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He takes over a country that is diplomatically isolated, economically battered and socially and politically polarised.
ECONOMIST: Picking up the post-coup pieces
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Today, Israel is more diplomatically isolated than it has been at any time in its 63-year history.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Netanyahu's time to choose
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He says China used to face similar challenges: China and the U.S. used to be bitter enemies, and China used to be diplomatically isolated and economically decrepit.
CNN: 'The ping heard round the world' revisited
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With the entire international community now pointing out that the Taleban threat to Pakistan is dire, Islamabad finds itself diplomatically isolated as it continues to fail to respond.
BBC: Disarray on Pakistan Taleban threat
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Because Damascus is diplomatically isolated, and squeezed militarily between Israel and America's forces in Iraq, Mr Assad may have concluded that it would be wise to offer a scapegoat.
ECONOMIST: A rather convenient suicide | The
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Improved relations with Turkey, which now include visa-free travel, bring much-needed relief to Syria, isolated diplomatically and economically backward.
ECONOMIST: Turkey and the Middle East
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At the same time, it's important that Iran is isolated diplomatically and politically when it's outside of its international obligations.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
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Might, for example, Washington policymakers decide that America could have avoided being quite so isolated diplomatically had it paid more attention to its allies' sensitivities?
ECONOMIST: Bagehot
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Isolated diplomatically, Pakistan now faces a choice between continuing its offensive in Kashmir at the risk of provoking a catastrophic war or finding a face-saving way out.
ECONOMIST: A chance for peace in Kashmir? | The