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Similarly, the West should find ways to re-engage with Iranian society, a major obstacle to which is the
absence
of diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran.
But what can be accomplished is likely to be limited by countries’ domestic politics, the
absence
of international consensus, and the waning of US influence, which no other country is able to replace and few are willing even to support in promoting order.
In the
absence
of a credible democratic left party, Czech center-right politicians had the upper hand, and were relatively united, until 1997.
While Israel might countenance some official Saudi criticism as the price of its support, Arab public opinion might not be so easily mollified, especially in the
absence
of progress on the Palestinian issue.
Given the
absence
of any regulation regarding fairness in news coverage of campaigns, the blatant corruption of many news organizations, and the
absence
of a current affairs program on national, prime-time television, banning the purchase of airtime merely erects an insurmountable barrier to potential new political entrants.
In repealing Obamacare, for example, Republicans are likely to be stymied by the
absence
of an alternative that does not take away the health insurance of 20 million Americans or raise health-care costs.
Under the current proposal, the
absence
of a regulatory safety net could result, if the weekend restructuring fails, in a global chaotic free-for-all, just like the one that followed the 2008 Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.
There are several reasons why so much perishable food is lost, including the
absence
of modern food distribution chains, too few cold-storage centers and refrigerated trucks, poor transportation facilities, erratic electricity supply, and the lack of incentives to invest in the sector.
Europe’s southern economies owe their deteriorating circumstances largely to excessive austerity and the
absence
of measures to compensate for demand losses.
Thus, in Europe now, as in Japan then, the pieces are in place for a lost decade: weak banks make for weak government finances, which in turn make for weak growth and even weaker banks, with the
absence
of monetary and fiscal support leaving no escape from this vicious spiral.
But in the
absence
of a strong civil society, those parties monopolized public space, pushing civic activists to the sidelines.
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Peer Review have all documented, with more or less evidence and precision, a proliferation of abuses and an
absence
of accountability for them.
In the
absence
of some miraculous improvement in productivity growth of the same order as the Internet or globalization, the world can expect a lengthy period of low growth and exceedingly difficult fiscal consolidation.
Yet the fact that the world could agree despite the
absence
of the US may prove promising.
With a little research, she would have discovered that male mosquitoes do not bite, and that the released mosquitoes (all male) die in the
absence
of their specially supplemented diet.
In the case of Egypt, there are several reasons: more than 30 years of one-man rule;Hosni Mubarak’s plans to pass the presidency on to his son; widespread corruption, patronage, and nepotism; and economic reform that did not benefit most Egyptians, but that nonetheless contrasted sharply with the almost complete
absence
of political change.
Across the Atlantic, there are few signs of even a modest US-style recovery: The gap between where Europe is and where it would have been in the
absence
of the crisis continues to grow.
Though intended to unite Europe, in the end the euro has divided it; and, in the
absence
of the political will to create the institutions that would enable a single currency to work, the damage is not being undone.
The
absence
of broad consensus is no wonder.
Gas is also better for local air quality, owing to the
absence
of the sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, mercury, and particulates emitted by burning coal.
The return to public investment is affected by the presence or
absence
of complementary reforms, which vary from country to country.
In the coming months, highly consequential policy decisions (or their absence) in systemically critical parts of the global economy will be revealed, with significant effects on growth rates, asset prices, and overall confidence.
If the administration has any plans for keeping Iran’s nuclear program in check in the
absence
of the nuclear deal, then it is keeping them a secret.
And, as in Venezuela, the
absence
of economic modernization and diversification tied the economy’s fate to the global oil market.
Both John McCain and George W. Bush cleverly tapped into this fantasy – with its easy bonhomie and
absence
of wives and kids – to capture the hearts of the male journalists aboard their campaign buses, who could imagine themselves once again as tough, unfettered, and venturesome Kerouac figures.
And yet confidence in the recent decisions taken in Brussels remains low, owing not only to dissipated trust and the fuss about the British veto, but also to the apparent
absence
of measures to intervene in the current crisis.
The invasion, the
absence
of any weapons of mass destruction or any link between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda, the pictures of Iraqi civilian casualties, and the subsequent scenes of humiliating mistreatment or torture of Iraqi prisoners and detainees have all contributed to a wide, deep, and probably lasting collapse of sympathy for the US in the region.
Given that the private sector is generally significantly more productive than SOEs or LGFVs, generating much higher returns on investment, the
absence
of hard budget constraints on troubled SOEs clearly must be addressed.
First with Shevarnadze, and now with Saakashvili, popular disillusionment reflects not rejection of democracy, but frustration with its continuing
absence.
In the hawks’ view, the real energy problem is not the
absence
of petroleum reserves, but the fact that they are concentrated in a vulnerable area.
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