"Currently, I think the strategic position is more sensible rather than an outright takeover, " said one analyst quoted by the Agence France Presse news agency.
As Funabashi suggests, Japan is in the weaker strategic position, needing China more than China needs Japan, now and in the future.
The resulting benefits to Israel's strategic position in the region should be noteworthy.
As the United States moves to shore up its strategic position in the Middle East and to prepare for military contingencies on behalf of threatened allies there, the Center wishes to reiterate its view that a most urgent priority in such an effort must be the strengthening of U.S.-Israeli ties.
Also, instead of our being able to use Iraq as a permanent base from which to pressure Iran and Syria, there seems to be a growing allegiance between the evolving Iraqi government and its fundamentalist Shiite neighbors, which may greatly strengthen Iran's strategic position in the Middle East.
The next Liberty-Movement candidate, therefore, must be prepared to give the run his all, fight like a tiger to the end but also be willing, if necessary, to accept a strategic defeat to position the movement to win the next time around.
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In this case, the Big Brothers are the Limited Partners, whose new strategic position (which has been evolving for some time) has now been openly declared in the recent, and much discussed, Kauffman Foundation report indicting the VC industry for poor returns over the last decade, and suggesting reform on the LP side of the fence to counteract it.
Lewis is probably the most respected commentator on cyber affairs in the US and his new position paper for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, The Cyber War Has Not Begun, is a welcome addition to the debate.
And obviously, it's a very important - at a very important strategic position for the United States.
It's not just limited to currencies, but has an impact on liquidity, profit position and the strategic direction of the company.
It embraces coastal to mountainous landscapes and occupies a strategic position between the main cultural and artistic cities of Tuscany and some important seaside tourist centres.
Global Terminal, however, has a strategic position within the port that allows ships to avoid contending with the Bayonne Bridge, and its terminal operators are taking advantage of it.
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While its size and strategic position in the Mediterranean may have attracted hosts of conquerors, the nature of its interior and the independent spirit of its inhabitants ensured that Sardinia was never a placid, compliant colony.
Based on all the key factors--strengthening our competitiveness, protecting our strategic position, generating attractive financial returns--the Google agreement is far better than Microsoft's search-only hybrid proposal.
In order to jump on the bandwagon, PSC requested a strategic position in Brasilia, a city that is, truth be told, full of Felicianos.
Our government, the catalyst for innovations from nuclear fission and space exploration to the Internet, faces tough strategic choices if we are to maintain our position as the world's innovation hub.
Mr Murdoch, however, insisted that "despite these near-term weaknesses" the company's "strategic and financial position remains strong".
This would mean losing a strategic drug war position for the United States.
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While pineapples and sugar cane once drove Hawaii's economy, the state now relies on tourism, which has surpassed agriculture as the state's major industry in the last decade, and its strategic military position to fuel its economy.
And throughout that stalemate, on this blog and elsewhere, I have taken the unpopular position that India, as the more powerful nation with a great strategic incentive to put this conflict behind it, should compromise.
The Center for Security Policy today revealed a pernicious mischaracterization of the Soviet strategic threat that has profound implications for the U.S. START negotiating position at the Washington summit, for the actual value of the agreement that may result and, ultimately, for American national security.
In connection with the appointment of the new CEO, the company will seek to retain our executive management team (some of whom are being considered for the CEO position), and keep employees focused on achieving the company's strategic goals and objectives.
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The carrier you piloted had to move around an archipelago of islands, taking them over to bolster its strategic position, while a computer-controlled enemy carrier did the same.
Rather, these new threats arise from the parallel new opportunities that await business-driven CEOs who are willing and eager to transcend the old confines of the CIO position and move up to being strategic leaders primarily focused on growth and innovation and customers.
The gateway to the hill country is Kandy, the capital of an ancient Sri Lankan kingdom that, thanks to its strategic elevated position, held off 16th-century European invaders for several hundred years longer than the rest of the island.
He brushes off the fact that his new strategic partner operates in the U.S. while the Justice Department takes the position that facilitating for-money online poker violates U.S. law.
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Mr. Khamenei's approach is placing the Obama administration and its allies in a delicate strategic position, possibly constraining their response to Iran's nuclear program.
It is during that time that the next government will need to contend with Israel's two greatest challenges - preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and preventing the new Obama administration from undermining Israel's strategic position by selling out Israel's security to buy "pictures of victory" of its own with Iran and Syria.
Portuguese MEP Ana Gomes, the report's author, said Libya had a strategic position geographically but was governed by a dictatorship.
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