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While continuing the current coalition may seem advisable in policy terms, it could well strengthen the hand of advocates of radical political change.
A Taliban victory there, the advocates of the surge had warned, would radicalize the entire region and create a domino effect, with Islamic insurgencies unleashed across Central Asia.
Back in 1994, when NAFTA entered into force, its advocates promised that the gains in jobs and growth would come quickly.
Concepts of justice and law, legitimacy and dignity, protection from oppressive rule, and participation in community affairs are found in every society; the challenge facing human rights advocates is to identify the common denominators, and not throw up their hands at the impossibility of universalism.
No one actually advocates the abridgement of any of these rights.
Advocates of this view argue that Iran is well positioned to make rebuilding easier, owing to its well-established infrastructure of personal and institutional ties in Iraq.
In short, advocates of cooperation call for an open and explicit bargain: Iran's support for stability during the current transitional phase in Iraq, as well as its commitment to maintain cooperative relations with whatever permanent government emerges in Iraq, in exchange for an improvement in Iran's regional and international position.
Animal advocates have long struggled against the convention of reserving “who” for people, and using “that” or “which” for animals.
After all, it stands for multilateralism and the rule of law, whereas Trump advocates bilateral deal making and the rule of force.
Are anti-GM advocates not partly responsible?
Another casualty is the quality of public policy: evidence-based policies that change according to circumstances on the ground, or pragmatic approaches that retain policies that work and discard those that don’t, cannot sustain a group’s clear identity if the policies the group advocates are shifting all the time.
The point of Trump’s global gag rule is to silence advocates and medical professionals; we must not bend to this pressure.
China, too, believes that if advocates of "regime change" do not push North Korea too hard, a strategy can be pursued that is based on slow evolution rather than a precipitous break--and a possible violent breakdown.
Policy makers in poor countries have long understood that their chief enemies are the "fair trade" advocates in the US, unions, and environmentalists.
Furthermore, corporations and privacy advocates should be encouraged to use the court system to challenge government requests to install spy software in commercial products.
Advocates of a more open policy argue that populations are aging and workforces are diminishing, so greater immigration is needed to sustain high living standards.
European advocates of the free market never proved sufficient to roll back the welfare state.
It advocates soft power, but focuses only on the substance and not enough on the process.
The broader issue is transparency advocates’ insistence that open government can be reconciled with citizens’ privacy.
Contrary to the expectations of transparency advocates, greater disclosure of government information does not make public discourse more rational and less paranoid.
During his meeting in Berlin with Merkel last December, Lula insisted on the Brazilian government’s traditional position: sanctions, such as those that the United States strongly advocates, lead to nothing; the best way forward is dialogue.
It is too little for American advocates of missile defense, who fear being locked into a framework that will be overly confining.
The Chinese School insists on adhering to Deng Xiaoping’s doctrine of maintaining a low profile in international diplomacy, while the traditionalist group advocates taking on greater international responsibility.
The expert had been one of the most prominent and vocal advocates of NAFTA when the deal was concluded a quarter-century ago.
Predictably, therefore, animal-welfare advocates are not – and should not be – satisfied, even if, as the European Commission’s scientific and veterinary advice indicates, the new standards will reduce animal suffering.
Development experts, demographers, and education advocates recognize that in many parts of the world, female empowerment is proportionate to family size.
Animal-welfare advocates protest that crowding the chickens keeps them from forming a natural flock, causes them stress, and, in the case of laying hens, prevents them from even stretching their wings.
Although this example may suggest that Africans are united against homosexuality, they are not; gay advocates are simply terrified of speaking out, frightened that their support will be interpreted as an admission that they are gay.
Advocates for expanding the Alliance’s extra-regional activities stress that, while NATO is a regional alliance, it faces global threats that can be countered only by broad international cooperation.
To mark World Food Day (October 16) this year, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) – a network of farmers’ organizations operating in 52 out of 54 African countries – is joining with hundreds of other leading advocates worldwide to oppose the use of gene drives.
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