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But they will have little direct effect on Russia’s energy relations with Europe, because they do not oblige Russia to adopt more competitive and transparent energy transport and investment policies.
That is likely to remain true as long as the West fails to adopt an energy strategy that causes the Kremlin to change course.
Perhaps Italy’s success will help to convince Spain to adopt the tough measures that reduce projected future deficits without more current austerity.
The Dutch group Urgenda and nearly 900 co-plaintiffs successfully sued the Dutch government, forcing it to adopt more stringent climate policies.
But its other intention was probably to stymie American efforts to adopt new United Nations sanctions on Iran.
If we adopt the parlance employed by al-Qaeda while at the same time proclaiming our intention to communicate with the whole Muslim world, we run the risk of reinforcing al-Qaeda’s message.
National governments must also adopt positions on the Dublin Regulation so that negotiations with the European Parliament can finally start.
As a Ugandan government spokesman said at the time, the bank “should not blackmail its members” to adopt Western values.
The principles underpinning such measures are anchored in SDG target 12.6, which encourages “companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.”
I wish France could adopt a more humble attitude, show more respect for its partners and the EU's institutions, and view Europe as more than an extension of its own philosophy.
The policies that China will adopt as part of its new five-year plan will shrink its trade and current-account surpluses.
As more people adopt “portfolio careers” – relying on several sources of income, rather than a single job – it becomes harder to collect and analyze labor-market data.
Lagging countries that fail to promote gender equality, invest in education, and adopt broader governance and regulatory reforms risk falling even further behind in reaping the significant benefits of globalization.
Sooner or later, economic pressures will force Turkey to adopt fixes that will stabilize its currency and financial markets.
But there is no way to predict whether Europe’s leaders will adopt this strategy.
We must adopt an interdisciplinary perspective, underpinned by an agreed vocabulary and a common conceptual framework.
Although the EU's eastward enlargement has not yet happened, the debate is already shifting to ask what will follow: when should the new, predominantly postcommunist, members adopt the euro?
Meanwhile, Jewish Home, a party linked to fanatical, messianic rabbis for whom Zionism should now be imbued with eschatological meaning, challenged Netanyahu to adopt a more resolute expansionist policy in Palestinian territories.
It is time for central banks to accept this fact and adopt a comprehensive, long-term monetary-policy approach – even if it means that, in the short term, consumer-price inflation deviates from what is currently understood as “price stability.”
Since the Constitution of Yugoslavia gives little power to the president, a new premier from Montenegro could adopt the opposition's agenda.
To avoid this outcome, Germany needs to adopt policies – fiscal stimulus, higher spending on infrastructure and public investment, and more rapid wage growth – that would boost domestic spending and reduce the country’s external surplus.
In fact, the Fed has been under increasing scrutiny since 2008, when near-zero nominal interest rates drove it to become the first central bank to adopt QE.
Win-win policies – defined as distribution mechanisms that produce growth and reduce inequality simultaneously – are the easiest to evaluate, and the most advantageous to adopt.
Occupy the GovernmentNEW YORK – Too much of the talk nowadays about how social media has affected politics focuses on awareness: People adopt social media, discover they are not alone, start to protest, and eventually their “Facebook revolution” overwhelms those in power.
But, over the last few years, the public’s trust in its political leaders has diminished considerably, compelling the government to adopt a more accommodating stance.
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and industrial chambers of commerce strongly advocate a similar tariff system, leading many analysts to predict that the EU will also adopt some sort of green tariff system in the next few years.
Unlike most developing countries – including every country in the Arab world – India, upon attaining its independence from colonial rule, did not choose to adopt an authoritarian system in the name of nation-building and economic development.
Indeed, the one prime minister who did press for an agreement, Manmohan Singh, was met with strong domestic resistance, including from a coalition ally, making it impossible to gain enough votes to adopt the required constitutional amendment.
With hard times approaching, will Cristina try to be a twenty-first-century Evita and create an epic by exploiting Argentines’ flamboyant tendencies, armed with an exceptional power or will she adopt Rouseff’s sensible attitude and combat inefficiency and corruption while strengthening governmental institutions?
Instead, policymakers should adopt a new climate paradigm that focuses on limiting cumulative emissions.
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