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Russia’s participation in the battle against the Islamic State – and its return to the rule-abiding ranks of the international community – may be worth the price.
This makes it all the more difficult for health services in LMICs – which are often under-resourced, equipped solely for acute care, and overwhelmed by high maternal and child mortality and the persistent battle against infectious diseases – to address hypertension and other non-communicable diseases.
Yet the struggle against hunger is a battle that humanity could finally win.
Opening up Malaria ResearchLONDON – In recent years, tremendous progress has been made in the battle against malaria.
Progress is being made: the battle against poverty is slowly (too slowly) being won.
And he lost a recent battle on whether to transfer Rosneft’s dividends to the government budget or invest them in additional assets within Russia.
It also raises the risk that in fighting the last war, they will be poorly prepared for the next – the battle against too-high inflation.
What we have witnessed since August is the latest battle in a Kulturkampf between Russia’s liberal intelligentsia and conservative, often fundamentalist, believers in the unity of the Orthodox Church and the Kremlin.
Even Ukrainians born after 1986 understand what a Chernobyl-type disaster brought about by battle could look like.
While China and the US battle it out, each trying to retain its own “exorbitant privilege,” Europe seems to be stuck in the middle, suffering from the same disadvantages of the US position, but enjoying none of its privileges.
By taking the battle into cyberspace, ISIS would gain many of the advantages of asymmetric warfare – unless the US organizes itself to counter the group’s efforts.
It does not at the moment seem likely that NATO can count on winning this battle of wills by only a continuation of the bombing.
Whatever the truth behind Chen’s fall, and despite the widening corruption probe of other senior government officials, data and evidence recently released by the government and multilateral institutions suggest that the authorities are fighting a rearguard battle against a rising tide of graft.
Ultimately, the decisive battle with Islamist extremism will take place within the Sunni community.
Meanwhile, the European Union is fighting for its survival, and cannot devote its energies to an uncertain battle.
We have also been able to watch on our televisions this month what appears to be the final stages in the battle to cap the huge oil spill off the coast of Florida and Louisiana.
Churchill was a politician of principle who, like Peel, fought against his own party and, unlike Peel, survived to go on to yet greater political triumph, in the epic battle against the Nazis.
This is a battle of meanings, and it can be won only with ideas that inspire hope, action, and coherence of self and community.
As Europe faces off with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, a larger and ultimately more important battle is taking place within Russia itself, one that pits the country’s rich culture against the cruel mendacity of its politics.
Moreover, the asylum battle that Merkel has courageously fought is being lost: two years after claiming that Germany was strong enough to open its borders, she suffered a severe electoral setback, followed by tensions within her coalition and retreat on the European front.
I know not one Peshmerga fighter who, while waging our common battle, did not have in mind the achievement of that ancestral dream of Kurdish independence.
Reflect for a moment on the Kurds’ battle against ISIS, which they have waged not only for themselves and their safety, but also on behalf of the rest of the world.
But politicization of the Fed should be viewed as just another part of Trump’s battle against what his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has referred to as the “administrative state.”
That battle, in turn, should be viewed as part of a larger war against the Enlightenment legacy of science, democratic governance, and the rule of law.
Asian governments will probably gradually “lose” their battle in this war in 2011, allowing their currencies to appreciate in the face of inflationary pressures and threats of trade retaliation.
We began the battle against entrenched corruption, imposed the rule of law on Ukraine’s robber barons, and encouraged the birth of a vital civil society.
For the battle for Ukraine’s liberty and independence was not decided last winter.
The ICAO agreement is the next wave in the international battle against climate change.
Trade is the all-but-forgotten weapon in the battle against poverty, but it can provide more help to the poor than aid can.
In the end, the solution to this “redistribution battle” tends more often than not to be found in more government borrowing.
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