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Saleh’s dilemma is that Western aid may now come with increased interference in Yemen’s internal affairs at a time when he wants the world to turn a blind eye to his conduct of the country’s civil wars.
Of course, in the long and complex history of US-Russia relations, each country has meddled in the other’s domestic affairs.
They want arms, training, advice, and intelligence, as well as reassurance that their partners understand military affairs and can demonstrate military capabilities.
The EU’s next high representative for foreign affairs and security policy should fully exploit this opportunity.
Ours is the first generation capable of influencing global affairs through voluntary international cooperation, without employing military or imperial power.
As an economist, I find this state of affairs frustrating.
This week, the international community will have a chance to do something about this scandalous state of affairs.
Meanwhile, Europeans will continue to talk about their crucial role in world affairs.
Egypt, whose new paradigm in foreign affairs increasingly looks like an imitation of Turkey’s strategy of “zero problems with its neighbors,” needs the treaty at least as much as Israel does.
But, beyond the celebrations of the most recent enlargement round and preparations for the next one, it is time to ask what effect the enlarged EU will have on world affairs?
While the mission of this space may not be enough to shift the balance in world affairs, it can help spread peace, respect for human rights, and efficient and respected rules governing global commerce.
The other chain of command starts with the Italian prime minister and extends through the government ministries that are responsible for domestic affairs.
This was made clear by the recent testimony of General David Petraeus, the head of America’s Central Command, responsible for military affairs in the Middle East.
While Indonesia’s per capita GDP remains low, it is a country’s potential that matters in economic affairs, and here Indonesia shines.
Political instability and unpredictable behavior by elected leaders typifies affairs throughout the region.
International law, China understands, is a double-edged sword that can be used against China in other territorial disputes, or even in its domestic affairs.
The ostensibly trivial expression “mutual respect” actually modulates China’s true desire: a return to the Westphalian principle of non-interference in states’ domestic affairs, particularly their human-rights records.
The UK was once famous for punching above its weight in global affairs, but perhaps the country no longer really matters much – if only because it does not want to matter.
But there was no progress in 2004 in recreating a transatlantic partnership that recognizes the massive changes occurring in world affairs.
It estimates that only 13% of the world’s population lives in countries “where coverage of political news is robust, the safety of journalists is guaranteed, state intrusion in media affairs is minimal, and the press is not subject to onerous legal or economic pressures.”
Summit communiqués have become modest if wordy affairs.
By appointing so many young, energetic female leaders – like Paula Ingabire, Rwanda’s minister of information and communications technology and innovation, Kamissa Camara, Mali’s foreign affairs minister, or Bogolo Kenewendo, Botswana’s trade minister – African countries are demonstrating that young women can aspire to, and achieve, impactful goals.
After the meeting, Masatsugu Asakawa, the deputy minister of finance for international affairs, declared that the MOF would act swiftly against exchange-rate movements deemed to be speculative.
Nevertheless, we believe that it is necessary to express our concern about the precarious state of affairs in Venezuela on the eve of the vote.
To make matters worse, recent reports have emerged that regime loyalists have been meddling directly in opposition affairs in an effort to sow discord.
Traditionally, nation-states have defended themselves against foreign threats through military means, while running their internal affairs according to a set of norms designed to protect their citizens’ rights.
Many are now convinced that the current way of organizing our affairs does not deserve such unquestioning allegiance; that the political system has closed down serious debate on economic and social alternatives; that banks and oligarchs rule; and that democracy is a sham.
Of course, it was always naive to suppose that the nation-state could easily be divested of its central role in human affairs.
Judging by Trump’s business history and presidential campaign – which featured few, if any, intimates outside his family – his adult children will have a major hand in his administration’s decisions, despite their lack of experience in international and domestic affairs.
To be fair, Resolution 242 cannot be blamed for this state of affairs.
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