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Adityanath’s attacks on the Taj, however, have sparked national outrage powerful enough to force him to visit Agra to assure an anxious public that his government is committed to protecting the monument.
German voters – who will head to the polls later this month – are unmistakably anxious.
Draconian safety regulations were enacted in the 1950s, not because evidence demanded it, but to appease an anxious public whose concerns were exacerbated by the nuclear-arms race between the US and the Soviet Union.
None of this ignores the challenges that stoked the anger fueling the Brexit vote: those left behind by globalization; the aftermath of the financial crisis; stagnant incomes for some families; and the pressures posed by big increases in migration, which make perfectly reasonable people anxious and then feel unheard in their anxiety.
And the banks themselves are back to business-as-usual: anxious to block any financial-sector reform and trusting congressmen eager for campaign contributions to delay and disrupt the legislative process.
But Israel has little confidence that the deployments will enhance its security, and Israeli leaders are becoming increasingly anxious about the Egyptian military’s mobilization of forces without notice.
Drifting Towards the RapidsLONDON – We are told that we live in anxious times, with lots to worry about and no more comforting certainty.
After all, many of them are already anxious about China’s beefed-up military capacity, which they view from the perspective of its far-reaching territorial and maritime claims in Asia.
American workers and voters are more anxious about job security and more willing to blame anything for job insecurity because they have seen the most profound deterioration in labor market conditions in the memory of anyone younger than eighty-five.
Reinventing the MaghrebAt a time when the European Union and the United States are anxious to promote political and economic reform in the Arab world, they should not overlook the Maghreb.
On the receiving end, industrial countries’ governments are anxious that new sovereign wealth funds (SWF’s) are being used strategically, rather than simply following the logic of the market.
The frightening state in the region is the United States, which, following the terrorist attacks of September 2001, was anxious to bring about democratic regime change – a failed policy that now appears to have left the US unable to leave.
Is it any wonder that so many Britons feel anxious and let down by their political system?
Nor will low rates inspire individuals to borrow to consume if they are anxious about their future (which they should be).
The Arab world has grown increasingly anxious as it contemplates a nuclear deal.
Anxious that such a development could arise, I spoke in India of the need for the Indian and Japanese governments to join together to shoulder more responsibility as guardians of navigational freedom across the Pacific and Indian oceans.
Whether or not that is the case, all current and would-be nuclear power producers are entitled to be anxious about having an absolutely assured fuel supply, given the major economic and social consequences they would face in the event of a disruption.
People are anxious.
Indeed, Turkey could turn Putin’s justification for seizing Crimea – that he is protecting ethnic Russians there – against him, by arguing that it is protecting its Turkic Tatar kin, who, given Russia’s ill treatment of them in the past, are anxious to remain under Ukrainian rule.
But more conventional power would add little to the capable forces already on the ground, and bringing nuclear weapons back to South Korea would only make both sides more anxious (and offshore US naval nuclear forces already pack a sufficient punch to reinforce deterrence).
We need to defend our open, liberal societies and offer positive changes to win back anxious voters.
And, as China’s excessive domestic credit growth and shadow-banking system attract increased attention, many companies are becoming anxious.
Many communities are genuinely polarized, which makes Europeans understandably anxious.
In Europe, many governments are anxious not to frighten their populations or damage relations with their Muslim minorities.
Xi is now facing the worst summer since he came to power in November 2012, characterized by a steady stream of bad news that has left many Chinese – and especially Chinese elites – feeling disappointed, anxious, angry, helpless, and dissatisfied with their increasingly powerful leader.
But Serbia’s point of view is not without merit, and many other countries with territorially concentrated ethnic minorities have reason to be anxious about the precedent that might be set if Kosovo’s declaration of independence is recognized.
At any rate, now that the US has shared its intelligence with Japan, South Korea, and other allies, political leaders and military officials in those countries have reason to be anxious.
Today, a polarized and anxious American public finds itself with a president totally unsuited to, and not very interested in, comforting the nation, much less trying to lead it away from the hate and deadly partisanship that he has stoked.
The Asian Power SqueezeCANBERRA –As China gets closer to overtaking the United States as the world’s largest economic power, and its disinclination to accept US military dominance of the Western Pacific grows more obvious, America’s Asia/Pacific allies and friends are becoming increasingly anxious about their longer-term strategic environment.
Meanwhile, private creditors, anxious to avoid a haircut, will often postpone resolution in the hope that the situation will turn around.
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