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Indeed, the last thing the government in Mogadishu wants is another semi-autonomous region challenging its authority – or another country annexing southern Somalia for its own purposes.
As commentators focus almost exclusively on the economic impact of the euro crisis and the European Central Bank’s increasing authority to resolve it, they are missing the first steps in a crucial complementary development.
They have their own national rules and regulations to apply, and every financial supervisory authority (FSA) in Europe has its own practices and traditions.
To pose these questions is to conclude that there is no practical alternative to a European FSA with the sole authority to supervise multinational financial institutions, including all their subsidiaries and branches within the EU and globally.
Moreover, some informal institutions based on longstanding cultural traditions lead to discrimination and violation of human rights, while undermining the authority of formal institutions like the judiciary, police, or military.
But, while OMT may well turn out to be a mistake, the court does not actually have the constitutional authority to forbid the ECB from pursuing it.
At the same time, religious and political leaders must loudly condemn the violent Islamist ideology that nurtures jihadist movements, spurning them with the same vigor that they reserve for challengers to their own authority.
Diplomacy, however, allows a president opportunity to enhance his authority for future domestic battles.
The administration’s tacticians appear to think that they are not on board – especially after the recent AIG bonus scandal – whereas the Geithner Plan relies on authority that the administration already has.
The Supreme Leader has absolute authority and can veto decisions made by the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
They want the Supreme Leader to allow the president to issue warnings to both the parliament and the judiciary if he thinks they have overstepped their authority, thereby subordinating the Larijani brothers.
Until now, parliament has been an effective tool for the Supreme Leader legitimately to rein in presidential authority, and it is difficult to imagine that the Larijani brothers would have mounted such a sharp challenge to Ahmadinejad without the Supreme Leader’s approval.
If they carry the day, the president will lose authority over the one area where his power has been greatest: the Iranian economy.
Even during the Vietnam War and following its humiliating withdrawal from Southeast Asia, there was never any serious doubt about America’s authority and ability to deal with what was then the central strategic challenge, the Cold War.
Indeed, when states repeal veiling regulations, authority over women often reverts to families and other community elders.
In the context of a long tradition where women are held to stand for public virtue, it’s not surprising to find the battle exacerbated in places where political authority and legitimacy are frayed.
Its exact shape will depend on the legal structure of a given central bank, and on the extent to which its administrators are willing to take actions that go beyond their traditional authority (with the implicit or explicit promise that the rest of the government will turn a blind eye).
Pius XI thought that “the leadership and teaching guidance of the Church...in this field also” precluded abuse of authority.
Chaos reigns in Egypt and Libya, where post-revolution authorities are proving too brittle either to consolidate their authority, or to incorporate more popular forces.
Egypt Holds Its BreathCAIRO – “You are the authority, above any other authority.
The junta then assumed legislative authority, as well as the power to form a constitutional assembly and veto proposed constitutional provisions.
Russia’s voice in global affairs lost authority.
Chinese foreign policy also prioritized legitimacy after 1989, with the regime hoping to reassert its authority globally by expanding China’s participation in international organizations.
Worrying signs are everywhere: the authority of the courts is undermined, the independence of the Constitutional Tribunal is attacked, the civil service corrupted, and prosecutors are politicized.
As for Europe, the Lisbon Treaty gives the European Union exclusive competence in investment-related matters, but no mechanisms have been implemented to exercise this authority.
Reformists were justly criticized for lacking unity and resolve, but in truth their greatest impediment was a lack of constitutional authority.
But Putin’s aim has never been Russian control only of Crimea; he has always wanted all of Ukraine, because he fears nothing more than a successful, democratic, modern neighbor that undermines by example the authority of his own “managed democracy.”
In fact, the applicable statute for all this - the Federal Advisory Committee Act - specifically requires that committees be balanced and "not inappropriately influenced by the appointing authority."
But, for now, Trump and his enablers seem committed to continuing down their current path – an approach that is already weakening America’s moral authority.
India was compelled by its democracy to pursue a politically decentralizing route, yet much economic decision-making authority remained embedded in New Delhi’s ossified bureaucracy, retarding growth.
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