So powerful people tend to be, not surprisingly, more assertive and more confident, more optimistic.

It is time for the Assembly to be more assertive within the mandate accorded it by the Charter.

As China accumulated economic and strategic clout, its neighbors benefited from its rapid GDP growth, which spurred their own economies. But, at some point in the last decade, China s leaders evidently decided that their country s moment had finally arrived its peaceful rise has since given way to a more assertive approach.

Thailand's experience has taught us that, ultimately, developing nations can and should become equal and assertive partners in our own development.

Thus, China s rulers acted in character last December, when they cracked down on news organizations that were getting a bit too assertive.

Probably not, right? You want the person who's powerful and assertive and dominant, but not very stress reactive, the person who's laid back.

This assertive and high profile operation immediately established the visibility and authority of EUFOR and made a positive early impact both nationally and internationally.

In implementing the unitary United Nations concept, Member States would need to be far more assertive in guiding and setting the policy agenda of agencies.

In Asia, China s military buildup and increasingly assertive approach in pursuing its territorial claims in the South and East China seas which overlap with claims by Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam is raising concerns among its regional neighbors. It does not help that China s economic growth, which provided a powerful boost to the region s smaller economies in recent decades, has slowed considerably.

Russia is not becoming assertive, aggressive, or imperial, as many observers claim. We are only claiming what is rightfully ours a place in the front row of international relations.

Freedom of contract approach vs. exemption from liability approach

This prospect is hardly encouraging. If abuses and repression in the provinces continue no matter how attentive the central government, or how assertive the press might have become, what then?

Approach

Approach

Thus, both a vertical approach and a horizontal approach were required.

A rising China, a resurgent Japan, an assertive Russia, and an anachronistic North Korea have added new complexities and uncertainties to the region. The latter s pursuit of nuclear arms is particularly worrying.

This four year strategy will result in the provision of much needed services (Crisis Management, Case Management, Assertive Community Treatment Teams and Early Intervention) to an additional 78,000 people by 2007 2008.

They're what I'm calling here the gerontology approach and the geriatrics approach.

So, in this video we're using an approach called the reactive approach.

General approach

Traits approach

General approach

Conservative approach

The approach

Unitary approach

This approach is also known as the opt in à la carte approach

Best practice suggests that, whatever approach is used, the approach should be disclosed.

Others, however, see a Chinese strategy that is confused, contradictory, and paralyzed by competing bureaucratic interests. They point to the negative results of China s more assertive policies since the economic crisis of 2008.

The approach worked.

Approach the cow.

A. Evian approach

exercise preventive approach.

Community based approach

Implementation approach B

Scope and approach

Non unitary approach

The idea was to move from the supply driven approach to the demand driven approach.

Democracy remains a worthy and widespread goal, but it is important to distinguish the goal from the means used to attain it. There is a difference between assertive promotion and more gentle support of democratization.

A second obstacle to sustained recovery is the eurozone s bad neighborhood. Russia is becoming more assertive and aggressive in Ukraine, the Baltics, and even the Balkans (while sanctions against Russia have hurt many European economies).

He said, I would approach this journey as a young child might approach a mud puddle.

What is our approach?

European Union common approach

SWAp sector wide approach

The proposed funding approach

The proposed allocation approach