militarism

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Recent Examples of militarism Ahead of the parade, hotel workers, officials and many members of the public wore the orange-and-black ribbon of St. George, a Russian military symbol that especially since Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has been associated with Russian nationalism and militarism. Keir Simmons, NBC news, 9 May 2025 Their concern was that a more assertive Germany would reawaken old fears about German militarism. Mark I. Vail, The Conversation, 16 May 2025 Under his leadership, the union also took progressive positions on civil rights and U.S. militarism. Rick Baldoz, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025 Mark Tseng-Putterman is a writer and historian working at the intersections of Asian American social movements, Cold War militarism, and US-Asia relations. Mark Tseng-Putterman / Made By History, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for militarism
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Noun
  • Rotating Carriers To Multiple Hotspots USS Nimitz is now operating in the Red Sea to deter further aggression from Iran and its regional proxies.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • According to her July 2025 report to the UN Human Rights Council, Albanese claimed the U.S. may be ‘liable for the international crime of aggression’ for President Trump's strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Yet there was a major strand in Japanese political thought that set Japanese imperialism in this period apart from earlier European colonialisms and the expansionist activities of Nazi Germany and Italy.
    Waiyee Loh, JSTOR Daily, 2 July 2025
  • This is a result of a profit-first capitalist system in crisis in the epoch of imperialism’s decline.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • India's jingoism and war hysteria should be a source of serious concern for the world.
    Peter Aitken Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • As for the Russian soldiers, their remarks are a mix of jingoism and resignation.
    Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Across the region, game rooms investigated by law enforcement authorities remain open in defiance of warnings and criminal complaints.
    Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
  • But in 1995, years after the death of the 10th Panchen Lama, Beijing upended tradition by installing its own Panchen Lama in defiance of the Dalai Lama, whose pick for the role – a six-year-old boy – has since vanished from public view.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 3 July 2025

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