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Qudwa is a dark-horse candidate to succeed Abbas – a possible compromise figure who has never been directly involved in security or military activities.
That is why the list of recent US international activities does not add up to reliable international leadership, and why America can no longer assume the role of "benevolent hegemon."
For example, we do not know whether Iran is conducting secret activities at undisclosed sites, or when Iran could develop a crude nuclear weapon, with estimates ranging from several months to several years.
Either way, Iran’s activities confront the world with difficult choices.
The rationale underlying this policy is that Iran’s leaders, fearful of losing political control as popular discontent increases over the sanctions’ effects, will recalculate the costs and benefits of their nuclear activities and become receptive to negotiated constraints in exchange for removal of sanctions.
On the contrary, Kahneman and his colleagues found that people with higher incomes spent more time in activities that are associated with negative feelings, such as tension and stress.
In most countries, government revenues fell, as domestic activities, such as construction, contracted much faster than exports increased.
Unfortunately, the latest political incident involving the democracy-promoting activities of American NGOs has cooled bilateral relations and threatens the $1.3 billion in military assistance that Egypt receives annually from the United States.
Globally, three-quarters of people living in extreme poverty are in rural areas and depend on agriculture and related activities for their livelihoods.
The wider social challenge, however, is to channel human ingenuity into welfare-boosting innovation rather than zero-sum gambling activities.
The distributed-ledger technology underpinning cryptocurrencies can be used to reduce transaction costs and eliminate risks across multiple financial and trading activities.
In the US, more than 70% of CO2 emissions come from consumer-related activities, whether gas-guzzling SUVs or power-hungry McMansions.
Set at a very low level – 0.05% is a commonly mentioned rate – such a tax would raise hundreds of billions of dollars for global public goods while discouraging short-term speculative activities in financial markets.
But the government remained deliberately vague about its responsibilities, and refused to clarify the geographic boundaries of Japan Defense Force activities.
Companies now need to work on minimizing risk and building trust by meeting the legitimate expectations of all their stakeholders, including reducing their activities’ adverse impact on the environment and creating high-quality employment opportunities.
But British Foreign Secretary William Hague has been clear: “It is important to understand that this is not about Mr. Assange’s activities at WikiLeaks or the attitude of the United States of America.
Labor has been moving from low-productivity agricultural activities to higher-productivity activities, but the latter are mostly services rather than manufacturing.
The labor that is released must be absorbed in modern activities.
Perhaps Khashoggi’s murder will open our eyes to the Saudi regime’s other murderous activities.
This can also be applied in the United Kingdom, where evidence is mounting that Russian money and social media activities played a role in securing victory for the Brexiteers in June 2016.
Only a few years ago, Iran’s government seemed sufficiently in awe of the US to inch toward an agreement on its nuclear program that would have interrupted, and perhaps even halted, its enrichment activities.
Likewise, there was criticism of the government's recent decision to expel three Iraqi diplomats for activities threatening Jordan's security.
Others note the presence of numerous Iraqi businesses in Jordan, conducting activities whose purposes have not always been clear.
The group’s report, published in October 2012, came to a similar conclusion as the Vickers Commission concerning the danger of brigading retail and investment banking activities in the same legal entity, and recommended separating the two.
Terrorism dominated the armed activities of many of the groups that subscribe to this worldview, including, of course, Al Qaeda.
The main terms of this historic agreement, concluded in the teeth of opposition from Israel, Iran’s regional competitors (particularly Saudi Arabia), and the political right in the United States, seek to rein in Iran’s nuclear activities so that civil capacity cannot be swiftly weaponized.
Such a framework for assessing cost-effectiveness of public-sector activities requires that data about those activities be collected, assessed, and disclosed in a transparent way.
For that reason, the CCP continues to focus on upholding order and instilling values in all aspects of Chinese life, maintaining an active presence not only in policy debates, but also in private-sector activities and social affairs.
But Japan’s long-floundering economy has eaten revenue from traditional activities that required muscle, such as gambling, prostitution, and loan-sharking.
Once he is released, it is anticipated that he will direct a major drive to revitalize his organization through both its traditional and new illegal activities.
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