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An immediate deployment of an adequate civilian and security presence during the months immediately after the end of the 1999 NATO bombing campaign might well have provided suitable protective mechanisms against the
backlash
that allowed victims to become victimizers.
Little wonder, then, that long-simmering frustration with the way globalization has been handled and resentment at the unfair distribution of its gains have fueled the political
backlash
sweeping the world of late.
Politicians are loath to impose such a tax, fearing a political
backlash.
China’s behavior has fueled a nationalist
backlash
in Japan, helping to turn hawkish, marginal politicians like Shintaro Ishihara into important mainstream figures.
The
backlash
against globalization in recent years, reflected in Brexit and the election of US President Donald Trump, introduces an additional element of uncertainty to China’s economic future.
In many member states, the ECJ’s decisions have produced a backlash, especially on the left, with trade unions and social movements targeting the Court’s alleged zeal in siding with business over workers interests.
The war in Iraq and the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 caused a
backlash
against some of the policies advocated by Third Way leaders.
From China-bashing on the right to the
backlash
against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the left, politicians of both parties have mischaracterized foreign trade as America’s greatest economic threat.
The Struggle for Mastery in IranTEHERAN: The trial of thirteen Iranian Jews on espionage charges is but the latest sign of a conservative
backlash
against Iran's reform movement, headed by President Mohammed Khatami.
The main relevance of economics is that the 2008 financial crisis created conditions for a political
backlash
by older, more conservative voters, who have been losing the cultural battles over race, gender, and social identity.
In that case, the Brexit vote will begin to look like an aberration – not the start of a powerful new trend toward nationalism, protectionism, and de-globalization, but the end of a
backlash
against modernity by an unstable alliance of social authoritarians and laissez faire market liberals.
In the last few weeks, political stability in Greece and Portugal has been threatened as governments struggle with declining credibility and a rising popular
backlash.
Likewise, opening Germany’s borders to a flood of refugees, however pure Chancellor Angela Merkel’s motives, was sure to trigger a
backlash.
The Moral Vulnerability of MarketsLONDON -- Today, there seems to be no coherent alternative to capitalism, yet anti-market feelings are alive and well, expressed for example in the moralistic
backlash
against globalization.
Admittedly, the fierce popular
backlash
against Western media was partially motivated by nationalist ardor, which played into the government’s hands.
It is more likely to occur in some industries, such as big tech, where a regulatory response will probably be one outcome of a developing backlash, and less likely for asset management.
These trends emerged in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, so they can’t be blamed on a new populist
backlash
against globalization.
And will donor countries avoid the sort of populist
backlash
at home that might push them in a protectionist direction?
In a careful study of rising support for populist parties in Europe, the political scientists Ronald Inglehart of the University of Michigan and Pippa Norris of Harvard found that economic insecurity in the face of workforce changes in post-industrial societies explained less than cultural
backlash.
“The silent revolution of the 1970s appears to have spawned an angry and resentful counter-revolutionary
backlash
today,” Inglehart and Norris conclude.
Fortunately, the political
backlash
against the quarantine orders quickly prompted some state governors to ease them.
Had the start of accession negotiations been postponed or canceled, Turkey’s pro-Europeans would have suffered from a nationalist
backlash.
Although entering peace talks with a future Modi government would risk provoking a domestic backlash, Sharif might still be willing to break the ice if the main political parties support his moves.
No military option currently has any chance of support from a UN Security Council that is still largely paralyzed by a
backlash
against NATO’s perceived overreach of its civilian-protection mandate in Libya.
Other crisis countries in the eurozone have not been stabilized, because Germany – fearing a domestic political
backlash
– has not dared to embrace a community of liability by issuing Eurobonds, even if the European Financial Stability Facility’s new role means that virtually 90% of the path has already been traveled.
Without luck, a reactionary
backlash
ensues.
Indeed, the social and political
backlash
against austerity and reform is stronger when there is no income or job growth.
But the emergence of SWF’s is creating a political
backlash
in the form of “financial protectionism.”
Indeed, emerging-market economies should reduce their accumulation of foreign assets rather than hope to weather the political
backlash
against SWF’s in the US and EU.
It may be too late to do anything about China’s existing stock of US treasuries without causing a serious political and financial
backlash.
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