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Proponents of a mandatory system have pointed to the need of rapidly beefing up military ranks to deter Russia from attacking North Atlantic Treaty Organization members.

While deterring all espionage isn’t possible, the U.S. and its allies and partners could put much more pressure on China to change how and where it carries out its cyber operations.

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“Retail demand has been so ferocious, it is difficult to identify any catalyst that will meaningfully deter this investor base,” they said.

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The "one in, one out" pilot scheme with France is aimed at deterring migrants from coming to the UK in small boats across the English Channel.

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The shadow defence secretary welcomed the move, saying there was "a heightened threat environment" and a key part of deterring threats was "by acting with other countries through Nato".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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