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What kind of fair partnership can exist between a strong and a weak nation?
WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall with Young African Leaders
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But it could well grow into a thriving, tolerably governed nation with a weak central government and very effective local rule, a positive and vivid contrast to many other Middle East states, especially Syria and Iran.
FORBES: Winning the War
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The realpolitik view: if it is right for a rich, powerful, democratic nation to conquer a poor, weak, nasty one and force it to become democratic, why start with Iraq?
ECONOMIST: Was war warranted?
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EU's new foreign-policy chief, will also be put in charge of the ten-nation Western European Union, a weak but explicitly military organisation which the larger body is now expected to swallow up, though this raises awkward questions about countries more involved with one than the other.
ECONOMIST: The EU turns its attention from ploughshares to swords
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The fiasco threatened to sap the weak recovery and push the nation into a double-dip recession.
FORBES: U.S. Will Reach Debt Limit Dec. 31--And Begin To Have Trouble Paying Bills
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Be thankful that we have a military strong enough to defend and protect us, and a nation that has the resources to comfort and help the weak and helpless.
FORBES: Giving Thanks
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The deal split the Balkan nation along ethnic lines into two semi-autonomous parts linked by a weak central government and guided by a constitution that did not envisage a culture ministry.
WSJ: Prized Bosnian cultural relic won't show in NYC
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With a weak, corrupt central government with little control, our "population-centric" mini-nation-building is not feasible.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: American weakness on display
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In fact, belief in democracy is already so weak that Lino Oviedo, a general who made a failed 1996 coup attempt, is the nation's most popular politician, according to polls.
BBC: Eyewitness: Kidnappings shake Paraguay
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In Latin America the need to turn politicians into secular saints is due to the distrust many feel for the region's weak institutions and a worship for so-called men on horseback heroes who come to the nation's rescue, said Mr. Krauze.
WSJ: Ch��vez Is Idolized Like His Own Idol, Bol��var
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Most growth sectors have strong exports--given a boost by the weak greenback--but they also tend to require capital and skilled labor that developing-nation manufacturers can't muster.
FORBES: Magazine Article