defence policy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdefenceandpolicy
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defence
noun
uk/dɪˈfens/us/dɪˈfens/
the act of protecting someone or something against attack or ...
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policy
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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(Definition ofdefenceandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdefence policy
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The idea of a commondefencepolicyseems to be a mantra: if it is repeated often enough it will perhaps become reality.
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The rapporteur has clearly stated in his report that a commondefencepolicyis pointless without a common foreign policy.
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The proposal for a conference to discuss a commondefencepolicyand a common defence position cannot be accepted.
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We must first tackle this issue if we are then to consider adefencepolicy.
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We can and must, however, resolve our differences and aspire to a common foreign anddefencepolicy.
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The three substantive policy dimensions most closely correlated with the general left-right dimension weredefencepolicy, national identity, and foreign policy.
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There is due consideration of the issues of tariffs,defencepolicy, and the rights of each colony\\state in the federal compact.
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The government held consultations with the public and parliament to popularise its newdefencepolicy.
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Perceptions of the incumbent president's leadership capabilities hinged on evaluations of the state of the economy and ondefencepolicyattitudes.
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The most substantial change from 2000 was a decline in the salience of foreign anddefencepolicy.
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In the 1960s and 1970s the degree of government ownership in the economy was perhaps the most important component, although views ondefencepolicyalso mattered.
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Issues increasing in importance includedefencepolicy, foreign policy, and policy on national identity - although these continued to be rated as having relatively low salience in 2000.
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The same is true in other areas - on climate change, on foreign policy and ondefencepolicy.
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We would like to achieve real progress in the development of security anddefencepolicyand take prompt and decisive steps forward.
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But in my opinion, it will take many years for common actions to be realised indefencepolicy.
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The protection of human rights and minorities and the furtherance of democracy must be priority issues for a combined foreign anddefencepolicy.
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Many also believe that this common foreign anddefencepolicyis much further developed than is actually the case.
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It still does not have a commondefencepolicy, and it has still not clarified the treaties so that the citizens can understand them.
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This implies that the non-aligned countries are as interested as all others in developing a commondefencepolicy.
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Above all, do they have the will to provide themselves with democratic and legitimate political institutions capable of designing and implementing a commondefencepolicy?
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