Even in Ukraine, which according to Taheri is back in the Russian column, the Russians very obviously cannot dictate policy and get whatever they want.
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The Court's ability to dictate government policy is dependent on the existence of these political NGOs.
If enough Republicans remain willing to stand by him, the Democrats in Congress will not have enough votes to dictate Iraq policy on their own.
But America alone cannot dictate Russia policy to NATO, he believes.
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This belies the fundamental danger of the sequester and the fiscal cliff it is budgeting blind, allowing arbitrary dollar figures to dictate military and foreign policy without any regard for reality.
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Either way, in the aftermath of the pivotal role they have played in the latest "constitutional" crisis, the former Soviet security establishment and its allies will certainly be in a position to dictate key elements of policy to Boris Yeltsin under no illusions about his still-precarious political position.
It would be a national security risk if China held a position where they could dictate U.S. policy on fiscal and monetary matters.
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The United States cannot dictate to the Kremlin what policy course it should pursue on critical strategic issues, but the administration can increase the relevant costs and benefits to encourage Moscow to make the right choice.
They argue that Mr Bush has in effect let the oil industry dictate the state's environmental policy.
In rural areas, the farm bill will dictate the next five years of federal policy for food growers and producers.
The fundamental moral values of American society dictate that U.S. foreign policy be framed in a manner designed to nourish and support those who long for genuine democracy and free enterprise.
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Mr Blair's determination to dictate the Scottish Labour Party's tax policy in this situation seems to violate the entire spirit of how his party has, together with the Liberal Democrats and others, proposed that the Edinburgh parliament should operate.
In fact, as America's envoy was emphatically told over his dish of spicy lentils, it is partly a consequence of the country's abiding affliction: the refusal of Pakistani generals to abandon a national-security policy that they have presumed to dictate, with disastrous consequences for Pakistan and its region, for six decades.
It might make unnecessary a more interventionist policy in which the government tries to dictate how funds are governed.
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