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Tragically, the bridges to the US as well as to Central and Eastern Europe have been damaged by German diplomacy during the Iraq crisis, and the bridge to the smaller EU member states is now in the process of being damaged by the Teutonic colossus's noncompliance with the Stability and Growth Pact.
While that “almost” reflects a gap too wide for Trump’s opponents to bridge, it can be said that February has, thus far, been cruel to the US president, though he clearly is no innocent victim.
In principle, governments could bridge the gap, but high (and rising) debt constrains their capacity to do so (though how constrained is a matter of heated debate).
By virtue of his unique personal history, he can bridge Africa, America, and even Asia – where he studied as a young boy in a Muslim school – thereby reviving the universal image and message of America.
Thus, it would be possible to assess the severity of the brain drain, build a bridge with potential employers at home, and involve the most successful émigrés in philanthropic and mentorship projects.
If the 26 countries that signed the declaration are serious about addressing carbon emissions, they should use the ETS as a bridge to an even better, global solution.
To be sure, workers skilled in data management and advanced analytics are in short supply, as are members of an emerging class of “translators” – those whose talents bridge IT and data, analytics, and business decision-making.
In that way, our closest relatives could serve to bridge the moral gulf that we have dug between ourselves and other animals.
Its geographic position makes it a natural bridge between South and Southeast Asia, and between China and India.
The eurozone can no longer sustain continued uncertainty and high real interest rates in the peripheral countries, so the ECB must provide a solid and credible bridge to the future.
Agreements to upgrade the Blace border-crossing between fYROM and Kosovo, and to build a new bridge over the Danube between Bulgaria and Romania have been made.
Much of the impact of online talent platforms stems from the use of technology to bridge information asymmetries that impair labor-market performance.
In either case, new austerity measures are needed, and Ireland will require substantial bridge financing.
Since then, Blair has become an adviser to banks (which need all the advice they can get these days), is touring the world to promote a sensible policy on global warming and climate change, has created a foundation to help bridge the divide between different faiths, and will lecture on religion at Yale.
Although this may mean that China is crossing the “divide” between the haves and have-nots of the world’s knowledge economy, it will not bridge that divide.
But, with Bahrain’s social fault lines too wide to bridge, the regime willing to resort to brutal violence to crush any uprising, and the international community prepared to look the other way, the protesters in Manama should be prepared for defeat.
New types of innovative governance structures are needed to bridge these policy silos.
Moreover, midwives’ integrated, frontline approach helps them bridge the gap between isolated rural health centers and the communities they serve.
Worldwide, 350,000 more midwives are needed to bridge the gap between the health-care haves and have-nots.
These multidimensional, scalable interventions help to bridge the gaps in developing regions.
The important thing is that the Fed’s policy crossed the bridge from indifference to re-assurance.
Cooperation between Sunnis and Shias will be vital to defeat the extremism of the Islamic State, as well as to bridge gaps between combatants in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon.
In a way, then, the war in Iraq forms the strategic and military bridge between the old and the new Middle East.
What is the way to bridge this gap between short and long term?
A few decades ago, it was widely assumed that progress in mass education would gradually bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and popular belief, thereby contributing to a more serene and more rational democracy.
To dismiss Medvedev as a mere Putin puppet, a constitutional bridge between Putin’s second and third presidential terms, would be both unfair and wrong.
Weak TFP growth caused Japan’s “lost decade” after the country’s demographic dividend disappeared in the early 1990’s;China must bridge some large gaps if it is to avoid a similar fate.
Rather, Park wants South Korea to serve as a bridge between the two powers.
As Chancellor Angela Merkel and her colleagues promote their well-defined plan – which comes in addition to a plan for bridge financing while in default – the cost of default falls.
For example, Greece’s debt stock, including required bridge financing under the IMF program, should peak at around 150% of GNP in 2014; much of this debt is external.
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