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Attempting
to politically isolate and disarm Hezbollah is a task that the EU-led UN force cannot accomplish and should not attempt, for it would mean war, with Syria and Iran in the background.
Some analysts believe the president is
attempting
to cement power for the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party.
Today's reformists are subjecting these traditional frameworks to scrutiny and
attempting
to separate the core ethical principles of Islam from the various historical adaptations that conservatives have enshrined as sacred.
Making matters worse, voters on both sides are tuning in only to views with which they agree, rather than
attempting
to understand and reconcile opposing arguments.
If the West is perceived to be
attempting
to maintain the leadership it snatched 200 years ago by industrializing first, thereby denying the post-Confucians the fruits of their dynamism permanently, the Chinese, in particular, will conclude that pluralism is eyewash and that the West’s worldview in fact replicates their traditional one.
To be sure, some Asian governments have been
attempting
to tackle inequality with progressive redistribution policies.
What diplomacy may be able to do is reduce, if not end, the fighting between the Syrian government and its own people, as the UN is
attempting
to do in Aleppo.
Rather than
attempting
to dissuade mass migration by encouraging and supporting fundamental, long-term economic and political development in countries that are impoverished or wracked by civil strife, EU policymakers tend to intervene after the fact, with pledges of aid and emergency resettlement schemes.
For many in the West, and especially for the political right in the US, the futility of
attempting
to negotiate with the North is hardly a revelation.
Since the beginning of this year, roughly 2,500 people have died
attempting
to cross the Mediterranean, to say nothing of gruesome scenes like the recent discovery of 71 decomposing bodies in an abandoned truck in Austria.
Even while trade expands, China is
attempting
to confine India within greatly foreshortened land and sea borders through its so-called “string of pearls policy.”
As a party to Japan's debate on national security, I know from experience that
attempting
to clarify the vague constitutional status of our Self Defense Forces would lead China and South Korea--victims of past Japanese invasions--to use dissenting voices within Japan to smother all discussion, killing mature debate.
Rather than
attempting
to consolidate changes to the status quo by piling one fait accompli upon another, the region’s governments should make a firm pledge to return to the spirit and provisions of the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, to which all parties concerned previously agreed.
The heads of local governments in various regions are
attempting
to convince residents not to fear radiation and to allow for dispersal of rubble.
In part, we are victims of a self-fulfilling pessimism – the view that a debt overhang dooms us to unemployment and stagnation, with nothing to be gained by
attempting
to use fiscal expansion or monetary innovation to counter it.
Rather than
attempting
to build a monetary bloc in Asia, China appears to be seeking to elevate the renminbi to the status of a true global currency that might one day rival the dollar.
Instead of
attempting
to impose a new Syrian leadership, the US should host a meeting with internally selected representatives to help them draft a constitution and make other political arrangements.
Putin has since appeared to be responding to Obama’s description of Russia as merely a “regional power” by
attempting
to demonstrate the Kremlin’s ability to act globally – most notably by intervening in Syria.
America’s medium- and long-term political, security, and, yes, economic interests require the Fed to recognize that its policy mission is not to focus narrowly on
attempting
to achieve and maintain internal balance.
Meanwhile, in China, some 30,000 workers are trying to change the weather,
attempting
to seed clouds from airplanes or using anti-aircraft guns to shoot shells into the air, hoping to coax some rain from the sky.
Hatoyama’s administration, however, is
attempting
to reverse the current plan, which the LDP administration and the US had agreed upon after long and intense discussions.
The Fed cannot reduce short-term interest rates below zero, so it is
attempting
via this policy of “quantitative easing” to reduce longer-term interest rates.
If the tables were turned, and Indian forces were
attempting
to chip away at Chinese territory, the PLA would surely respond with more than words.
Yet some economists and journalists fear that countries, in
attempting
to gain an advantage in global markets, will engage in competitive devaluations, triggering large-scale inflation in the process.
Research shows that even in democratic societies, women face a higher social risk than men when
attempting
to negotiate for career-related resources such as compensation.
But the most pressing goal must be for Britain to decide what kinds of farms and food it wants to develop, and then to protect their interests in its deals with the world’s major exporters, with which it is
attempting
to conclude free-trade agreements.
Now they were
attempting
to heal while under armed guard, hearing those same boots approaching their bedsides intermittently throughout the night.
And, with government services shut down in the midst of fighting, civilians
attempting
to escape radioactive contamination would not know what to do or where to go to protect themselves.
And, if only for its own security, the KRG is
attempting
to extend its power, formally or informally, into northern Syria.
That is what the Obama administration is
attempting
to do right now.
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