doctrines

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Florian Galleri, a historian specialising in contemporary military studies and nuclear doctrines, also warned that Macron would have to tread carefully, pointing to his low approval ratings one year before the end of his presidency.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

We have built legal doctrines that reward escalation.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Criticized by Yankee pacifists for resorting to violence, Clay replied, “how then can you ask me to go unarmed and yet manfully vindicate those doctrines which every where have been denounced with death?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Multhaup also argued that Cohen failed to call a Scientology witness to counter a prosecution expert who testified that church doctrines would have barred the victims from reporting Masterson to police.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

Early medieval Jews, both in Spain and in Babylon, were wed firmly to Aristotle’s doctrines.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife