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The civil war has enabled the extremist Islamic State to build up its
capacity
to the point that, if the Syrian regime were to collapse entirely, the group would likely be able to take advantage of the power vacuum to seize control of the entire country.
If, as is believed, China is sympathetic to the Maoists, it could ultimately be dragged, in some capacity, into a war in Nepal.
The broadest and most meaningful measure of a country’s saving
capacity
is what economists call the “net national saving rate” – the combined saving of individuals, businesses, and the government.
It is measured in “net” terms to strip out the depreciation associated with aging or obsolescent
capacity.
The system of checks and balances established by the US Constitution has an unmatched
capacity
to prevent any single branch of government from going haywire.
As a result, most advanced economies are once again producing at close to
capacity.
More than 100,000 tons of highly radioactive wastewater now flood the facility to capacity, as water continues to be poured in to prevent further massive radioactive emissions.
Simply stated, preparing for the next pandemic means not only building global capacity, but also paying for it.
It is not uncommon for a grant to be restricted to specific activities, leaving major gaps in a program’s
capacity
to meet its objectives.
With the exception of a few guerrilla groups, organized crime is the only strategic actor in the region that has the
capacity
to dispute the state’s claim to a monopoly on the legitimate use of force.
Likewise, rising temperatures are reducing the ocean's oxygen-carrying
capacity.
The biggest problem is water pollution, with discharges into canals and rivers growing faster than treatment
capacity.
They must demonstrate their efficiency,
capacity
to innovate, and ability to invigorate the continent with renewed dynamism and drive.
This would enhance geopolitical stability by strengthening Turkey’s
capacity
to mediate and support initiatives in regional contexts where impunity reigns, such as in Israel, Palestine, Syria, and Sudan.
In order to find out whether PKDL patients can act as a reservoir for VL – and therefore boost our
capacity
to eradicate the disease – my team and I have set up an insectarium to breed sterile sandflies.
Indeed, the violence in Syria demonstrates that Turkey’s
capacity
for autonomous action in its region has diminished over the course of the Arab Spring and following the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
The failure of the US Senate to ratify it serves only to strengthen the case against America’s
capacity
for global leadership.
Ensuring that adaptive
capacity
is expanded and exploited where it is most needed is thus a key challenge.
Long-term development may give countries more
capacity
to soften the impact of climate change on the environment and citizens’ health, but in the meantime the planet’s poorest people will need help from the rich.
But the complexity of the tasks that post-conflict countries face underscores the urgent challenge of providing the UN with the
capacity
to meet them.
Both Italy and Germany thus have a strong interest in finding a European approach, one that strengthens the EU’s
capacity
to guard its external borders, perhaps via a European Coast Guard, while distributing the burden of accepting refugees more equitably across the Union.
There are limits to what Russia can accomplish in the world in any positive sense, although its
capacity
to be a spoiler or create problems is considerable.
Thus, record-high speculative prices have likely caused bunker traders to release inventory, but those releases may have been purchased by speculators who are now active lessees of commercial storage
capacity.
By the second half of the year, the investment bust in real estate, infrastructure, and industrial
capacity
will accelerate.
The oil fields in the South do not have enough electricity to operate at
capacity
because the power grid is also the target of repeated bombings.
The new wave of innovation is attributable to three key factors: the ability to personalize therapy, the
capacity
to get treatments to market faster, and improved engagement with patients.
They may accept that a default could be part of a policy package designed to improve the country’s economic fundamentals and thus its
capacity
to repay its debt in the long term.
But it would also demonstrate to old and potential new creditors alike not only a capacity, but also a willingness, to make payments, thereby creating incentives for external actors to support economic recovery.
Governments generally lack the needed technical
capacity
to design such projects, opening up possibilities of favoritism and corruption when major contracts are awarded.
This, together with technological innovations and the deployment of sidelined corporate cash, would unleash productive capacity, producing faster and more inclusive growth, while validating asset prices, which are now artificially elevated.
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