Aspirational
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Who could have said with certainty that the economic upturn announced by Hollande was real rather than
aspirational?
North Korea has been pressing for a declaration of the end of war, an
aspirational
statement that would signal a common desire to replace the armistice that has existed since the Korean War ended 65 years ago with a formal peace treaty.
Farmers’ markets, wood stoves, solar panels, and Agway farm-supply stores are the new focus of
aspirational
dreams for people who not long ago were high on boundless credit, consuming luxury brands scaled down for the middle class, and fantasizing about the kind of life on display in glossy magazines.
The blurriness of the law creates a no-man’s land of ambiguity in which the authorities thrive: legal predictability is aspirational, while daily life for ordinary people requires navigating the shallow, shifting waters of what the powerful will tolerate.
But these arguments hinge on a number of conditions that are, at the moment, purely
aspirational.
Most of what was sought in March 2011 – from Assad’s removal to democratic reforms and civic equality regardless of ethnicity, region, or sect – remains
aspirational.
That said, Macron’s vision of a European army under a central EU-level command will remain
aspirational
for the foreseeable future, for the simple reason that countries seldom give up their armies voluntarily.
And it lays the groundwork for a truly transformational approach to education, one that is holistic, ambitious, and
aspirational.
This year’s task may be to reach a global understanding in Copenhagen that is not too prescriptive, but which is more than
aspirational
and into which an American domestic political agreement can be incorporated once Obama achieves it.
And, despite being an embodiment of international law, the EU indulges in soft-law approaches, whether at the recent COP-19 climate-change meeting in Warsaw, or by supporting the “Geneva agreement” on Iran’s nuclear program, which, it is now clear, is nothing more than two
aspirational
declarations linked by a press release.
Finally, calls for Europe to become a strategic counterweight to the US are purely aspirational; in reality, no such option exists.
As a result, subsidiarity has become something akin to a marketing gimmick:
aspirational
and above all discretionary – good for interviews with Sunday papers, but quickly discarded when it is inconvenient.
His commitment remains
aspirational
and lacks substance or operational content.
To the extent that this narrative is inaccurate, it is
aspirational.
We have traditionally distinguished in human-rights conventions between (mandatory) civil and political rights, such as the right to habeas corpus, from (aspirational) economic rights, because the latter require resources.
India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, an
aspirational
and authoritative leader from Gujarat, one of the country’s most developed states, has promised to bring India’s economy out of a half-decade funk, enhance the living standards of his country’s have-nots, and boost the country’s standing as a global power.
In addition, his proposed long-term goal of abolishing nuclear weapons will require a great deal of preparatory work before it becomes an operational rather than an
aspirational
objective.
And while geoengineering technologies remain mostly aspirational, there are proven mitigation options that can and should be implemented vigorously.
But the downside of this
aspirational
language and philosophy can be a perpetual, personal restlessness.
Like the little boy who was unafraid to declare the emperor naked, Schauble has pointed the finger of realism at the
aspirational
rhetoric in which all European leaders are still compelled to clothe their utterances.
In other words, the ENP does not account for the developmental, cultural, and
aspirational
differences among the EU’s partner countries.
Despite the summit’s
aspirational
rhetoric, there is no consensus about how to achieve sustainable development, exemplified by disagreement over the potential of “green growth.”
Lukashenko frequently criticizes Putin and leads the Russia-skeptic forces within the Eurasian Union, Putin’s
aspirational
geopolitical construct.
It may not be ambitious enough for some, but, in Afghanistan, even seemingly modest goals have a way of becoming
aspirational.
The coalition’s program – a compromise between the Socialists and Podemos – is mostly aspirational, with only a few concrete proposals.
After all, the “political declaration” that will accompany the withdrawal bill is merely aspirational, not legally binding.
Ukraine Sends in the ClownKYIV – In the 2000s, The West Wing was everybody’s favorite television show about an
aspirational
US administration – one that fought terrorism without waging war on an entire region or religion, refused to trample on the rule of law, and generally made decisions that were in the country’s best interest.
Yet, barring the arrival of an effective, universally available therapy or vaccine, the transition back to “normal” will be more
aspirational
than real.
In an interview with Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, Friedman outlined his own
aspirational
plan for peace, and the crown prince joked that the ideas were so similar that Friedman must have broken into his desk and stolen his prepared remarks.
A truly ambitious vision will always be more
aspirational
than imminently achievable.
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