involving Russia and the U.S. commitment to longstanding allies.
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The EU would risk an institutional logjam if talks are prolonged, leaving it unable to make key policy decisions at a time when it faces a more assertive Russia, China's growing economic might and an unpredictable U.S. president.
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The first one was hardly retrograde—Belle is far more assertive than decades of Disney heroines before her—but the filmmakers still make sure that Watson is the driver of all the action, rather than a mere responder.
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Mattis' time in the Pentagon's top job came amid rising political, economic and military tensions between the US and China, including a more assertive stance by Washington in the South China Sea and large weapons sales to Taiwan.
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Only one has more assertive objects: a large black-and-silver dagger hanging on the wall, and a small black jihadist flag with a Koranic inscription, which the curators emphasize is not the flag of the Islamic State.
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People who have met Prince bin Salman said he insisted that Saudi Arabia must be more assertive in shaping events in the Middle East and confronting Iran's influence in the region — whether in Yemen, Syria, Iraq or Lebanon.
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"The response by social platforms I think has been more assertive than at any other time," said Peter Adams, senior vice president of education at The News Literacy Project, a nonprofit that provides resources for educators about misinformation.
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Anders Aslund, a Russia expert at the Atlantic Council, said the United States must be more assertive if Mr. Putin is to be restrained, but there is little appetite in Washington to put American sailors in harm's way.
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As China becomes more assertive on its undemarcated border with India and ramps up investments in Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Nepal — all traditional Indian satellites — conviction has grown in New Delhi that it must counter Beijing forcefully.
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Since taking office last month, Mr. Moon has vowed to play a more assertive role in resolving the North's nuclear crisis through talks, saying that he was willing to meet with Mr. Kim if the circumstances were right.
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"While Iran's more assertive regional stance has put it on a collision course first and foremost with Saudi Arabia and the U.S., the pivotal role it plays in the Syrian conflict is also increasingly raising tensions with Israel."
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Don't forget that the 2008-09 financial crisis, which weakened and distracted the United States, was accompanied by the Russian invasion of Georgian territory and Beijing's staging of the 2008 Summer Olympics, signaling the more assertive period ahead.
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But, as Stoltenberg said, allies shouldn't invest more in defense to please Trump, "they should invest in defense because we are faced with new threats and new challenges" including China, a more assertive Russia, cyber threats and more.
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As secretary of state, Pompeo could "embolden those within the Trump administration who seek to further amplify a more assertive posture within the Syrian crisis," The Middle East Institute, a Washington-based research firm, said in a note.
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Those include a more assertive Russia, Islamist militancy, war in the Middle East and North Africa that has put millions of refugees on the move, migratory pressures from sub-Saharan Africa and cyberattacks on economic and security networks.
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The EU would risk an institutional logjam if talks drag on, leaving it unable to make pivotal policy decisions at a time when it faces a more assertive Russia, China's growing economic might and an unpredictable U.S. president.
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The flare-up in the history and trade dispute between its two biggest Asian allies has worried the United States, which fears weakened security cooperation as China and Russia grow more assertive, and the North Korean threat is unabated.
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But since then, Moscow's foreign policy has become more assertive, leading to tensions with the United States and its allies over, among other issues, the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, and the presence of NATO troops in eastern Europe.
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"You can look at my track record to know that's what I would do, because that's what I did when I ran the California Department of Justice," said Harris, talking about her law enforcement experience in more assertive terms.
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After assuming powers as defense minister and chief of the royal court in January 2015, MbS launched a war in Yemen, adopted a more assertive stance toward arch-rival Iran, and implemented a diplomatic and trade boycott of Qatar.
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Vacquer told The Muse the book has helped her become a more assertive and empathetic leader, one who can demonstrate that she cares, deliver praise publicly and criticism privately, and take care of her own emotional and mental health.
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Now the United States faces a rising China, long an economic force and now becoming more assertive in geopolitics - building its military capability and ignoring an international tribunal's ruling against its claims to most of the South China Sea.
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At the same time, Mr. Xi is grappling with a labor force that is better informed and more easily organized because of social media, and also more assertive, in part because of grass-roots rights groups that have emerged.
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Now the United States faces a rising China, long an economic force and now becoming more assertive in geopolitics - building its military capability and ignoring an international tribunal's ruling against its claims to most of the South China Sea.
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These tools have followed us and our clumsy fingers to our new smartphones, where they have become both more assertive and more useful, correcting us and only occasionally requiring us to correct them back, and learning all the while.
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The scale of the unrest reflects a more assertive far right that has started pushing into the mainstream, as Germany struggles to absorb nearly a million asylum seekers who entered after Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the borders in 19773.
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And with the nuclear agreement on the verge of collapse, the White House will be inclined to embrace an even more assertive posture as Iranian stockpiles of enriched uranium accumulate and reduce Tehran's breakout time to nuclear weapons capability.
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The "Chinese have successfully militarized some of these outposts and their behaviors become more assertive and we're trying to have an appropriate response," Schriver said while pledging that US "freedom of navigation operations" near the disputed islands would continue.
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If Mr. Trump has ideas about how to deal with an increasingly aggressive Russia, which the Pentagon considers America's No. 1 threat, or China, which has become more assertive in the South China Sea, he did not divulge them.
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Georgia shrimp held its own with ham and cranberry beans, but in a grilled sea bass entree, the pleasing texture of the fish was almost drowned in a riptide of more assertive flavors: smoked pork belly, lentils and brussels sprouts leaves.
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"We see a more assertive Russia to the east, a Russia that has invested heavily in defense over several years and which has also shown the will to use military force to change borders in Europe," he said, referring to Crimea.
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The course on managing workplace stress will teach you a wide variety of techniques, including everything from meditation, breathing and relaxation exercises, to communication techniques that will allow you to be both more assertive and respectful while interacting with your coworkers.
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Xi's push to reform the military coincides with China becoming more assertive in its territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas, and as its navy invests in submarines and aircraft carriers and its air force develops stealth fighters.
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Vietnam is in the midst of a quiet military buildup analysts say is designed as a deterrent, to secure its 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone as China grows more assertive in staking its claims in the South China Sea.
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The ships, designed to need a crew of only 120, less than half their predecessors, are a crucial element in Germany's plans to beef up its military to face an increasingly uncertain European security landscape and a more assertive Russia.
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This shift is happening on all fronts: The One Belt One Road initiative; reform of international financial institutions; more assertive stance towards democratic systems; state capitalism; new models of international relations proposed to other countries like in Africa or South America.
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French President Emmanuel Macron will describe Brexit as a wake-up call in a speech in coming weeks in which he will outline how Europe must be more assertive in the face of rival world powers, sources close to Macron said.
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Since becoming defense minister in 2015, the crown prince has taken a more assertive stance against Tehran, launching a war against Yemen's Iranian-aligned Houthis and cutting ties with Qatar in part over accusations it is cozying up to Iran.
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In an age where most Republicans are still running on the fumes of Reaganism (tax cuts, a more assertive foreign policy), Bannon crafted a coherent new right-wing ideology that in 2016 excited Republican voters more than the establishment's tired bromides.
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Our national security will continue to be jeopardized by ongoing investigations by the FBI, and potentially the Justice Department and Congress, putting us at immediate risk of more assertive actions in Europe, Middle East and Asia by the Russians and Chinese.
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The reason this is helpful in situations where you might be feeling a little nervous or stressed is that testosterone can make you feel more powerful, more assertive, better able to deal with criticism, and better able to present yourself.
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If any coercive behavior from China isn't met head on, China may see an ambivalent U.S. as an opportunity to define and set the tone for Tsai's presidency before potentially more assertive U.S. leadership is in place to push back.
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Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson announced the re-establishment of the Navy's Second Fleet in order to better counter Russia in the Atlantic as the country becomes more assertive amid deteriorating relations with the West, the BBC reports.
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In a speech at the Houston event, Froman emphasized the need for TPP as a counterbalance to China's growing economic and political influence in Asia, citing its own regional trade deal and more assertive stance in the South China Sea.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization warned the U.S. Congress on Wednesday of the threat posed by "a more assertive Russia," including a massive military buildup, threats to sovereign states, the use of nerve agents and cyberattacks.
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In addition to self-aggrandizing propaganda, which Deng eschewed, Mr. Xi has pressed a more assertive foreign policy that openly challenges the United States, worked to limit Western influence on Chinese society and sought to shield Chinese companies from foreign competition.
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"Although the Causeway Bay booksellers case has led to fear in Hong Kong's literary and publishing community and more broadly, it may also have led to a level of dissatisfaction that encouraged more assertive political activism," the PEN report said.
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Macron, an ardent Europhile championing calls for the EU to become more assertive on matters such as trade and defence against China and the United States, said this month the EU budget needed to match the scale of its ambitions.
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Only one of the seven candidates onstage at this particular event — which took place in Washington just two days before Trump's inauguration — came in under the limit, with a reply that was more upbeat than downbeat and more assertive than reactive.
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But to suggest that the U.S. rebalance — an obvious theme of the president's trip — does not include rebalancing the relative positions of regional countries such as Vietnam in the face of China's more assertive and more prominent role, strains credulity.
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The big picture: Macron argues that the consensus behind the trans-Atlantic alliance is obsolete, and that Europe will "disappear geopolitically" if it fails to become a unified, effective and far more assertive world power in its own right. 1.
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And while its military is beginning to take on a more assertive posture, most experts say the scars of Japanese aggression during World War II mean the country and the region feel more comfortable with Tokyo working under the broader U.S. security umbrella.
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Carla Gugino does a lot of the heavy lifting: As Jessie, she has to play both helpless victim and resourceful survivor — and sometimes both at once, as Jessie hallucinates a more assertive version of herself to help her out of her predicament.
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"The crime of genocide must trigger much more assertive action at the political level, including at the Security Council," Mr. Pinheiro said, calling for the case to be referred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, or to another international tribunal.
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Brexit and Trump's presidency, he had expected, would catalyze the reform process -- and indeed polls show Europeans up for a more assertive EU. The revamping of the eurozone -- reforms turning it into a full-fledged, integrated monetary union -- are perhaps the highest priority.
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Israel's right-wing politicians have become more prominent, and at times more provocative, while Arab citizens have grown more assertive in expressing their Palestinian national identity, as well as solidarity with the Palestinians of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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As results flooded in Tuesday night, Mr. Sanders said he had felt the race shifting in his favor in recent days as he talked with auto workers, union leaders and college students, who all seemed eager for a more assertive progressive agenda.
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However disparate the problems, Mr. Trump's embrace of Mr. Conte bolsters the hard-line views on immigration of the right-wing, xenophobic League, the smaller but so far more assertive partner to the politically amorphous Five-Star Movement in Italy's ruling coalition.
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At the same time, he noted, the exercise fits a "pattern of a more assertive Russia" that is "exercising more aggressively" and, through its actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, has shown that "it is willing to use military force against its neighbors."
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SEOUL, South Korea — The president of South Korea proposed a bold expansion of economic cooperation with North Korea on Wednesday, a more assertive stand than the United States has taken in offering inducements for the North to begin relinquishing its nuclear weapons.
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Crown Prince Mohammed's vision for Saudi Arabia "relies on a much more assertive foreign policy and more active presence on the world stage" than previously, Torbjorn Soltvedt, principal Middle East and North Africa analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, told CNBC via e-mail.
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What happens to Maeve in Episode 6 is a variation of what happened in the previous episode to Dolores, who gunned down a pack of ex-Confederate outlaws and chose to pursue a destiny more assertive than her damsel-in-distress loop.
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That should include stronger, more assertive measures to counter Iran's destabilizing behavior throughout the Middle East, as well as new initiatives — in human rights, religious liberty and internet access, for example — that put America squarely on the side of Iranians struggling for freedom.
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It could be because I'm older, or I'm more assertive, but I have also found that when I do meet men in off-the-record surroundings these days, they're the first to bring up the hand for a shake, and I appreciate that.
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's newly elected president vowed on Wednesday to play a more assertive role in resolving the North's nuclear crisis through dialogue, saying that he was willing to meet with its leader, Kim Jong-un, if the circumstances were right.
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"FDA has tools that could mitigate opioid risks more effectively if the agency would be more assertive in using its power to control opioid prescribing, manufacturing, and distribution," said retired FDA senior executive William K. Hubbard in an editorial that accompanied the study.
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But the more assertive policymaking is likely to be driven by her executive vice president for digital, the Google-thumping antitrust czar Margrethe Vestager, and whoever ultimately fills the job of internal market commissioner following the rejection of French pick Sylvie Goulard.
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Their batter — made of mung bean and wheat flours, and another flour that Ms. Li prefers not to divulge — is earthier and more assertive than their competitors', and Ms. Li broke two eggs, unbidden, over my crepe, which gave it more body.
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So rather than meekly paying whatever we are told, up to nearly $75,000 a year, all-in, at the most selective colleges, perhaps we ought to be a bit more greedy when demanding data, and more assertive about seeking demonstrated proof of value.
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In Huawei's case, disambiguating between a swipe that intends to bring the menu in and one that's meant to act as a back gesture is mostly done by making a lighter swipe for the menu and a more assertive one for the back action.
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"At a time when everything is so uncertain and you have a more aggressive Russia and a more assertive China, this is precisely the wrong moment for there to be tensions between transatlantic partners," the British official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters.
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Though Spotify partially walked back its stance after blowback from the music industry, it's still used its power as a platform to take a more assertive stance on certain kinds of abusive behavior than many other tech companies, which typically prioritize free speech above all.
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"I would hope that this would be an opportunity for Congress to push through more assertive steps," Polyakova said, noting that legislation already has been proposed that would add political figures, oligarchs, and transactions related to investment in energy projects to the sanctions list. Sen.
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Critics claimed the Bank of England should have based the note on a more realistic sketch of the novelist drawn by her sister Cassandra while she was alive, which depicts a more assertive expression, thinner lips, a pointed chin, and bags under her eyes.
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ABOUT THE GRIZZLIES (7-15): Evans is averaging 18.7 points and seven assists in three starts as the team waits for regular starting point guard Mike Conley (Achilles) to return, but he needed some urging from Bickerstaff to be more assertive his last time out.
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BRUSSELS, March 22 (Reuters) - EU leaders said on Friday the bloc must recognize that China is as much a competitor as a partner, after calls for a more assertive policy towards Beijing over the openness of Chinese markets and the role of state-led firms.
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China's armed forces, the world's largest, are ramping up their capabilities with new equipment like aircraft carriers and stealth fighters as the country pursues a more assertive stance in the disputed East and South China Seas and seeks to project power far from home shores.
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The vote for stability at home, though, is likely to provoke unease across Asia, where memories of Japanese militarism in World War II endure and the prospect of a more assertive Japan will add to worries over China's territorial ambitions and North Korea's nuclear program.
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A more assertive form of social conservatism is already visible in the state-level pushes to substantially restrict abortion, which amount to a demand that all those Republican court appointees actually deliver the latitude for pro-life legislation that generations of religious conservatives voted for.
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What Ms. Warren, the senator from Massachusetts, calls her upbringing on the "ragged edge of the middle class" is foundational for her progressive agenda of a more assertive federal government that helps the less fortunate: a higher minimum wage, universal child care, a wealth tax.
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He advised against a radical shift in American policy and emphasized the risks that Jordan would face if Israel were to become even more assertive about building settlements, according to people who spoke with Mr. Kushner and Stephen K. Bannon, the chief White House strategist.
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Yasuhiro Nakasone, the former prime minister of Japan who entered politics during the post-World War II American occupation of his country and spent the rest of his career championing the re-emergence of a more assertive and independent nation, died on Friday in Tokyo.
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I need them to not do the things they're doing right now, and the real way to have them do that is to have government play a way more assertive role in public life and stop trusting the foxes to be the hen keepers.
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"Sometimes by being more assertive, by being more aggressive, you might end up with a better negotiated outcome … but ultimately, through that process, create conflict that causes you to end up with worse value overall," the report's co-author, professor Maurice Schweitzer said in a recent podcast.
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Having failed to stabilize its neighborhood economically over the past decade, Europe now faces a myriad of threats on its borders, from a more assertive Russia following Moscow's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimea, to a migrant crisis stemming from strife in North Africa and the Middle East.
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But it likely requires the U.S. to take a more neutral approach to the Iran-Saudi conflict moving forward and be more assertive in its position regarding Riyadh stoking sectarian crisis that will, despite recent reassurances, undermines peace talks for Yemen and Syria, and embolden extremists.
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As simple as it sounds, the new manager, Mickey Callaway, and his pitching coach, Dave Eiland, are encouraging their projected catching platoon of Travis d'Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki to be more assertive this season, to take ownership of both the planning for games and their own improvement.
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WASHINGTON — The NATO secretary general gave a strong defense of the 70-year-old military alliance between Europe and the United States, using a high-profile appearance before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday to urge allies to stand up to a more assertive Russia.
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Up to that point, Liverpool had been the more assertive team: not quite the more dangerous, and not as much of a threat as it has been at times this year, but perhaps more of a threat than Real Madrid had expected, or is accustomed to.
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This raises a number of risks, including that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal dissolves, tensions lead to a deadly conflict in the Persian Gulf or another regional theater and a more assertive Saudi Arabia takes the U.S. stance as a green light for actions that escalate tensions.
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Stephen Dickson, the new chief of the F.A.A., has struck a more assertive tone in public comments about the Max, urging his employees to ignore outside pressure to quickly lift the plane's grounding and telling Boeing that there is no set timetable for the Max to return.
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Instead of just hoping that its present policy of dissuading both China and Taiwan from trying to change the status quo can continue indefinitely, the U.S. needs to review its policy so it will not be reacting to actions initiated by China as it becomes more assertive.
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Apart from that, a more assertive France — as befits a country of great culture and civilization, a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council and an authentic and independent nuclear power — would provide a better balance in European politics and in the euro area decision making.
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While Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia are gradually embracing the concept of a more assertive Indian role in Southeast Asia, others like the Philippines and Malaysia remain silent on the matter, Manoj Joshi, distinguished fellow at Indian think tank Observer Research Foundation, said in a February report.
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"NATO continues to be the linchpin and cornerstone of our collective defense and U.S. security policy," Obama said, hailing the alliance's role in training troops to take on ISIS in the Middle East, its operations in Afghanistan and support of Eastern European allies unsettled by a more assertive Russia.
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Military tensions between the U.S. and China have been on the rise in recent years as Beijing takes a more assertive stance on territorial claims in the South China Sea and East China Sea, as well as over Taiwan — a self-ruled territory which Beijing claims as its own.
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U.S. actions have made some countries in the region more assertive and "fueled their delusions to continue to exploit illegal interests" in South China Sea, Xinhua said Vietnam should be cautious in dealing with the United States, which "is motivated by an insincere agenda", the news agency said.
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Some lamb skewers were disappointingly dry, but I was wild about a version of saag paneer made with mustard greens; as soon as I tasted it, I knew I was going to crave the sharper, more assertive flavor the next time I had saag paneer made with spinach.
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"Quicksand" is sonically more assertive than much of the St Louis-born artist's wonderfully hazy debut CTRL; the samples are still smooth and 70s-inspired, but there's brass in the background, and the drums trip between trap beats in the verse and straight funk acoustics in the chorus.
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While Mr. Menendez was clearly happy to be on Capitol Hill, and his step certainly had a more assertive pace than his slower loaf around the fourth floor of the federal courthouse in Newark, he stressed that even during the trial he has been focused on his job.
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Clinton, the former secretary of State and current presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has advocated for a more assertive military U.S. posture in the country, but not all of her foreign policy advisers agree, raising questions about what path she would take if she were to win the White House.
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For Asean, the challenge will be getting all 10 members to come to a unified viewpoint on the South China Sea issue; meanwhile, Beijing, which has been growing more assertive on maritime issues, is unlikely to step back over its sovereignty, which it calls a core national interest.
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WASHINGTON — To compete with a more assertive China, the United States should invest in alliances and multilateral institutions, which President Trump and his administration have rejected or undermined, a report issued Tuesday by prominent scholars and former top White House, State Department and trade officials working on China concluded.
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Conversely, the intense post-Trump political mobilization of American women has made feminists much more assertive in Democratic Party politics, and the #MeToo cultural upheaval has caused progressives to rethink conduct they were happy to dismiss as "private" 20 years ago as in fact reflecting urgent public concerns.
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A 2010 evaluation found that Dutch 10- to 12-year-olds who were exposed to sexual education from an early age were more knowledgeable about their bodies, more accepting of homosexuality and more assertive when it came to setting boundaries and expressing preferences around physical intimacy than those who weren't.
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NEW DELHI, March 2400 (Reuters) - Indian state refiners will cut oil imports from Iran in 2225/33 by a fifth, as New Delhi takes a more assertive stance over an impasse on a giant gas field that it wants awarded to an Indian consortium, sources familiar with the matter said.
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"We can see them (the government) being much more assertive in using these powers and in shaping their policy decisions to reflect the national interests," said Professor Simon Young of the University of Hong Kong's law school, saying the courts may be a last line of defense against government overreach.
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UNITED NATIONS — President Trump plans to preside over a session of the United Nations Security Council this month "to address Iran's violations of international law" and press world leaders to adopt a more assertive approach to the country, the United States envoy to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, said Tuesday.
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As a model in the late 1960s and early '70s, Ms. Schiano didn't look like her competition — her features were more assertive than conventionally pretty — but she nevertheless appeared in the pages of Vogue, in its American, British and French editions, as well as in other fashion magazines of the time.
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"The one thing that we can expect and which they have indicated is that they are going to be squeezing Hong Kong harder on so many fronts more prosecutions, more assertive action from the police, and in fact more direct control over Hong Kong from the authorities in Beijing," Bland said.
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Emboldened by the victory of Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2014 general election, Hindu hard-liners, who consider cows sacred, became more assertive in their calls for a clamp-down on both the meat and leather industries, run by Muslims, who make up 14 percent of India's 1.3 billion people.
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The uncertainties surrounding Trump's personnel, policies, and rise to power have rattled many of America's allies, including Japan, Germany and Britain, at a time when China is more assertive, Russia more aggressive, terrorism more diffuse, the Middle East still unstable and North Korea nuclear-armed and unpredictable, said U.S. and foreign diplomats.
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But there is something else that will help: a far more assertive defense from the news media, of what it does well and honestly, and against the sustained attempts to impugn its motives through the many false and misleading political-style attacks that too often are mixed in with the valid criticism.
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Turning to Asia, Pence's approach to North Korea may not vary appreciably from the current strategy — ramp up economic pressure and sanctions and convince China to play a more assertive role in reigning in Kim Jong-un — but Pence will refrain from Trump's Twitter baiting and will tamp down the bellicose rhetoric.
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James N. Mattis as defense secretary signals a more assertive American posture in the Middle East — one that people close to him say would most likely include more American troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan, more Navy patrols in the Persian Gulf and more fighter jets in the Middle East.
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That new model of leadership is likely to lead to a more assertive and muscular China, as evidenced by its aggressive territorial claims in the South China Sea and its Belt and Road infrastructure, trade and development initiative, which will stretch from East Asia through Central Asia into parts of Africa and Europe.
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STOLTENBERG: What we have seen over the last year is a more assertive Russia, a Russia which has invested heavily in new and more modern military capabilities, which has increased its military presence into the Middle East, Syria, but also a Russia which has been willing to use military force against neighbors, Ukraine, illegally annexing Crimea.
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This has further strained the EU's troubled unity, adding to challenges facing the bloc - from the rising power of China and a more assertive Russia, to radical Islam in the Middle East and North Africa and the threat of attacks in Europe, to uncertainty shrouding the trans-Atlantic relationship under the new U.S. President Donald Trump.
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"This back and forth has, I think, exacerbated what was already a growing problem with a China that was already more assertive in the context of the financial crisis," said Michael J. Green, who was the chief Asia adviser on the National Security Council in the George W. Bush administration and is now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realises there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene.
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China's 2019 defense spending will rise 7.5 percent from 2018, according to a budget report issued earlier this year, and its military build-up has raised concerns among neighbors and Western allies, particularly as Beijing has become more assertive in territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas and over Taiwan, a self-ruled territory Beijing claims as its own.
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"They likely will view this possible move by the U.S. to bolster Vietnam's maritime domain awareness in the South China Sea as an effort to stand up to China's more assertive ambitions in the disputed waters," said Murray Hiebert, a senior advisor and deputy director of the Southeast Asia program for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C, ahead of President Obama's visit.
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America is a nation that has been at war for a long time, which still has troops fighting from Syria and Iraq to Afghanistan, which is watching Russia warily in the Baltic and in Ukraine, and which in the short-term is building up military assets in Asia to deter North Korea, and in the longer-term to hedge against an ever-more assertive China.
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"Not only is OPEC showing a willingness to ignore the White House's renewed call to open the taps, but the messaging from the organization is more assertive in saying that US shale producers would be a prime casualty of the NOPEC bill that is being considered by Congress," Helima Croft, global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets, said in a research note on Wednesday.
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Those fears have proved well-founded: In 2015 five Hong Kong booksellers known for selling political titles were abducted to the mainland; in 2017 a billionaire, Xiao Jianhua, disappeared from his room in a luxury hotel and has not been seen in public since; pro-Beijing forces have taken over the legislature; and Beijing's representative office in Hong Kong has become much more assertive in local affairs.
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Drafted ninth overall by the 76ers in 2004, Iguodala spent the first eight years of his career causing the people of Philadelphia to wonder why he wasn't a bit more like that other A.I. After years of watching Allen Iverson's pathological devotion to carrying the entire Philadelphia offense on his back, Sixers fans could appreciate Iguodala's stellar defense and playmaking from the wing, but couldn't help yearn for him to be a bit more assertive.
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