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The first is to rely on deterrence and live with an Iran that has a small nuclear arsenal or the
ability
to assemble one with little advance notice.
They seek to demonstrate the benefits that a more sustainable pattern of development can bring to the world’s cities, to people’s health (from the reduction in air pollution), to energy security, and to the
ability
of the world’s poor to access energy.
But I am hoping that widespread frustration will leverage the group’s
ability
to to encourage a genuine shift towards a new approach.
Over many years spent investigating these issues, Global Witness has discovered that the
ability
to hide money offshore depends on two factors: banks that accept dirty money, and companies that help the wealthy, well-connected, and corrupt to conceal their identities.
It also needs to develop its meritocratic system further: government officials should be selected and promoted on the basis of
ability
and morality, rather than political loyalty, wealth, or family background.
When his regime crumbled, so did America’s
ability
to realize its interests there.
Duisenberg’s great skills – under-appreciated by the press and public alike – were genuine consensus-building in a potentially divisive body and, in Trichet’s own words, “an exceptional
ability
to keep his nerve in some highly demanding and extremely hostile environments.”
Business has been booming in this respect lately, with The Economist, Foreign Affairs, and many less exalted journals full of claims that the global order is crumbling, America’s
ability
(and willingness) to save it is in terminal decline, and the prospect of avoiding major conflict in the decade ahead is illusory.
In other words, Greece has exhausted its
ability
to share part of the burden with the private sector.
If the US is riven by an escalating culture war over its national identity, Trump has the uncanny
ability
of personifying the worst aspects of both sides of the divide: the lawlessness of the gunslinger and the rapaciousness of the city slicker.
In fact, over recent years these countries have already had many opportunities to demonstrate their
ability
and willingness to contribute to international security if called for, for they all also share a recognition that global stability directly serves their own national interests.
The movement’s remarkable
ability
to sabotage itself is not new.
With ever more powerful processors, silicon chess players developed the
ability
to calculate so far ahead that the distinction between short-term tactical calculations and long-term strategic planning became blurred.
Such a declaration alone would give Taiwanese the
ability
to imagine that they may one day find it in their interest to be part of China.
Herein lies the beguiling feature of the funeral of Johnny Hallyday, France’s national singer: his
ability
to stage-manage his destiny, right up the final hour, and the star power that his being retained even in death.
Here, he resembles former US President Reagan, whose popularity was rooted in an
ability
to feel the pulse of the public more accurately than his opponents.
And for that, workers need more than technical knowledge; they must be imbued with curiosity, open-mindedness, and the
ability
to make connections between seemingly unrelated ideas.
Soft power is the
ability
to attract others, and the three key soft-power skills are emotional intelligence, vision, and communications.
During his campaign, Obama demonstrated these skills in his calm response to crises, his forward-looking vision, and his superb organizational
ability.
This new unilateralism was based on a profound misunderstanding of the nature of power – that is, the
ability
to affect others to get the outcomes one wants – in world politics.
In fact, it is the third component of the announcement that inspires fear in some observers: By helping to build a strong security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan could undermine the
ability
of some actors to advance their own interests.
They worry that even after undertaking structural reforms to reduce the attractiveness of unemployment benefits and increase the
ability
of workers to move to jobs and of firms to move to workers, central bankers will continue to insist on tight money.
These lack the scale to be efficient, the
ability
to exploit modern information technology, and the capacity to undertake research and development.
But it should also worry about meltdown risk – about the danger that its own failure to act, by leading to a deep recession, will undermine political leaders’
ability
to take the steps needed to put their economies on a sound footing.
From a microeconomic perspective, a sudden exchange-rate shock and sharp increase in oil prices impedes firms’
ability
to adjust their technology and production methods to meet new cost conditions, eventually undermining TFP growth.
They doubted the willingness and/or
ability
of other European countries to fight inflation.
Psychiatry's success - like that of all medical specialties - should be judged by its
ability
to relieve human suffering, regardless of disagreements about causes.
In these circumstances, lending is risky, and banks have neither the appetite nor
ability
to lend, particularly to SMEs (which typically generate the highest number of jobs).
What central banks should be doing is focusing on the flow of credit, which means restoring and maintaining local banks’
ability
and willingness to lend to SMEs.
Of course, even in the best of circumstances, monetary policy’s
ability
to restore a slumping economy to full employment may be limited.
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