strategic interest

collocation in English

meaningsofstrategicandinterest

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strategic
adjective
uk
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/us
/strəˈtiː.dʒɪk/
helping to achieve a plan, for example in business ...
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interest
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.trəst/us
/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofstrategicandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Countries would clearly have astrategicinterestin estimates that improve their bargaining position.
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In majoritarian systems the party has astrategicinterestin retaining candidates because of their ability to generate a personal vote.
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Major policy decisions include nominations of senior politicians as well as policy implementation that is ofstrategicinterestto the federal government.
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Further, in the more immediate context with which we are concerned, the claim served a clearstrategicinterest.
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Those organisations overlap, but they work in thestrategicinterest.
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Those industries are of vital importance to our economy and have astrategicinterestfor the nation as a whole.
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But this is now military action for a moral purpose as much as astrategicinterest.
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Apparently we have somestrategicinterestin that non-aligned country.
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If the conflict escalates, it will have wider repercussions in which we may well have astrategicinterest.
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There, we have a firm commitment bound by a tightly worded treaty, with forces on the spot and with a vitalstrategicinterest.
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We had no treaty commitment, no forces on the snot, and no vitalstrategicinterest.
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Thestrategicinterestof the country is being ignored and the most shortsighted decisions are being taken.
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We have undermined our widerstrategicinterestin many parts of the world as a result of our failure to sign and ratify that treaty.
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It is preposterous that these efficient cold stores should now be closed and put out of use, regardless of the vital nationalstrategicinterest.
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What is the particularstrategicinterestthat we might have in keeping tabs on the changing situation?
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There is also astrategicinterestin the short sea crossing.
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Any country, any democratic body, any democratic forum, must be able to take decisions that are in thestrategicinterestof the whole constituency.
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People realise that we have astrategicinterestin ensuring stability in that region.
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These new responsibilities have not merely astrategicinterest.
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The third benefit was competition with the majors and an assurance of supply, which in a way was astrategicinterest.
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