inward-looking

Recruiting outsiders is something of a last-ditch attempt to shake up the islands' inward-looking policing culture.

Public attitudes generally seem to have become more pessimistic and inward-looking.

Many fear that this usually inward-looking organisation is getting bolder and adopting the methods and aims of global terrorists.

For all the challenges, the Nomura chief insists that neither he nor the bank has ever been inward-looking.

Internal conflicts can only be solved by external forces, because internality requires conventions and inward-looking.

Second, in the context of economic globalization, inward-looking development strategy is bound to stumble.

Our only chance of long term survival, is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.

Our only chance of survival is not to remain inward-looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.

Nothing is less likely than effective co-operation among inward-looking states presiding over frightened, even xenophobic, societies.

Its firms are giants that until now have been inward-looking but are starting to use their vast resources abroad.

The project went hand-in-hand with a broader opening of inward-looking economies.

Its ageing, inward-looking citizens no longer have the resolve to overcome adversity.

But Japanese firms' hiring practices remain inward-looking, which means their workforce may lack a global perspective.

Back when China was primarily inward looking and struggling recover from a Maoist economy, that seemed a backwater beat.

The result of this perfect storm is that Europe will probably become more inward-looking.

Looking around, though, one would happily settle for ordinary inward-looking competence.

My character is inward-looking, not good at expression, sometimes inadvertently say the wrong things offend you I hope you bear with.

Other factors can reinforce the inward-looking tendency of Chinese companies.

At the G20 I'll be making the argument that inward-looking, beggar-my-neighbour policies benefit no one.

Like you, we want an open, dynamic Europe, not a greying, inward-looking theme park.

But my country has long remained inward-looking, a tendency most clearly expressed in our Great Wall.

That setup consisted of 51 inward-looking cameras mounted on a geodesic dome .

In the past, my character more inward-looking, good at communication with others.

The pairing down of human consciousness leads to a life that is more outer- focused that inward looking and seeking.

"How can we be a competitive nation if we are so inward-looking? " she asks.

Chang and character to the other people and they will be more inward looking.