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But if expected U.S. membership transforms the East Asia Summit into the region's principal security institution, clumsy and impatient Chinese diplomacy will have contributed to the rise of a multilateralism that largely entrenches an extended U. S.-led network of security alliances and partnerships.

The Stakes at the East Asia Summit John Lee 2010

He called for an individual right to own guns before it was cool; he would return control over abortion to the states; and he allows for more religion in the public square—but only because the Constitution entrenches a vision of limited government, broad economic and political freedoms, and a vibrant civil society.

Twenty Years of Justice Thomas John Yoo 2011

Malawian men have primary access to land and household assets, which entrenches women's financial dependence.

Chi Mgbako: International Donors Must Fund Breakthrough Female-Controlled HIV Prevention Gel Chi Mgbako 2010

But like every other immigration reform package that's been introduced in recent years, it further entrenches a deportation system that's indiscriminately sweeping up more people than ever before in American history.

Seth Freed Wessler: How Immigration Reform Got Caught in the Deportation Dragnet Seth Freed Wessler 2010

But it does little to control costs and it entrenches the power of the profiteers who make reform necessary.

Andrew Levine: The Best of Demonstrations, But... Andrew Levine 2010

If a society is deeply racist, the institutions that structure interactions will likely reflect this fact, recreating the hierarchies, so that increased interactions only entrenches them further.

Matthew Yglesias » Neighborhood Diversity 2010

The proximity of these incidents to the capital further entrenches the impression that the government's writ does not extend outside of Kabul.

Erin Fitzgerald: The Talibanization of Central Afghanistan Erin Fitzgerald 2011

It also enriches and entrenches the private health care industry, which has largely been responsible for the health care crisis in the first place.

Think Progress » Let The Cameras Roll 2010

This bill moves us away from that goal and entrenches the current system of private insurers.

Matthew Yglesias » How the White House Health Plan Compares 2010

But it does little to control costs and it entrenches the power of the profiteers who make reform necessary.

Andrew Levine: The Best of Demonstrations, But... Andrew Levine 2010