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Historically, cease-fires have survived only when they are backed by talks that both parties believe are genuine and serious.
Thus, in contrast to the West’s temporizing, the strategy of Assad’s allies is clearly defined: military victory for the regime, backed by ample supplies of weapons and, in the case of Iran, Lebanese proxy troops from Hezbollah on the ground.
To read the Daily Mail or the Sun in the last few years was to encounter a kind of atavistic nationalism – often backed by blatant lies – on a scale rarely seen in other European countries.
Without his determination, backed by a highly credible show of military force and skilful diplomacy, Iraq's military programmes would not now be exposed to a scrutiny more intense than that applied to any other would-be proliferator in the world today.
In recent weeks, Maduro has put in place a half-baked plan to stabilize the currency, issuing new bills supposedly backed by the government’s cryptocurrency, which is like building a house of cards on a garbage dump.
Clarifying the relationship between currency and finance is essential to ensuring that all newly issued currency is backed by assets.
The Ambiguous “China Threat”SINGAPORE – For more than a decade, China’s geopolitical ambitions, backed by the People’s Liberation Army’s ongoing modernization, have fueled a debate about whether regional security dilemmas and competition – particularly with the United States – will escalate.
On July 5, the Greek people backed their young, charismatic leader with a decisive “No” vote on the unreasonable demands of their country’s creditors.
Determined diplomacy, as much as goodwill, is needed to push ahead against an inherited inertia backed by a legacy of rage.
Models, thus simplified, suggested policies that seemed to work – that is, until the plumbing backed up.
Scotland, which voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU, can be expected to make another attempt to gain its independence, and some officials in Northern Ireland, where voters also backed Remain, have already called for unification with the Republic of Ireland.
At the same time, parts of the human-rights community have backed recent US military interventions on the grounds of the “Responsibility to Protect,” or R2P.
Military intervention led or backed by the US in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya has produced similar debacles.
With its alleged involvement in the recent cyber attack on Sony Pictures, the regime has backed itself further into its tiny corner.
Israel responded predictably, backed by the United States and others.
Some countries’ electorates initially backed austerity, but none has re-authorized it.
Each one, established after some egregious abuse, has recommended that “steps be taken” to protect privacy; and each time, the government has backed down.
The Murdoch press backed Labour in Blair’s three election victories in 1997, 2001, and 2005.
And, in view of Hamas’s close links with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, whose political party backed Morsi’s successful presidential run, Israel has restrained its response to terrorist and rocket attacks from Gaza.
One early test is likely to be Afghanistan, when a smiling but firm Obama turns to Europe and says directly: “You have backed me in immense numbers.
In other words, through a conscious effort, backed by public funds, we can steer the development of the advanced technologies needed to ensure humanity’s safety and wellbeing.
The goal today, backed by the Apollo Programme, is deep decarbonization.
Most voters who backed Sarkozy expect a different sort of state, one that is more capable of providing physical security against violence and less capable of complicating their lives in economic and fiscal terms.
Smart trade requires two key provisions: core labor rights, backed up by tough enforcement, and a development fund targeting infrastructure and education to boost competitiveness.
It is no surprise that he backed out of the race, leaving Mousavi, a technocrat and a revolutionary, as the only viable challenger to Ahmadinejad.
Well-designed feed-in tariff programs offer investors the transparency, longevity, and certainty that they seek – and these incentives have backed approximately 75% of solar photovoltaic capacity and 45% of wind capacity built worldwide through 2008.
Though the sanctions are not backed by China, they are already having a powerful effect, and the expectation that they will be tightened further is a huge concern for investors and the Russian government.
One such idea also envisages the creation of sovereign-debt backed collateralized debt obligations While CDOs would not require any joint guarantees, they would help to enforce market discipline, while making it easier for the European Central Bank to implement monetary policy.
Feminists, including some women from Muslim backgrounds, have backed the ban, because they regard the custom as degrading.
The British History of BrexitLONDON – Since June 23, 2016, when 52% of British voters backed withdrawing from the European Union, the “Brexit” debate has been tearing British politics apart.
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