Ability
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This will be an important test of Hollande’s
ability
to deal effectively with allies.
The second test of his
ability
to negotiate with other leaders will be within Europe.
Without much of a playbook to guide them, it is unsurprising that their
ability
to cope with these challenges has varied considerably.
But we must keep in mind the major difficulties that can limit our
ability
to seize this opportunity, and the international community must make these difficulties very clear to both parties.
The mutable source, nature, and character of the North Korean security threat has hampered the
ability
of South Korean defense strategists to minimize the risks and anticipate the costs of potential confrontations, spillovers, or crises.
But he was equally clear in stating that the US would “preserve our unique
ability
to project power,” and issued some sharp messages to China about upholding international norms and respecting human rights.
A criminal record can negatively affect future employment, education, and
ability
to travel.
Many scholars now believe this “bargain” undermines developing countries’
ability
to enact policies that encourage economic diversification and structural change, making it more difficult for them to catch up economically and technologically with developed economies.
Making such data open and accessible should be viewed as a basic condition of ensuring people’s
ability
to hold governments accountable and thus participate in decisions that affect their lives.
The
ability
of large corporations to underprice natural resources also encourages excessive extraction, pollution, and environmental degradation – outcomes that they disingenuously present as the “price of development.”
No wonder, then, that members rely more on their capacity to accumulate reserves than on the Fund’s
ability
to provide opportune, affordable, and reliable financial support.
That same vision and foresight is needed today, and the European Union, with its unmatched
ability
to facilitate regional cooperation, will remain essential.
In particular, it needs to focus on how the banking crisis has affected the economy’s long-term growth potential, on how the nature and structure of the banking system needs to be changed, on local businesses’
ability
to adapt in a credit crunch, and on the mounting social costs of austerity.
We should consider not only how to improve the
ability
of smallholder farmers to grow food; we also must strengthen their
ability
to participate in markets, while improving the way those markets function.
Likewise, last July, he mooted the possibility that the United States might withdraw from the WTO if it constrained his
ability
to impose tariffs.
Small Success in BosniaHAMBURG: If the Balkan War had you worried about NATO’s
ability
to cope with conflict in Europe, you can, apparently, relax.
We need Bill Clinton’s extraordinary
ability
to spin a political narrative that enabled voters to identify their own interests with his goals.
Their
ability
to act is limited by their political environment.
They seem to have more confidence in our
ability
to solve our problems than we do.”
Finally, the botched coup will have repercussions on Turkey’s
ability
to contribute to regional security.
But it is increasingly apparent that effective development depends on citizens’
ability
to hold public institutions accountable.
When central banks try to reduce inflation by pumping liquidity out of the system, their policy is subverted by commercial banks’
ability
to pump it back in by making loans.
Central banks’ attempt to pump in liquidity to stimulate activity is subverted by commercial banks’
ability
to pump liquidity out by augmenting reserves and refusing to lend.
We can be confident, however, that our knowledge of basic biology will deepen, and that our growing
ability
to manipulate living organisms will confront us with increasingly serious ethical considerations.
But unless we eliminate tax havens now, we are likely to find that we lack the
ability
to implement it.
Thus, not only is the EU exposed to global supply disruptions; it is also helping to prop up authoritarian governments and empower hostile regimes, which limits its own
ability
to provide effective, coordinated responses to threats and provocations.
The US had no effective navy, a weak army, and insufficient
ability
to mobilize in the face of an obvious national emergency.
Unlike in a democracy, where citizens elect their government officials based on whatever criteria they choose, in China’s selectocracy, the Chinese Communist Party chooses officials for promotion based on their
ability
to advance the party’s main objectives – especially growth.
Presidents’ futures – their
ability
to win re-election, to accomplish other policy goals, and to leave a respectable legacy – hinge on the economy’s strength.
In fact, such templates now extend beyond conventional trade issues (for example, agricultural protection) to vast numbers of areas unrelated to trade, including labor standards, environmental rules, policies on expropriation, and the
ability
to impose capital-account controls in financial crises.
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