Attempting
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It is now clear that China is
attempting
to use psychological warfare (“psywar”) to advance its strategic objectives – to “win without fighting,” as the ancient Chinese military theorist Sun Tzu recommended.
In
attempting
to predict which governments might face a similar fate this time, the basic criteria – in addition to the oil slump’s financial impact – are resilience and flexibility.
But when aid workers reported in April that children as young as ten were
attempting
suicide, another tragic facet of the refugee crisis was highlighted: 30 million children around the world are currently displaced, many in appalling conditions.
The immediate consequence of
attempting
to implement these doctrines in Russia was economic collapse.
More broadly,
attempting
to formulate an ethics for machines would give us a fresh start at determining the principles we should use to resolve ethical dilemmas.
When the British, who elevated the strategy of “divide and rule” into an art, decided to establish two separate wings of Pakistan on either side of a partitioned India, the Rohingya began
attempting
to drive Buddhists out of the Muslim-dominated Mayu peninsula in northern Rakhine.
A better approach would be to focus on improving the management of globalization, rather than
attempting
to roll it back.
The worst possible outcome would be to pick someone who shares Greenspan’s inclinations – holding data tightly, monopolizing decision-making, and
attempting
to overawe colleagues.
If, however, Russia is actually in full control of the separatist regions and is actively integrating them into its economy, as the document obtained by Bild suggests, the Kremlin can no longer be considered an outside party,
attempting
to influence an uncooperative ally.
But it could have an important influence on the stance taken by the European officials who are
attempting
to facilitate the process.
If the goal of therapy is to alter thoughts, behaviors, and feelings, then psychotherapists are
attempting
to change the physical architecture of the brains of their clients.
In
attempting
to cope with imperfect knowledge, they are not irrational when they pay attention to other macroeconomic fundamentals and thereby bid an exchange rate away from its parity level.
Yet Sridevi’s death became the subject of ghoulish stories, particularly on television, about what might have happened behind the closed door of her bathroom, with one TV anchor even
attempting
to enact a bathtub drowning.
Tsipras is
attempting
to erect two lines of defense against the coming tsunami of pain (and thereby minimize popular discontent).
IOM has called on all relevant actors – including countries of origin, transit countries, and destination countries – to address the plight of migrants
attempting
life-threatening journeys and find solutions.
But
attempting
to extract unilateral concessions from partners is a recipe for disappointment.
His campaign begins with South Korea, where he is
attempting
to use ethnic nationalism to drive a wedge between that country and its US ally and potentially even to convince it to abandon the alliance altogether.
But, unless they begin demanding that their leaders address the country’s many economic challenges instead of
attempting
to wait them out, Italy may well be doomed to a Japanese-style lost decade – or two.
Yet these are precisely the “Western values” that CCP apparatchiks are
attempting
to eliminate.
Attempting
to eliminate risk by ruling certain areas of research off limits would stifle human freedom as well.
Others are
attempting
to reduce their reliance on forage fish by replacing fish meal with plant proteins, or by adopting new biotechnologies to produce fish feed more sustainably.
Universal secondary education, especially for girls, is transformative for societies
attempting
to escape poverty, because education changes the demographic dynamics of the country as well.
There can be no doubt that China will keep pushing forward,
attempting
to create more “facts on the ground” to back up its sovereignty claims.
That will require regular interventions, in the form of journeys by all sorts of vessels, both military and commercial – ideally under many national flags – through the waters China is
attempting
to claim.
The tax cuts that the Trump Republicans are
attempting
to pass today would be even more damaging.
But
attempting
to formalize a fait accompli will most likely lead nowhere in the direction of lasting peace, for under such conditions, Palestinians would have no reason to abandon violence.
Of course, there are those who argue that his bluster on the international stage is the work of a businessman
attempting
to strengthen his negotiating position, so that he can bring recalcitrant and free-riding members of the international community in line.
China, for example, has been
attempting
to use soft power to cultivate a less threatening image – one that it hopes will undermine, and even discourage, the coalitions that have been emerging to counterbalance its rising economic and military might.
But
attempting
to live a closed life in an open society is bound to be self-defeating and not something a liberal society should encourage.
One must be careful when
attempting
to draw lessons from the experience of small countries that sometimes have very particular characteristics.
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