Belligerence

Adding to businesses’ concerns is Beijing’s increased belligerence toward Taiwan and its stepped-up surveillance of foreign firms operating in China.

The British candidate for the NATO post has certainly displayed impressive belligerence and commitment to Western warmongering against Russia and China.

These are only the most recent examples of Azerbaijan’s belligerence, which has followed a well-documented pattern of war and provocation against Armenia and Artsakh, motivated by the bombastic rhetoric of President Aliyev and his regime.

These moves have been motivated by a growing belligerence on the part of China and North Korea, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been the main driving force.

That night I paid the skeptical cashier $19 for the spaceship-shaped device and took it home, feeling the first cracks of doubt emerging in my lifelong belligerence toward domesticity.

This is the background to Macron’s belligerence.

Despite Beijing’s belligerence in the wake of election results, it is unclear how cross-strait relations will fare in coming years—though immediately tensions are expected to escalate—and if Beijing has assessed its own role in Tsai’s election victory.

His willingness to try and avoid Trump’s aggression and belligerence, as evidenced by his performance at the debates, and in talking to members of the public who question him, also bodes well.

Hopefully, the military will ensure that no such person lasts longer than 72 hours after their first declaration of belligerence against the nation state.

If only the U.S. put a fraction of its energy and resources into diplomacy that it does into preparing for wars, perhaps it wouldn’t need such costly military damage control due to political belligerence in the first place?

The first time he emerges from the dispatcher’s cage in Taxi, the audience erupts into shocked laughter, because his height is such a contrast with his character’s outsize confidence and belligerence.

The Philippines has had historically close ties with the U.S. However, President Rodrigo Duterte has alternated between love and hate for China, noting both Beijing’s belligerence toward its neighbors and its willingness to do deals.

My feeling is Trump's belligerence is a massively developed defense mechanism.

Now, there’s only one topic of conversation on Danish people’s lips when they encounter Americans: the election and continued belligerence of US President Donald Trump.

Bokenkotter, pp. 389–392, quote "And when Hitler showed increasing belligerence toward the Church, Pius met the challenge with a decisiveness that astonished the world.

Charles VIII's belligerence in Italy had made it transparent that the 'politics of equilibrium' did nothing but render the country unable to defend itself against a powerful invading force.

The period of cooperation between the reformers and the European powers ended with the Tientsin Massacre of 1870, which was incited by the murder of French nuns set off by the belligerence of local French diplomats.

These can include moodiness, belligerence, as well as a decrease in attentiveness and energy.