And if so, is the best answer punitive measures that would break its rule if it did not agree to a more cooperative stance?

However, researchers suggest, his cooperative stance was always more controversial than that of his nominal enemy Maiorescu.

And a very noisy case may lead to the classic prisoner's dilemma, in which neither party can risk a cooperative stance lest he be tagged as the sucker.

Arias, abandoning his earlier nationalistic theme, assumed a cooperative and conciliatory stance toward the United States.

Killinger was pleasantly impressed by what he saw as Lecca's cooperative stance.

Meaning that relentless bombardment with fact forced him to assume a cooperative stance.

The cooperative stance augurs well for Ivory Coast's foreign relations.

The Danish authorities were able to use their more cooperative stance to win important concessions for the country.

The EU must do everything in its power to persuade Russia to adopt a more cooperative stance, and we must capitalise on the room in the agreements recently concluded.