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Moreover, he has implicated Venezuela in global conflicts half a world away, by allying himself with the Iranian regime and becoming one of its bulwarks.
But non-organized crowds eventually eclipsed structured groups, becoming a dominant force in Lebanese politics.
These fundamentalists, becoming bandits of sorts, came to terms with the nomadic traffickers.
Iran is becoming increasingly indispensable to any resolution of the Middle East’s problems, which gives it a degree of clout that Greece, which many in Europe still view as entirely dispensable, does not have.
But it is becoming increasingly difficult for factories in the region to remain in business under conditions of weak global demand and strong local currencies.
They can help steer the world toward coordinated recovery and save many emerging economies from becoming innocent casualties in other people’s wars.
As a result, dysfunctional or failing states suddenly emerged in the 1990’s, constituting a threat to regional and international security by becoming home to transnational pirates (Somalia) or transnational terrorists (Pakistan and Afghanistan), or by their defiance of global norms (North Korea and Iran).
Failing states in Central AmericaWhen the US Defence Department produced a report in December in which it named Mexico as one as one of two countries (along with Pakistan) at risk of rapidly becoming a failed state there was a predictable rejection of its findings in many quarters.
And then there are the seemingly never-ending worries about Europe, with a British exit (Brexit) from the European Union becoming more likely, while populist parties of the right and the left gain ground across the continent.
As censorship anywhere risks becoming censorship everywhere, global norms must be developed and enforced to protect the worldwide discussion and collective action needed to address the issues of our time.
Abuses of power and disregard for duty of care are becoming increasingly difficult to cover up, and thus increasingly likely to have negative consequences.
According to this vision of development, macroeconomic policy should choke off inflation and rein in fiscal deficits, with foreign private financing becoming the principal source of investment capital.
Whatever is preventing these countries from becoming richer, it is not lack of education.
In a world where, for many Israelis and non-Israeli Jews, Israel is becoming to the community of nations what Jews once were in the community of peoples – a pariah state, if not an eternal scapegoat – the memory of the Shoah resounds with a vengeance.
The result of this was laid out in a report by the European Union’s Election Observation Mission that I presented in Kabul last December: Afghanistan risks becoming a “rentier” state with easy access to resources that lubricate corruption throughout its entire political system, finance illegal armed groups, and fuel regional destabilization.
This might lead Afghanistan into a situation of no return: becoming a narco-state that drifts away from any form of rule of law and disengages itself from the fragile social contract with its own citizens that it has started to establish.
Qaddafi’s dovish period coincided with the rise to prominence of his second son, Saif al-Islam, and his sister Ayesha, the latter becoming a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations.
We - the new democracies of Eastern Europe – are becoming more and more like those countries that provide opportunity only for the rich, leaving everyone else to fend for themselves.
According to the New York Times , quoting US military personnel, the Sahara Desert is becoming a "new Afghanistan."
With Japanese voters becoming supportive of new parties after decades of LDP rule, Shinsei gained tremendous traction and drove forward the creation of the first non-LDP coalition government since the mid-1950’s.
In this year’s Asia-Pacific REO, we point out a little known fact: almost all of Asia is at risk of growing old before ever becoming rich.
With “gene doping” close to becoming a reality, WADA is already working to counter it.
But ignoring shareholder sentiment is becoming untenable.
With the global financial crisis and the sudden economic downturn, two things are becoming clear.
The new leader was already noted for having repressed the Islamic movement, a policy he intensified after becoming President.
As in the West, Islamic religious experience is becoming more personal.
Oil’s Uncertain ComebackCALGARY – As global economic growth picks up practically everywhere, oil producers are becoming increasingly hopeful that the recent impressive price recovery will continue.
Since these claims would probably be lost should the euro collapse, the political pressure to give way finally to Eurobonds is becoming overwhelming.
Instead, the US has assumed various unproductive roles, becoming the world’s money launderer, political-risk insurer, and money-holder of last resort.
Montazeri, like today’s innovative Muslim thinkers, chose to remain open to alternate interpretations of the Quran, rather than becoming trapped by accepted tradition.
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