Barak believes too readily in the efficacy of air power and in the ability of elite ground units to rapidly seize and hold land.
And you know, the truth of the matter is we can argue about whether helping the Afghan people get rid of that enemy, common enemy, was an important part of that larger strategy that I was talking about, that did have a material effect on the ability of the regime in Moscow to hold onto power.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Gaffney debates on Hugh Hewitt show
He's concerned about the power, and the opportunity to have nuclear or biological or chemical weapons gives him the status and the ability to project that power to intimidate the neighbors in the region.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: DOD Briefing on Intelligence Matters
Sexism is an unfortunate reality of our times, but as women we must seek the power and ability in ourselves to change the dynamic.
We have the ability to project power anywhere in the world.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: 2011 Freedom Flame Award: John Lehman
Through this unofficial field work, I contemplated the relationship between fashion and our ability to gain power in public, and made it the subject of both my MA thesis and my doctoral dissertation.
That is especially true if the U.S. Senate buys into the false promise that the fatally flawed Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) will somehow safeguard our rights of passage, despite our declining ability to project power in the face of growing Chinese access-denial capabilities.
Though it can be used as a phone, the BlackBerry's power lies in its ability to push e-mail automatically from the company server to the end user.
The problem with this is that Karas, not a notably distinguished banker, financial regulator or economist, has in his power the ability to darn near kill off European banking and with it swathes of the European economy.
FORBES: How to Kill the European Banks: And the European Economy
It was his equalizer on 30 minutes which caught the eye, his ability to hang in the air and generate an unfathomable amount of power to head the ball into the net remains a joy to behold.
They also must believe in the power of the company they lead and in their ability to affect the future.
In fact, Bolton has been talking about his faith in the ability of Chinese citizens to power expansion.
Facing increasing unemployment, dropping assessment values and a loss of ability to tax the many power dams in the area, Wawa will be hard pressed to compensate for the financial resources necessary to recover from this most recent disaster.
Such statements and actions suggest that the Chinese today, like the Japanese sixty years ago, put great faith in the ability of a materially weaker challenger to defeat a major power which looks stronger, but which they believe has become decadent and irresolute in the use of power.
Handheld computers and wireless net-phones would also benefit from a less chatty protocol, more efficient use of their limited battery power, the ability to cope in noisy environments, and an easier way to send files while on the move (from, say, digital cameras).
ECONOMIST: An interplanetary Internet: The wire of the worlds | The
While the plot may recall other allegorical crossings (such as the one that the Knight, the Squire and the circus family undertake in Ingmar Bergman's film "The Seventh Seal"), the power of Blackburn's book lies in her language and in her ability to conjure images that are at once spooky and heart-rending.
Several utilities offer their customers the ability to receive discounts in summer months in exchange for power companies being able to temporarily suspend air conditioning service.
In order to credibly deter potential adversaries and to prevent them from achieving their objectives, the United States must maintain its ability to project power in areas in which our access and freedom to operate are challenged.
Because the real power of social media lies in its ability to engage and enlist, not just tally.
FORBES: Why Facebook Can't Be The Center Of Your Social Strategy
The full power of social media lies in its ability to invite customers to help us meet our business goals.
FORBES: Why Facebook Can't Be The Center Of Your Social Strategy
It even could help Beijing to deny the United States the ability to maintain a necessary presence and power projection capability in East Asian waters.
While there may not be pricing power, the ability to segment very granularly in marketing efforts is what is going to allow marketers to continue to grow, he said.
What London's mayor might lack in power he perhaps gains in influence, given his ability to appoint key board members to the agencies that keep the city running, including the Metropolitan Police Authority and Transport for London.
According to Myles Peyton, UK Sales Director at tech firm Total Immersion, the true commercial power of augmented reality lies in its ability to let consumers virtually hold and interact with products that are fully and accurately modelled in the virtual world.
The power in this expanse of data is its ability to make person-level predictions about likely consumer (or voting) behavior.
FORBES: Targeted Marketing: Good for Elections, Bad for Government
More important for China, its support for Israel would enhance its ability to challenge the UN-besotted Obama White House in the great power game.
Military power in the information age will depend on the ability to collect, process, act upon and disseminate information so as to achieve dominant battle-space awareness.
However, as long as Chavez was in power, the effervescence of his charisma, his ability to communicate with the masses, and his image as the protector of the poor overcame the reality of the conditions in which they were living.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Challenges Continue After Maduro��s Election in Venezuela
Yet their power lies in the stories and in Jim's ability to draw those out.
Once Pakistan became a nuclear power in 1998, the US lost much of its ability to pressure the Pakistani government and military.
应用推荐