Association
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Governance solely by
association
members has not worked – and, by encouraging a lack of transparency, may have made FIFA more vulnerable to the problems it now faces.
Wouldn’t a loose
association
of sovereign nation-states, sharing the hard economic core of a continental common market – the British model – be enough?
When Ukrainians earlier this year ousted their corrupt president, Viktor Yanukovych, after he backed out of an
association
agreement with the EU, Russia set out to destabilize the country.
But mendacity and deception worthy of the dictators of the 1930s was certainly on display in the United Kingdom’s “Leave” campaign, and in the opposition to a Dutch referendum in April to approve an EU-Ukraine free-trade and
association
agreement.
In the EU, mainstream politicians must accept some responsibility for expediently blaming “Brussels” for every problem, or for fudging the truth about what EU membership or
association
agreements with neighbors actually mean.
I pressed her on how the White House planned to deal with, for example, Vietnam – a country where children as young as 14 are forced to work 12-hour days, and where there is no right to free speech, no right to protest, no right to strike, and no freedom of
association.
Although some of those convicted of endangering state security are charged with violent crimes--for example, two Tibetans were recent sentenced to death for "inciting separatism" and setting off bombs--the great majority involve non-violent speech and
association.
Pakistan’s macabre
association
with the Taliban stems mostly from its constant effort to pressure its mortal enemy, India.
Unfortunately, while there is a surge in new development financing around the world, especially in energy and infrastructure projects, there is also an uptick in efforts by governments to restrict freedom of expression, association, and assembly.
To be sure, there are many other things that are crucial to the good life in peaceful, open societies: freedom of speech, religion, and association, and the power to choose – and remove – your own government.
The European Parliament, for its part, has adopted a more detailed conceptual framework for establishing the terms of the future EU-UK relationship, which would take the form of an
association
agreement.
But an EU
association
agreement with the UK need not resemble its arrangement with Ukraine.
In practice, an
association
agreement is merely a blank slate, upon which one can draw up terms of cooperation on trade, foreign policy, internal security, and other matters.
The inherent flexibility of EU
association
agreements should be familiar to Europeans and Britons alike.
After all, the first-ever
association
agreement in 1954 was designed to foster cooperation between the European Coal and Steel Community and the United Kingdom, following the latter’s retreat from formal treaty negotiations.
But, beneath this definition lie rich notions of voluntary association, accountability for strategic decisions, and concern for the communities that cooperatives serve.
The European Commission’s agreement in September to postpone full implementation of Ukraine’s
association
agreement with the European Union – the agreement that Ukrainians fought and died for in Kyiv last winter – signaled to Putin that cunning, force, and intimidation can win Western acquiescence in his subjugation of Ukraine and theft of Crimea.
The delay, intended to show the EU’s determination to make the
association
agreement work, has instead only whetted Putin’s appetite.
Similarly, Wang Yi, a law lecturer at Chengdu University who called for freedom of speech and association, was barred from teaching.
Insisting that self-determination was the only way ahead, he called on the army to reject even passive
association
with the insurrection and instructed it to re-establish public order.
The only remaining justification for the obviously inferior form of EU
association
that May is now proposing is the populist claim that “the people have spoken.”
In Clinton’s case, her close
association
with the globalist mainstream of the Democratic Party and close ties with the financial sector clearly compounded the problem.
The National Chicken Council, the trade
association
for the US chicken industry, recommends a stocking density of 85 square inches per bird – less than a standard sheet of typing paper.
On July 1, 2003, the sixth anniversary of the handover, nearly a million people took to Hong Kong’s streets in a peaceful protest against an anti-subversion bill that would have eroded freedom of the press, of religion, and of
association.
But, two years ago when the Korean soccer football
association
hired the Dutchman, Guus Hiddink, to coach the Korean national soccer team, Hiddink made it clear that he would select his players based on merit alone.
Escaping the Bear HugPRAGUE – Three former Soviet republics – Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine – have now signed
association
agreements with the European Union, despite Russia’s sometimes brutal attempts to obstruct the process.
The danger now is that pro-secession leaders may twist the loss of sovereignty supposedly inherent in
association
with the EU into precisely such a claim.
At a recent Eurasian Economic Commission session in Sochi, Belarus and Kazakhstan rejected the Kremlin’s proposal to introduce customs duties for goods imported from Ukraine if the country signed the EU
association
agreement.
On his web page and through his radio program, Fujimori assures listeners that Toledo's anti-corruption program is a fantasy and that Toledo's
association
with Montesinos will bring about more looting of the treasury.
Indeed, the time is ripe to offer assurances to the isolated Syrian regime that blocking Hezbollah’s rearmament, stopping Islamist fighters’ passage into Iraq, and improving the country’s appalling human rights record would bring valuable diplomatic and economic benefits, including a strengthened
association
agreement with the EU.
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