national self-interest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnationalandself-interest
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national
adjective
uk/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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self-interest
noun[U]
uk/ˌselfˈɪn.tər.est/us/ˌselfˈɪn.t̬ɚ.est/
the act of considering the advantage to yourself when making decisions, and deciding to do what is best ...
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(Definition ofnationalandself-interestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Can this just benationalself-interest?
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Those are matters ofnationalself-interest.
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What is ournationalself-interest?
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Enlargement is also matter of enlightenednationalself-interest.
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Retaliation occurs on a basis ofnationalself-interest.
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The proposal is a moral and political folly ofnationalself-interest.
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Some might say that we accepted them in our ownnationalself-interest.
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There is very realnationalself-interestin pursuing a single currency.
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But let us beware lest that principle, too, makes us neglect ournationalself-interest.
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Many people mentioned the need to give upnationalself-interest.
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This is certainly the kind of issue in whichnationalself-interestcan be harmful.
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This is serious becausenationalself-interesthas won the day.
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I could recognisenationalself-interestand perhaps sympathise with it.
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Increasingly for many people in this country justice is more important thannationalself-interest.
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This is always described in each country as a great triumph for itsnationalself-interest.
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It is time to move beyondnationalself-interesttowards greater convergence.
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The new policy was based onnationalself-interest.
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There are also important reasons ofnationalself-interestinvolved, including our self-interest as a trading nation.
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Even if it is only out of crudenationalself-interest, they are at present anti-war.
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I shall refer to the issue ofnationalself-interest, which he touched upon, in my short remarks.
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Under all our arguments there is a good healthy substratum ofnationalself-interest, and this must be recognised.
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Political unification is being pushed ahead with monetary union as its linchpin before growingnationalself-interestleads to disintegration.
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For that we are prepared to pay a high price in subordinatingnationalself-interestand individual prejudices.
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The interdependent world's economic problems are being prolonged and aggravated by protectionism based on narrow,nationalself-interest.
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It is not in ournationalself-interest; it is actually a betrayal of that self-interest.
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